Co-editor of three editions of "Occupational Therapy in Psychiatry and Mental Health", she was also an expert clinician, academic and author who held both an MSc Occupational Therapy (Wits) and a social work degree.She was principal editor of “Occupational Therapy: An African Perspective” (OTARG) and a popular lecturer in occupational therapy at the University of the Witwatersrand. She underwent training in sensory integration and chaired the South African Institute for Sensory Integration (SAISI) for a period, and after undergoing psychodrama training in the UK, Jerusalem and France she became a recognized expert in  a technique known as The Therapeutic Spiral. She used this  to good effect when working with bereaved and traumatized community members through her non-profit organisation, situated in the poverty-stricken township of Ivory Park on Johannesburg’s outskirts.