Karla is the Founder of The Open Toy Box (2002), offering Creative Therapeutic Stories for children and Psychotherapy.
Her work extends to training and supervising internationally.
She is a BACP Accredited Member, former course director for Postgraduate Certificate/Diploma in Play Therapy, and TLSWi Member and Supervisor. Karla and Co-author Suzanne published Handbook of Therapeutic Life Story Work: The Rose Model, May 2024.
Karla is Academic Lead and an Associate Presenter for THEiA.