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Teresa Bubear

Career Counsellor

Teresa has Bachelor of Arts and Diploma of Education from UNSW Australia, a Diploma of Religious Education from the Australian Catholic University and a Graduate Certification in Career Education from Edith Cowan University. She is a member of the Career Development Association of Australia (CDAA) and the New South Wales Careers Association (CAA). She has over 30 years experience in Career Counselling both in schools and independently, working with clients to determine the next step on their career path. Teresa has extensive experience in senior subject selection, university course preferences and post school pathways.

Belinda Wilde

Career Counsellor

Belinda holds a Bachelor of Education (Human Movement and Physical Education) from the University of Sydney. She is a member of CDAA and is an accredited MBTI Practitioner. Belinda has over 10 years’ experience helping young people use their strengths and preferences and to develop career plans. Belinda is passionate about instilling confidence in students and with her approachable and friendly nature she easily builds rapport with secondary students. Belinda is familiar with the challenges faced by both students and their parents in career planning. She also has experience in interview coaching, interview preparation and recruitment.

Angela O'Connell

Career Coach

Angela holds a Bachelor of Commerce, DiSC Accreditation and Cert IV in Workplace Training and Assessment. Angela has many years experience in supporting clients' professional development and enjoys training, facilitating and coaching people of all ages across multiple industries. She is passionate about working with students to highlight their strengths and explore possible career pathways.

Stacy Nottle

Career Counsellor

Stacy holds a Master of Career Development, Graduate Diploma of Education and Bachelor of Applied Science, and is a member of the Career Development Association of Australia (CDAA) and Queensland College of Teachers. She has over sixteen years’ experience helping her clients make occupational and study decisions, find career information, and plan and manage their careers. Her work history includes working as Head of Careers at a large Grammar School, contracting to educational organisations and to Career Avenues, working as a Career Development Practitioner at the University of Southern Queensland, casual lecturing in Career Development at James Cook University, professional mentoring and supervision of other career development practitioners, as well as seeing private clients.

Vanessa Shevelev

Career Counsellor

Vanessa joined Career Avenues in 2016 and is a member of the CDAA and APS. Having worked in the University and TAFE environments, she has extensive knowledge of new and emerging careers, courses and educational pathways. Prior to working in the careers field, Vanessa worked as an Organisational Psychologist in the private sector where she was recognised for transforming business processes and increasing employee productivity and satisfaction.

Suzie Rigby

Career Counsellor

Suzie holds a BSc. Hons (Psychology) from the University of Surrey, UK. Her areas of expertise include workplace mental health, career counselling and career wellbeing. Suzie draws on 20 years' experience as a psychologist with extensive experience in workplace culture, leadership and work/life integration. She is passionate about working with clients seeking to explore their unique skills and talents to identify career paths which align with their strengths, passions and career aspirations. Suzie is a registered Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), associate member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) and member of the Association for Coaching (AC).

Andrea Pinnock

Career Counsellor

Andrea holds a BA, Grad Dip in Education, and a Graduate Certificate in Careers Education from RMIT. She has been a careers advisor for over ten years working at two prestigious schools in Sydney. Andrea has extensive knowledge of university application systems and various alternative pathways to tertiary study including scholarship applications. She also has experience guiding students with overseas applications to the USA and UK.

Kerry Gilmour

Career Counsellor

Kerry holds a BA (Hons), MSc (Counselling Psychology), Diploma in Executive Coaching and Graduate Certificate in Career Development (Swinburne University). Kerry has provided career-life counselling to adults and teens for 15 years and is passionate about supporting people to surface their strengths, values and drivers to inform decisions about purposeful living. Her warmth, insight, genuine curiosity and humour creates a safe space for clients to explore these important issues. Kerry is particularly passionate about working with adolescents and supporting them through key decisions in high school years and beyond. She is a professional member of the Career Development Association of Australia.

Sheila Mylvaganam

Career Counsellor

With over 30 years of experience in career counselling and curriculum development, Sheila brings a professional and enthusiastic approach to assisting people to realise their career ambitions. Sheila has a background in managing teams, teaching and developing career programs within career services in several universities in NSW as well as secondary schools in the United Kingdom. Sheila has a Master of Adult Education and postgraduate qualifications in career education, counselling, guidance and librarianship.