About
Marriage Works 
Hi there, thanks for taking the time to read this. I am the person behind this website, so let me give you a snapshot. Graduating with a bachelor degree in Criminology from Victoria in the 90�s, I had no idea in what direction my career path was headed. Indeed the only job I was able to get was with a telephone company � helping people with the new technology of mobile phones.
It was a suggestion from a colleague on improving my ability to work with people saw me train as a Youthline phone counsellor in Wellington New Zealand. This sparked a career shift toward counselling.
My Australian counselling career began in 2001 with the Salvation Army in Cabramatta, the then heroin capital of New South Wales. With Major John Drew and a colleague we started a service from the ground up � FYRST: Fairfield Youth Recovery Support Team.
This led to work at the Drug Intervention Services Cabramatta, a division of South Western Area Health service.
From there I was recruited to NSW Health Department�s Kirketon Rd Centre, the cutting edge primary health centre treating the King�s Cross/ Darlinghurst areas. A further four year stint at the Langton Centre on the therapy team really helped hone my counselling and group therapy facilitation skills.
Just to keep myself a little busier I completed an Honours degree in Psychology, basing my thesis on interviews of intimate partners� sexual communication effects when living with cancer.
Most recently I have worked at Relationships Australia, where I completed my Graduate Diploma in Systemic Couple Therapy.
My personal journey has given me the gift of a 20 something daughter (Jessica), and has taken me through pregnancy, childbirth, the early child years and teenage angst, and to a new home country.
Philipa Thornton is an experienced and qualified Sydney registered psychologist offering relationship counselling, marriage and couple counselling with you the individual or couple in mind.
Based in the Eastern Suburbs, serving the Sydney CBD, Inner West Suburbs and North Sydney — including but not limited to : Coogee, Randwick, Maroubra, Surry Hills, Newtown, Balmain, Rozelle, Malabar; Kensington, Kingsford, Bondi Junction, Bondi, Darling Point, Edgecliff, Kings Cross, Kirribilli, Rose Bay, Double Bay, Paddington, Bellevue Hill, Potts Point, Elizabeth Bay, Glebe, Forest Lodge, Darlinghurst, Sydney Central, Broadway, Ultimo, Pyrmont, North Sydney, Neutral Bay, Clovelly, Bronte, Charing Cross, Point Piper, Rose Bay, Vaucleuse, Mosman, Woolloomooloo and Woollahra.
Want to know more – call now 0434 55 90 11
