Helen Kanowski has a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy from the University of Queensland. She is also a qualified Life Coach. Her professional background spans over 25 years of clinical, managerial, and university teaching experience.

With a focus on assisting people to:

• establish clear goals,
• develop strategies to meet these goals, and
• supporting and sustaining forward movement,

Helen’s skills lie in empowering individuals and groups to discover and maximize the potential they aspire to.

Helen was the recipient of the inaugural "Sessional award for outstanding contribution to student learning" in the School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine, and Rehabilitation Sciences at James Cook University. She currently teaches in the allied health degree courses at JCU in the areas of Health Law & Ethics, and Coaching in Healthcare.

Helen is trained in the utilisation of Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) and her coaching work often includes, but is not limited to, this approach.

In her private practice, Helen chooses to use Life Coaching as her primary treatment modality. People assessed as requiring other forms of Occupational Therapy input will be referred on to a relevant Occupational Therapist.

Similarly, if clients are assessed as benefitting from engaging with a psychologist or counsellor, Helen will discuss this and recommend alternative arrangements.

• Bachelor of Occupational Therapy, University of Queensland (1985)
• Vic Certificate IV in Life Coaching, The Coaching Institute, Melbourne (2008)
• OT Registration number: 853042
• Medicare provider numbers: 4144302J (Health and Wellbeing - registered provider for Mental Health Care Plan); 4144301Y (Eden St)
• Member of AAOT and the International Coaching Federation
• ABN: 72 966 391 644