About Us

Hello and Welcome to my site: Pathways To Inner Freedom.

My name is Erika and I developed this site in response to the growing numbers of people requiring support to heal from traumatic experiences.

My Background

I have been a schoolteacher for the past 20 years, with my teaching experience encompassing primary school, secondary school (Maths, Science, Health, English), Special Education and Adult Literacy.

I have taught in numerous classrooms (both private and state institutions) and held numerous administrative roles such as head of departments and Principalships.

My teaching career has taken me around Australia, from Kalgoorlie to Doomadgee, Cairns to Kingaroy, The Tiwi Islands and even overseas to the UK.

Despite the breadth of my experience, my roles have always gravitated towards working with students who have found schooling difficult for many reasons, such as learning difficulties and trauma related issues. This is what sparked my interest in working with what we call trauma and its debilitating impact on children, families and the wider community.

Early on in my career, I became aware of the impact that trauma had on both an individual level and on a wider-community level, particularly in rural and remote communities where resources are always limited. I realised that by doing things differently, I could make help people change their lives and this resulted in my development of Crime Prevention and Intervention programs that were used by local Magistrates in Kalgoorlie, to reduce Indigenous incarceration rates (please see attached articles).

It was this work with Juveniles and the wider community that sparked my interest in how to work with trauma and eventually, how to heal from Trauma and move forward.

Erika.

Page 7 - Kalgoorlie Miner November 20, 2010
Page 7 - Kalgoorlie Miner November 20, 2010

My Qualifications:

  • Bachelor Education (Further Education & Training) – USQ
  • Bachelor Health Science (Nursing) – SCU
  • Diploma Alcohol & Other Drugs Work – TAFE QLD
  • Diploma Education Support – TAFE QLD
  • Certificate IV Mental Health Work – TAFE QLD
  • Certificate IV Sport & Recreation – TAFE QLD
  • Certificate III Disability Work – TAFE QLD
  • Certificate III Aged Care Work – TAFE QLD
  • Certificate III Children Services Work – TAFE

 

Certificate Course Work In:

    • Healing Trauma with Guided Drawing (Institute for Sensorimotor Art Therapy)

    • The Transformation Journey (Institute for Sensorimotor Art Therapy)

    • Complete EMDR Therapy Course (Accredited)

    • Accredited EMDR Practitioner

    • EMDR Therapy for PTSD and Trauma

    • The Complete Child-Centred EMDR (Accredited)

    • EFT Tapping Energy

    • KiddyTap – Teach Your Kids to Thrive with EFT

    • Advanced Program to Heal Childhood Trauma & Conditioning

    • Trauma & Recovery Practitioner (Internationally Accredited)

    • Accredited Colour Therapy Foundation Diploma

    • Certified Mental Health Counselling Practitioner (Accredited)