Within this position Judith is the Director of the Master of Psychology Program (Sport and Exercise, Counselling, Health and Neuropsychology Streams) as well as the Director of the Master of Counselling Program. She has qualifications in, and has worked as: a secondary school Mathematics/History teacher, a counselling psychologist and a registered nurse. In recent years while also lecturing at the university, she held a part-time position as a nurse in Haematology and Oncology at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. She is also on the Board of a national aid organization. She has been involved for many years in teaching, counselling, research and community education with a particular emphasis on the area of grief and loss.