Alison Brown is a registered psychologist, an experienced teacher and a parent. She has been a committee member and Vice President of the Victorian Association for Gifted and Talented Children over six years, has presented at a number of state, national and international conferences in the areas of technology, gifted education, and psychology, and has provided extensive consultation and training programs to schools in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Switzerland and Germany.

Alison brings experience from both an educational and psychological background. Having taught for seven years at Methodist Ladies’ College, Melbourne and worked as a school psychologist at Mosman Preparatory School and Kincoppal-Rose Bay, Sydney, she has first-hand experience in recognising and catering for the social, emotional, and academic needs of students. She is currently working in private practice in Melbourne, with a particular interest in the areas of parenting, counselling and gifted children and is completing a PhD through La Trobe University looking at the benefits of using Narrative Therapy with children in counselling.