He has completed a BA (Hons) and Masters Degree in Literary Theory at Monash University, a Graduate Diploma in Psychology at Monash, and is currently completing his Master's in Counselling Psychology at Swinburne University where he established a successful, ongoing group program for the treatment of social anxiety. He has studied in the United States and Europe with Dr Stanislav Grof, one of the founders of Transpersonal Psychology. Nigel is also certified in holotropic breathwork.