I am Paul King, I have a Master's degree in Psychology. I trained as a psychologist, and received a special award for Post Graduate study in addictions and I'm an expert in "imposter syndrome". I am a member of the scholarly peer-nominated New Zealand Psychological Society and an associate member of the American Psychological Association. However, I'm a therapist with decades of experience in business, 

My background, before I came to psychology in 2013, was in financial services, and mainly in business development. It was the combined impact of moving to New Zealand in 2007 and then the GFC that led me via a very dark period, into studying psychology. I know how it feels to be 'someone' with all the right connections, and then nothing, self-medicating with alcohol to deal with depression and anxiety. I have been sober since 3rd April 2012. I know how it feels to making great progress, and great money, and then having to go through rehab to get well. I'm not one of those career academics that think they can tell people in the real world what's best for them. I've lived it.

My epigenetics (the expression of your genetics due to lived experience) are both a blessing and a curse. On the plus side I have a number of talents and interests at which I'm probably a bit above average. I have four degrees and am currently researching my second Masters. I'm a musician; a singer and multi-instrumentalist and have played many hundreds of live gigs, and am currently in two bands. I'm an artist, an exhibited oil painter, and actively sell my work. I'm also still a licensed financial advice provider, mainly because I like to help a small number of clients and because it gives me permissions to run our own international portfolio of shares and options.

My wife and I live on a few acres of land in rural NW Auckland, New Zealand. We are keen gardeners, but time and the local kykuyu grass tends to be against us. We eat from of gardens most days though. We have 5 woolly lawn mowers, all pets (we don't eat meat), and currently two menopausal hens - but they'll probably have a few new friends soon!