Dr Larisa (Lara) Bardsley is a transpersonal, counselling and clinical psychologist. For the past 35 years she has pursued her interest in narratives of transformation through training in creative arts, Jungian and transpersonal psychology, Buddhism, meditation, and mindfulness practice. She is a professional artist, published writer, and for 30 years a practicing psychologist and registered supervisor of clinicians. Lara’s PhD research at La Trobe University, Australia creatively explored the nature of Self and was awarded the Nancy Millis medal in 2018.
Lara utlisies intuitive, creative, spiritual and transpersonal methods of research including her personal qualities of sensory processing sensitivity or High Sensitivity (HSP).