Experience

Regen Sydney

• Australia
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Core Team member

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Regen Sydney is a network of organisations & individuals exploring a regenerative future for Sydney. We are connecting across silos and sectors to reimagine a new economic narrative for our city, together. In this future, all of Sydney thrives.



Psychology for a Safe Climate

• Australia
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Climate-Aware Practitioner Professional Development Coordinator

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  Psychology for a Safe Climate (PSC) is a not-for-profit organisation founded in 2010 in Melbourne, Australia, to foster emotional engagement with climate change. PSC was founded in response to the lack of individual and community commitment to address the climate emergency. As psychologists and other helping professionals, we aim to use our professional knowledge and skills to increase understanding and engagement with the psychological impact of climate change.



Christie Wilson

• United Kingdom
• Construction

• Clinical Psychotherapist

  • Jan 1999 - Present

  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia I have practiced as an individual therapist both in private and public practice since 1999. I provide high-quality individual and group therapy to support people in managing and healing from clinical issues; including depression, anxiety, trauma, grief and loss, psychosomatic conditions, and chronic illness. I specialise in climate psychology and the impact of the climate crisis on mental health and communities. Leveraging a number of years spent in business, I understand the corporate… Show more I have practiced as an individual therapist both in private and public practice since 1999. I provide high-quality individual and group therapy to support people in managing and healing from clinical issues; including depression, anxiety, trauma, grief and loss, psychosomatic conditions, and chronic illness. I specialise in climate psychology and the impact of the climate crisis on mental health and communities. Leveraging a number of years spent in business, I understand the corporate environment and am able to successfully apply techniques such as mindfulness to improve skill sets in communication, team dynamics, and stress management. • Coordinate, facilitate, and deliver face-to-face, individual group, and online workshops, applying a holistic and trauma-informed approach to counselling centered on Mind-Body medicine and Gestalt Psychotherapy; • Partner with other leading therapists to facilitate emotional wellbeing workshops, including counselling for Petrea King’s Quest for Life Foundation; and Warm Data Labs developed by Nora Bateson founder of the Bateson Institute. • Member of Australian Traditional Medicine Society (ATMS), Gestalt Australia and New Zealand (GANZ), and Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA). Show less



GreenLaw

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia GreenLaw is a young person-led organisation empowering the next generation of lawyers to understand the importance of environmental law and the power of legal institutions to further climate justice. Through legal research tasks, GreenLaw aims to empower environmentally-conscious organisations to engage effectively with legal institutions. GreenLaw fills the resource gap for environmental organisations, advocates, and other champions for climate justice. We provide legal research and… Show more GreenLaw is a young person-led organisation empowering the next generation of lawyers to understand the importance of environmental law and the power of legal institutions to further climate justice. Through legal research tasks, GreenLaw aims to empower environmentally-conscious organisations to engage effectively with legal institutions. GreenLaw fills the resource gap for environmental organisations, advocates, and other champions for climate justice. We provide legal research and policy development in collaboration with our organisational partners and with the support of world-class academics. We are creating a network of future lawyers and environmental organisations to lay the building blocks of a more sustainable, compassionate future. Email Green_Law@outlook.com to get in touch or visit our website: https://greenlawnetwork.org/ Show less



Quest for Life Foundation

• Australia
• Health, Wellness & Fitness
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Residential Retreat Psychotherapist

  • Dec 2014 - Sep 2016

  Bundanoon, NSW The Quest for Life Foundation provides residential retreats and workshops that build resilience and peace for people living with life's greatest challenges including cancer, grief, loss and trauma. I provided relational counselling and naturopathic advice for the participants of the Quest and Chronic Pain, Cancer, PTSD and Parkinsons retreats. The focus of these retreats is developing resilience to manage stressful circumstances and to grow and flourish in the midst of… Show more The Quest for Life Foundation provides residential retreats and workshops that build resilience and peace for people living with life's greatest challenges including cancer, grief, loss and trauma. I provided relational counselling and naturopathic advice for the participants of the Quest and Chronic Pain, Cancer, PTSD and Parkinsons retreats. The focus of these retreats is developing resilience to manage stressful circumstances and to grow and flourish in the midst of change. Specialties Residential Retreats, One day workshops, services for grief, trauma and depression, counselling and therapy, Petrea King, Facilitators, speakers and workshops, retreats, corporate wellbeing programs. Show less



NASDAQ OMX, US

• Conference Manager, Market Surveillance

  • 2010 - 2011

  Sydney, Australia and New York, US Following the success of the Smart Surveillance conference in Sydney, I was invited to join NASDAQ HQ to direct the delivery of their top-tier, exclusive market integrity and surveillance conference at the NASDAQ Market Site, Times Square, New York. This was a high-profile event attended by 137 delegates from senior management within surveillance and compliance departments of exchanges, regulators and brokers from 5 international regions and 51 organisations. With full responsibility for… Show more Following the success of the Smart Surveillance conference in Sydney, I was invited to join NASDAQ HQ to direct the delivery of their top-tier, exclusive market integrity and surveillance conference at the NASDAQ Market Site, Times Square, New York. This was a high-profile event attended by 137 delegates from senior management within surveillance and compliance departments of exchanges, regulators and brokers from 5 international regions and 51 organisations. With full responsibility for end-to-end logistical delivery, delegate and speaker management, ensuring the best possible speakers and panel participants was vital. A high-pressure mandate delivered in exceptionally tight timelines, this role provided me with invaluable exposure to the demands of ultra-corporate life, which stands to me to this day. • Achieved on time and on budget delivery, remotely managing teams split between the US and Sydney; • Provided diverse leadership experience across marketing, media, the financial IT services sectors and market integrity; • Delivered a comprehensive thought leadership and knowledge sharing event gathering the international market surveillance community. Show less



SMARTS Group International Pty Ltd

• Australia
• Capital Markets
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Conference and Event Manager

  • 2009 - 2010

  Sydney, Australia Asked to join SMARTS prior to its takeover by NASDAQ, I was tasked with driving the end-to-end delivery of the organisation’s annual invitation only, SMARTS Surveillance conference held in association with the Capital Markets CRC held at the Park Hyatt, Sydney. Managing a significant budget, I was accountable for conference planning and execution, speaker and delegate management, conference audio and visual, database management, website and registration, marketing collateral, social program… Show more Asked to join SMARTS prior to its takeover by NASDAQ, I was tasked with driving the end-to-end delivery of the organisation’s annual invitation only, SMARTS Surveillance conference held in association with the Capital Markets CRC held at the Park Hyatt, Sydney. Managing a significant budget, I was accountable for conference planning and execution, speaker and delegate management, conference audio and visual, database management, website and registration, marketing collateral, social program, accommodation and international travel arrangements. • Showcased organisational capabilities and expert positioning in the market, contributing to subsequent acquisition by NASDAQ in 2010; • Successfully delivered the 120-delegate, 4-day event on budget and to meet all deliverables. Show less



DGM Group Pty Ltd

• Owner, Youth Program Events

  • 2004 - 2009

  Central Coast, NSW From a very early point in my career, I became passionate about reducing the prevalence of low self esteem, lack of self belief in creative pursuits and eating disorders in young women through education, counselling and therapeutic workshops. Recognising the well-documented link between eating disorders, body image and adolescent development stages preceding the manifestation of the illness, I established an organisation focusing on ways to build self-esteem in young people and women between 12… Show more From a very early point in my career, I became passionate about reducing the prevalence of low self esteem, lack of self belief in creative pursuits and eating disorders in young women through education, counselling and therapeutic workshops. Recognising the well-documented link between eating disorders, body image and adolescent development stages preceding the manifestation of the illness, I established an organisation focusing on ways to build self-esteem in young people and women between 12 and 24. Centred on a number of large-scale events and programs offering practical experience in team building, working in different professions and volunteer and paid work, the programs created measurable positive impact and achieved over 95% retention across all stages. • Designed multiple, concurrent programs and events across two Central Coast venues, writing all course content, facilitating and leading others to deliver courses espousing positive messages around body issues, self-perception, career options and education; • Enabled participation of people most in need through instigating partnerships with community services organisations; • Delivered charitable fundraising events to highlight significant community issues, sustainability issues and youth related issues; • Orchestrated multiple corporate events for local government, private enterprise and not-for-profit organisations. Show less