Dr Leigh Burrows

Leigh has a background in teaching, counselling, consultancy and research in primary, secondary, special and higher education.

She has worked with teachers and leaders in variety of research and professional learning contexts, including mainstream and Steiner/Waldorf schools across Australia and in New York, a community college in New Hampshire and a university in Macau, China.

In her teaching, research, professional learning provision, consultancy and counselling she has in recent years been particularly interested in 'safeguarding', 'empowering' and 'healing' mindfulness so its potential benefits can be tailored to individual needs and situations.

Leigh coordinates the graduate certificate and Masters in Wellbeing and Positive Mental Health and the graduate certificate in counselling vulnerable chldren and young people. She also coordinates and teaches in a range of undergraduate and post graduate topics in wellbeing, mindfulness and therapeutic and  trauma sensitive teaching and learning.

• mindfulness in school and higher education
• teacher professional learning
• wellbeing
• holistic, creative and expressive pedagogies  
• trauma
• counselling
• spirituality and education