KI is a creativity coach, therapist and ex-academic cyber-commuting from Western Australia after years of travelling and teaching overseas. Their practice areas focus on creativity, grief, loss and end-of-life. They have worked in immersive cross-cultural contexts, and in gender violence, mental health and palliative care. ​​They hold doctorates in existential phenomenology and creative writing and in death in the ancient Near East, as well as qualifications in counselling, psychology, creative arts in health, religious studies and philosophy. They bring an array of interests in literature, ecology, philosophy, twice-exceptional adults, and writing to their work with clients.

Why the Spoony community matters to me

The Spoony community matters to me because it affirms something I hold deeply, that we are relational beings, full, complex and connected not only to each other but to animals, to the land and to the rhythms of the world. In a society that often defines value through productivity and neurotypical norms, Spoony makes room for people to choose who they want to be, not who they're expected to be. This community reminds me that there is wisdom in listening differently, and in honoring the whole spectrum of human and more-than-human experience.

Qualifications

PhD, PhD, GradDipCouns, BPsychSc, BA(Hons), DipCAH