Dorney is a medical practitioner with a Master's degree in Transpersonal Psychology. For nearly 30 years he has studied and practiced the meditation methods of many traditions including Tibetan Buddhism, Zen, Theravadan Buddhism, Hindu Yoga, Taoism and Sufism. He is a Fellow of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine and a member of the academic Board of the Australian Transpersonal Institute and Association and runs training courses for psychiatrists and psychologists in cross cultural techniques of psychological and physical development.