Denise Greenaway is an Australian psychologist, educator and author with impeccable credentials and an international reputation for her Mirror Mirror programs for women and girls. Her lifelong, cross-cultural research has taken her to many countries around the world: Papua/New Guinea, New Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Holland, Norway, Austria, Germany, France, Corsica, Greece, Israel, Italy, United Kingdom, United States and the Hawaiian Islands.
A front runner in raising awareness of the self-image and eating issues affecting so many women and girls today, Denise has developed powerful, preventative programs for girls aged 8-17 years and interactive, empowering seminars for women and professionals. She has been invited to present her programs in schools, colleges and universities, YWCA's Summer camps, women's organisations, community groups, juvenile justice, prisons and corporations.
Denise Greenaway is a member of the following organisations:
- Australian Psychological Society
- Founding President of the Meeting in Authenticity (MIA) Foundation
- Founding Committee member of the N.S.W. Healthy Body I.D.E.A. (1998-99)
- Steering Committee member of the N.S.W. Healthy Body I.D.E.A. (2000)
Denise is a dynamic speaker, presenter, lecturer and facilitator, who is available to teach and present to:
- schools, universities & colleges
- television & radio
- community organisations
- corporations
Denise Speaks about Mirror Mirror
After spending many years working with women and children struggling with eating problems and then seeing so many of them succumb to serious addictions and afflictions, Denise decided it was time to tackle the problem at its source. First, she wrote her faerytale "Mirror Mirror" for some of the girls she was working with and then, over time she developed a number of programs for those weighed down with negative body image.
`...the need for prevention is obvious. Unfortunately many approaches have not worked. They have simply supplied information without positively affecting behaviour. I have pioneered holistic approaches to intervention and prevention which have successfully transformed the lives of hundreds of women and girls...'
`...years of research and clinical experience have reinforced for me, the connection between body, mind and spirit. Women hunger for a healthy integrated Self (both psychological and spiritual). Instead, they have been seduced by the promises of a narcissistic society which offers them temporary and costly relief for their existential pain. While `health' and self-improvement industries thrive, girls and women continue to suffer serious identity disorders...'
`...As a practising psychologist and educator, specialising in image and eating disorders, I have met many young people with dangerously low self esteem, unhealthy lifestyles, para suicidal behaviours and identity problems. My professional experience has convinced me of the need for a holistic approach. Hence the development my programs which are not reliant on traditional learning methods or basic behavioural approaches...'
`...My Mirror Mirror programs for women and girls are born out of many years of experience working with them. They tell me what they want. They want to be seen, understood, accepted, recognised, valued and respected. They want to know their real purpose and place in life. The Mirror Mirror programs are a response to their need...'
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