Her Masters thesis reflected her interest in dreams and was entitled 'The children of Holocaust survivors and the transmission of trauma through dreams and nightmares'. Before becoming a psychologist, Therese was a teacher and later a counsellor for Palliative Care and the Alzheimer's Association. She has also facilitated dream workshops and taught people how to record and understand their dreams: she herself has kept a dream journal for almost thirty years. Therese has three children and three grandchildren.