Isabelle is a qualified Social Worker and joined MCFB in 2013, working within the Early Years Service, after spending several years in a local Children and Families Practice Team. She is also a Practice Educator, supervising social work students on placement. Prior to embarking on her social work journey, Isabelle graduated in Social Anthropology and worked with the Scottish Refugee Council.

Within the Early Years Service, Isabelle’s practice focuses on infant mental health. She is fascinated by the richness of parent/infant relationships within a cross-cultural context, infants’ communication, and the potential for growth and mutual understanding. She is a qualified Infant Massage Instructor, and a Newborn Behavioural Observations (NBO) practitioner. Isabelle completed in 2023 a MSc in Psychoanalytic Observation and Reflective Practice: Therapeutic Work with children and young people, with Human Development Scotland/Strathclyde University.

Isabelle moved to Scotland from Quebec, the francophone part of Canada, in 2000. She loves cycling, cooking anything Ottolenghi-inspired, watching subtitled films, and taking her family on travelling adventures.