Joanne Southcombe, BSc, MscD, has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Social Science from Columbia Pacific University and a Doctorate Degree in Metaphysical Science from the University of Metaphysics. She majored in Humanistic and Spiritual Psychology.

Joanne is an experienced counsellor and psychotherapist having operated in private practice overseas and in Canada since 1989.

She also holds various diplomas in psychotherapy, remedial therapies, and advanced craniosacral therapy from the Upledger Institute in the U.S.

She has extensive overseas experience having travelled, lived and worked in New Zealand, Australia, England, S.E. Asia, China, and India over a 15 year period.

Joanne also regularly facilitates personal development workshops and support groups for the Single Parent Resource Centre in Victoria. As well, she works part-time as a counsellor for women at the Victoria Women's Transition House.

She is a member of the Association for Transpersonal Psychology and the International Alliance of Healthcare Educators.