Uniting Minds & Advancing Neuroscience Worldwide

President

Louise has been working in the care professions for approximately 20 years and is the Director of Waves of Change Counselling and Neuropsychotherapy in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Louise holds a Bachelor of Counselling and completed the Clinical Neuropsychotherapy Practitioner Training in Brisbane in 2017, which Louise subsequently had an essay published in. Louise has a varied history of working in both counselling and social work fields in Aotearoa (New Zealand), Australia and South Africa.

Louise is passionate about working with children, young people and their families who have experienced complex trauma, sexual abuse, suicidal ideation, bullying, anxiety, depression, grief & loss and self-esteem issues. Louise has a gentle, respectful client-centred approach, which holds people’s dignity and wellbeing at the forefront of the interventions, whilst advocating strongly against social justice issues that are present in the world of her clients.

Louise works from a pluralistic approach and enjoys using Narrative Therapy, Interactive Drawing Therapy, Sand Tray Therapy whilst using the basis of Neuropsychotherapy in all interventions.

Louise has also volunteered working with street children in Africa and projects in New Zealand.

Louise is a Certified Member of the IAAN, NZAC (New Zealand Association of Counsellors) and ANZASW (Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers) and is also a Certified Essential Oils Specialist with DoTERRA.

Secretary

Jan Sky is a graduate of Neuroscience who uses applied brain capacity techniques in therapy to bring about understanding and desired changes to behaviours. As a Neuropsychotherapist she uses neuroscience as a foundation for coaching, counselling and clinical hypnotherapy. Her specialties are in trauma, depression, stress and anxiety.

Jan is recognized internationally for her work in brain potential and change and for creating the ESI (Executive State Identification) Mapping tool that maps the social neural network of the brain. Using ESI and hypnotherapy works as an amazing combination of interventions. She is the author of the successful book ‘The Many Parts of You, Understanding the puzzle of your behaviour”.

Located on Gold Coast, Australia she is also passionate about supporting leaders in the workplace and recently developed the training and coaching program Brain Potential, Leadership powered by neuroscience. This program is delivered online and highlights the correlation between brain activity and behaviour to educate leaders in an understanding of brain function and associated behaviours  to improve workplace collaboration, cohesion and increased productivity.

As a speaker, her clarity and unique style expand audiences’ understanding of emotional and intellectual opportunities using neuroscience as a foundation. She has presented and taught in Finland, Netherlands, India, Asia, USA, New Zealand and her homeland, Australia.

Treasurer

BSW Hons, AMHSW, CReC

Gregory Riddett has worked in health and welfare for over four decades. During that time, he worked in forensic fraud investigations, wrote and lectured on university course material, including theory on human behaviour. He is a keynote speaker and presented on human behaviour at over twenty conferences overseas and in Australia. This includes his attendance by invitation in London England, to the launch of Dame Carol Black’s report, “Working for a Healthier Tomorrow: Work and Health in Britain”. In 2002 Gregory developed a Forensic Inquisitorial approach (Applied Neuroscience) as an effective way of working with perpetrators of family violence.

Board Member

Sue brings over 35 years of professional experience working across both government and non-government sectors in Australia and the United Kingdom. She has led a diverse range of multi-program services, including child protection, domestic and family violence programs (for both women and men), youth services, and family law support, which includes counselling, mediation, parenting, children’s groups, and the Family Law Pathways Network, as well as homelessness services. 

Sue has overseen the development, management, expansion, and quality assurance of multi-program services funded by both State and Federal bodies. In addition to her program leadership, she has directed quality assurance and internal auditing for two national organisations. 

With a strong focus on creating quality program models and building high-performance services, Sue specialises in professional supervision and coaching to staff, teams and leaders across the sector.

Board Member

Holistic Neuro-Psychotherapist | Educator | Human Rights Advocate 

Sally Jean is driven to create change both in the way people understand their own well-being and within the approaches to well-being in communities and systems. She is dedicated to integrating Neuroscience, creativity, spirituality and holistic well-being practices in order to support people through their experiences of distress. 

Sally combines her extensive lived experience, education and clinical work in the fields of education and health to empower people to understand their bodies and embrace holistic ways to thrive. 

As a registered Hypnotherapist and experienced educator, Sally combines psycho-education with a range of evidence-based modalities to promote whole body and community well-being. Sally also plays an active role in community mental health initiatives, including as a Lived Experience Advisor for Murrumbidgee Health, the Albury/Wodonga Suicide Community Action Group and the Heart Haven Suicide Bereavement Group, ensuring lived experience is at the forefront of advocacy and systemic change. She is committed to advancing research-driven, accessible, and innovative whole body health care, offering a compassionate, holistic approach that empowers individuals on their well-being paths.

Board Member

With over 25 years of experience, Kelly is a private practice psychologist and Director of i.care Psychology in the Southern Highlands, NSW. 

She possesses extensive expertise in complex psychological issues affecting children, young people, adults, and families, including trauma, personality disorders, eating disorders, addiction, mood disorders, genetic and neurodiverse diagnoses. 

For several decades Kelly has also been a dedicated supporter of Australian Defence Force veterans and their families. 

Her clinical practice, deeply rooted in applied neuroscience, offers diverse and individualized therapies, often enhanced by the presence of her certified Therapy Dog, Winston. 

Kelly's qualifications include an Honours in Psychology and a Graduate Degree in Genetic Counselling, alongside comprehensive Neuropsychotherapy training. 

She is also the Director of Studio Zen Mind Body Yoga, where she is an experienced and accredited Yoga Teacher.

Board Member

Psychologist

Margaret River, Western Australia

Monika is a psychologist in private practice, with over 20 years experience in working with individuals, couples, young people and families. With a particular interest in trauma history, as well as working with people in remote areas who have limited access to resources, she is using Cognitive Behavioural Therapies, Transactional Analysis, Trauma therapy (EMDR), and couple’s therapy (Gottman, PACT) to assist clients in initiating change and effectively dealing with challenges. 

Coming from a nursing background, and with a masters in Theology, she is aiming to combine these areas to deliver client-focused effective interventions.

Monika has taught a number of years in the Graduate Certificate in Neuropsychotherapy at the Christian Heritage College Brisbane, and conducted workshops in different settings nationally and internationally on integrating neuroscience principles with day-to-day functioning. She is a board approved supervisor with the APS.

Advisory Board Member

John Arden, PhD, ABPP, is the author of 15 books (translated into 20 languages), including his most recent, Rewire Your Brain 2.0, Mind-Brain-Gene: Toward Psychotherapy Integration.  Brain2Brain, The Brain Bible, as well as Brain-Based Therapy with Adults and Brain-Based Therapy with Children and Adolescents. Dr. Arden previously served as Director of Training in Mental Health for Kaiser Permanente in the Northern California region. 

He oversaw the training programs in 24 medical centers where over 150 postdoctoral residents and interns are trained each year. This was one of the largest mental health training programs in the world. 

He has presented seminars and workshops in over 30 countries and in all US States.

Advisory Board Member

Dr Olivia works with innovative clinics, companies and organisations worldwide. She only practices medicine in Australia, through her coordinating clinic in Sydney, for patients with brain/mind issues - Cingulum Health - a neuro centre founded by renowned neurosurgeon Professor Charles Teo. There, with her psychiatry colleagues, she curates personalised programs of synergistic adjuncts for neuroplasticity including transcranial magnetic stimulation, hyperbaric oxygen, photobiomodulation, PEMF, breathwork, physical rehab, dietary experiments with the gut-brain axis in mind eg: keto, paleo and AIP, supplements, and information about nootropic peptides.

Dr Olivia is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer with The National Centre for Neuroimmunology and Emerging Diseases, a world-class research facility focusing on mechanisms of ME/CFS and long covid, and a faculty lecturer at the Geneva College of Longevity Science.