Nicole is a recognised Early Childhood Teacher, Counsellor, Community Development Worker, Equine Assisted Psychotherapist, and Equine Assisted Learning Practitioner, who is warm-hearted and professionally dedicated to all those she supports in her practice and beyond.
Horses have been an integral part of Nicole’s life for around 40 years. Over the past 15 she has actively pursued a passion for working with people and horses in a healing way. This journey has taken her all around Australia working and studying with various tertiary education institutions, the equine psychotherapy institute and several well-respected natural horsemanship professionals, registered training organisations, mindfulness trainers and mentors in leadership and management. Her professional roles have included early childhood teaching, community development for local government, management roles for training organisations and currently equine assisted psychotherapy and counselling in private practice with her herd of five horses.
- Graduate Diploma of Counselling. University of Southern (USQ)
- Bachelor of Education Early Childhood. Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
- Diploma of Childcare and Education. TAFE Queensland
- Equine Assisted Psychotherapy. Certified Practitioner, Equine Psychotherapy Institute of Australia (EPI)
- Cert IV in Small Business Management. University of Melbourne (RMIT)
- Cert IV in Training and Assessing (PRO –Training Services)
- Cert III in Micro Business Management Skills. Mission Australia
- Certificate in Language of Horses
- Provide First Aid in Education Settings. Queensland Ambulance
Professional development and skill enhancing modalities Nicole integrates into her private practice
- Certification in the Language of Horses
- Certification in the Natural Process of Liberty with Horses
- Certificate in ESP Life Skills Facilitator
- Trauma Frist Aid Course with Dr Peter Levine (PhD)
- IFS Family Systems Therapy Course with Dr Jay Earley (PhD)
- Sand Play Therapy Course
- Polyvagal Theory in Therapy Course
Professional Associations
ACA - Australian Counselling Association
IICT - International Institute of Complementary Therapists
MHA - Mental Health Academy
AABAT - Australian Association for Bush Adventure Therapy Inc.
0448 844 773
contact@realpd.horse
