Writing
Editing
Education
Hi, I’m Larissa!
I’m a writer, editor, and instructional designer.
I tell stories that capture the imagination but also lead to new understanding.
I understand the science, while also understanding that statistics and averages don’t tell the full story.
I understand the psychology of adult education and share knowledge through stories and processes that lead to retention, understanding, and curiosity.
I lovingly take your ideas, intentions, and complete manuscripts at whatever stage they’re at, and help you shape them to best connect with your audience, while maintaining your voice and message.
Whether you want new content, help with content you already have, or to transform your content into learning for others, I’ve got you. Let’s talk!
- Bachelor of Psychological Science (Hons)
- Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) &
Creative and Professional Writing - Diploma of Clinical Hypnotherapy
- Adv Dip Transpersonal Counselling
Writing
Ghostwriting, content writing, self-help, blogs and articles, bios and about mes, hypnosis and meditation scripts
Editing
Academic, fiction, nonfiction
Specialising in self-help and poetry
Education
Training materials, educational content, learning scripts, microlearning
The story of me
Larissa never felt comfortable in the world.
She looked like a normal girl, acted like a normal girl, and grew up in a normal family in a normal suburb of Adelaide. Normal, that is, apart from her strange obsession with reading. Larissa was always consuming books at a level well ahead of her years. She was often in trouble for reading instead of cleaning her room or walking the dog, and earned disfavour with her sixth-grade teacher for correcting her feedback (past and passed are not interchangeable!).
As she grew older, she became increasingly aware that her reading served another purpose. It helped her hide from an unusually high level of sensitivity that made it difficult to function in the real world. She wrote poetry, songs, and journal entries to channel her feelings. When people became aware of her sensitivity, it made them uncomfortable, and they poked at it and pushed it down. “Don’t be so sensitive, Larissa,” they would say. As if it was a choice!
As Larissa grew, she sought ways to manage her sensitivity, to harness it into something helpful instead of debilitating. She travelled the world—vipassana retreats in Thailand, ayahuasca in the Brazilian Amazon, yoga in Bali, satsang gatherings in India—and always, always reading and writing. She funded her journeys by teaching her English skills to others and singing the songs she had written.
She eventually moved to Melbourne to formalise her learning. With great belief in the power of altered states of consciousness, she studied transpersonal counselling and then clinical hypnotherapy. After practicing as a therapist and running workshops to catalyse transformations for others, she recognised the need to balance this approach with scientific evidence, so she completed degrees in creative writing and psychological science.
Now, she seeks ways to combine these skills and experiences to communicate wisdom and share knowledge with others.