Lakshmi is a certified counsellor, ABA therapist, Life Coach and has more than two decades of work experience across public health care and community settings. She has worked for a statewide Mental Health service and currently working for Positive Partnerships (auspice of Autism Australia - ASPECT). She has equipped herself with multiple certifications in advanced counselling, Nutrition, Health & Wellbeing, PBS (Positive Behaviour Support), Multicultural Community Services etc. Alongside this, she has been deeply embedded in working with ethnic communities, leading and being involved in a vast amount of community, charitable, spiritual and volunteer work. She is extremely passionate about serving diverse communities, especially supporting the special needs children and young migrant families who might be experiencing cultural shock and other life challenges in a new country. Combined with her community work experience along with counselling and therapeutic skills, she is committed to helping families from diverse backgrounds in the capacity of a trusted, family counsellor, therapist and mentor.