Following a 20-year career as an Australian Police Officer, Damien completed master’s degrees in psychology at the University of Queensland and entered the Psychology profession in 2014 as a solo, private practice Psychologist. In his practice, Damien has a special interest in working with current and ex-serving Police Officers and Military personnel suffering from the psychological effects of their profession including depression, anxiety, burnout, and PTSD.
Damien is also a past National Chair of the College of Sport & Exercise Psychologists, and the Military & Emergency Services Interest Group, both of the Australian Psychological Society. He has previously been a lecturer in Psychology at several Universities and currently lectures at the University of Warsaw.
His passion for the story of Poland during WWII has culminated in the development of Poland At War Tours that focuses on educating people from around the world on the events of WWII, including the Holocaust, as they occurred in Poland. This passion has developed beyond the creation of Poland at War Tours and become a professional pursuit. Damien has collaborated with Polish institutions on projects involving presentations and workshops on the effect of trauma on the Polish population post WWII.
In 2026, Damien completed his PhD focused on the experience of intergenerational trauma within the Polish population following WWII. He has also furthered his knowledge of the Holocaust by attaining two micro-credentials from Yad Vashem – The World Holocaust Remembrance Centre in Israel: “Antisemitism: From its origins to the present” and “Teaching the Holocaust”.
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