Lynn has been a practising Educational Psychologist for over twenty years and has worked in schools, and for corporates and communities. Her particular focus has been on counselling children, adolescents, parents and teachers, as well as running various training programmes with this population.

During this time, her love of Positive Psychology developed, leading her to explore how we can develop coherent life stories, using an understanding of what is strong in each of us, and how this understanding can develop our meaning-making, and give us a buffer against the challenges and obstacles we encounter. She believes that the deep understanding offered by the traditional frameworks of psychology, combined with the research and perspectives of Positive Psychology, provide a hopeful and growth-orientated approach to therapy and training.

Cailyn trained at Wits University, receiving her honours in Occupational Therapy in 2012. Cailyn has subsequently worked, schools and community settings. Working within neurodevelopmental and sensory integration frameworks triggered a passionate curiosity regarding the role of perceptual processes that underlie our ability to self-regulate, self-soothe, and cope constructively with stress and anxiety.

Cailyn subsequently completed her Masters in Applied Positive Psychology at the University of the North-West. Her dissertation was on the benefits of teaching mindfulness to children. Constructive coping, sensory processing, self-regulation and mindfulness are four key areas underlying her Occupational Therapy work with children.