Who We Are
Dr. Bob
Dr Bob is inspired by the creatives and social justice advocates Phil Ochs and Oksana Shachko. He wishes here to celebrate their courage, passion and commitment and hopes to inspire others in the way they inspire him every day.
Dr. Bob was born in New York City and still has quite an accent, despite being an Australian citizen. He began his career as a basketball coach and high school teacher. He increasingly found his counselling skills with young people were far better than his skills at coaching winning teams and thereby decided to pursue clinical psychology. He began practicing as a therapist in 1981.
After many years working in clinical psychology Dr Bob decided to become qualified in law. He did this to become an even stronger advocate for young people, and to use the legal system to bring about individual change and change in public policy.
Dr. Bob has been providing psychology and mediation services through The Parenting Centre since 2009. He also works as a pro bono solicitor to provide free legal representation for children and young people.
Dr. Bob’s greatest personal life experience was raising two of his three children as a single parent. Parenting is Dr. Bob’s personal focus as well as his professional focus.
Favourite Foods – Peaches and Bagels
Favourite Sports – Basketball and baseball
Favourite Hobby – Scuba diving
Favourite Song – Native Born by Archie Roach
Favourite Colour – Maroon
Favourite Memory – My son being born 45 minutes before my own birthday
To view Dr. Bob’s CV please click here.
Bambi – Practice Manager
Bambi is from the North Island of Aotearoa NZ. With a background in the wellness sector, specifically therapeutic massage, Bambi brings her passion for people and her peaceful energy to our practice.
Bambi loves the circus arts, particularly aerial silks, rope and hula hoop. They train most evenings and usually have a performance they are preparing for. When she isn’t training, Bambi can be found relaxing at home by the beach with Graham.
Our co-practice manager is a sweet old boy called Graham who spends most of his time sleeping, as most cats do. He also enjoys bushwalks, chasing his laser and getting cuddles.
CAMI – ASSISTANT PRACTICE MANAGER
Cami is from Belgium. She is a certified speech therapist and kinesiologist.
Through her travels and explorations in life, she seeks more authenticity and honesty with herself in order to connect more sincerely with other beings.
She likes experimenting with new things, especially in the field of art. Watercolor is her favorite expression so far.
