Founder of Fork in the Road Wellness

Strategic Psychotherapist. Clinical Hypnotherapist

Licensed Therapist | BSc Psych | Dip Psych | Dip Hyp 

Hi, I’m Deb. If you're tired of feeling unwell and want to feel better — not someday, but now — you've landed in the right place.  

I’m a qualified Solution-Focused Strategic Psychotherapist and Clinical Hypnotherapist, with advanced training from the Institute of Applied Psychology in Sydney, at the forefront of the strategic approach, with the most comprehensive qualifications available today.  I have a 4-year Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology from Canada’s esteemed McGill University.

In addition to my private practice, I work at the Black Dog Institute, a world-leading mental health research organisation, promoting the prevention and treatment of anxiety and depression. This helps inform my work, giving you access to the latest science and evidence in creating better mental health, as well as effective digital tools, resources and strategies.

I started Fork in the Road Wellness to help people who are at a crossroads with their health — facing a diagnosis, disease, injury, trauma, loss, or a chronic condition — reclaim their wellbeing and take back control of their life.

The people I work with are often sick and tired of being sick and tired. Their body and mind are telling them that something must change, yet they feel stuck, unable to do it, unsure where to turn, or exhausted from trying approaches that haven’t worked. They’re ready for a holistic, mind–body approach that creates real change from the inside out.

People come to me with a wide range of challenges including obesity, metabolic conditions, chronic pain, anxiety, depression, migraines, gut and microbiome issues, menopause, sleep issues, addiction, and many others. 

Through clinical hypnosis and strategic psychotherapy, I create the internal environment where the body can restore balance, recalibrate, and heal. By guiding the nervous system out of chronic stress and into a state of rest, repair, and regeneration, the brain can be retrained, symptoms reduced, and wellness can return. Change becomes possible not just at the mental level but at the cellular one.

This is not a quick fix, and it’s not about wishful or positive thinking. It’s about accessing your body’s natural pharmacy, the chemicals, signals, and biological processes that support healing, and removing the unconscious barriers that keep you stuck.

Most people don’t realise that around 95% of our thoughts, emotions, and behaviours are driven by unconscious patterns and regulated by the autonomic nervous system. 

This system controls vital processes including inflammation, hormone production, immune function, digestion, blood sugar regulation, cardiovascular function, sleep, stress responses, and pain perception. 

Dysregulation in these mechanisms can contribute to a wide range of health challenges, from metabolic and immune conditions to anxiety, depression, chronic pain, cardiovascular issues, digestive disorders, insomnia, and menopausal symptoms. Conventional medicine often overlooks this side of health, yet targeting these underlying processes through mind-body approaches, clinical hypnosis and lifestyle interventions can unlock profound and lasting healing.