Melissa has gained the following professional qualifications and is dedicated to continual personal learning.

Qualifications

Master of Arts Experiential Creative Arts Therapy – MIECAT 2008
Graduate Diploma Experiential Creative Arts Therapy - MIECAT 2006
Diploma Yoga Teaching (Hatha Yoga) – BSY 2004
Certificate in Systematic Theology – IFE 1997
Graduate Diploma Education (Early Childhood) – QUT 1995
Bachelor of Arts - GU 1992
Professional Diploma Group Sound Therapy - BAST 2018

Additional Trainings/Memberships

Registered Arts Therapist (Professional Member) - ANZACATA (current)
Nature Based Expressive Arts Therapy CEPD Certification - 2025 
Youth Mental Health First Aider - Mental Health First Aid Australia - 2024
Polyvagal-Focused and Sensorimotor Expressive Arts Therapy CEPD Certification - 2022
Treating Trauma Master Series - NIACBM 2021
Advanced Student of Dr Joe Dispenza - 2018, 2019
Certified Neuropsychotherapy Practitioner - IACN 2016
Practising Mindsight - Dr. Daniel Siegel 2015
Certified Child-Centred Play Therapist - Paradise Kids 2014
Certified Australian Bush Flower Essences Practitioner - ABFE 2010