Resilient Educators. Resilient Schools.

Andrea is a clinical psychotherapist, school-based team leader, and school counsellor who brings that experience to the stage — speaking specifically on resilience, grounded in neuroscience, evidence-based practice, and a personal story that makes the work real.

Her presentations are built on a foundation of established findings in psychology and neuroscience, paired with what she sees and hears firsthand in schools using a Compassionate Systems framework lens, so the strategies she shares are practical and usable, not just theory you'll forget by Monday.

What sets Andrea's presentations apart is that resilience isn't just something she teaches — it's something she's lived. Audiences leave her sessions not just with tools and a story that stays with them, but with substance delivered through the kind of humour that makes hard topics easier to sit with.

Andrea was drawn to this work through a deep commitment to equity, inclusion, and trauma-informed care — shaped by her own story, and by years spent supporting others navigating systems.

Alongside her clinical and school-based work, Andrea also brings an eclectic personal background — including a career in music and achievements in competitive sport.