PsychSpan in a Melbourne-based psychology practice providing psychological treatment and assessment for people across the lifespan.
I enjoy working with people across the lifespan and have a particular interest in working with people who are neurodiverse, gender diverse and also those who are experiencing health related difficulties. I have worked in numerous settings including public health, private practice and school settings. When working with clients, I aim to provide a client centred approach that is genuine, collaborative, warm, empathetic, and non-judgemental. All clients deserve to feel safe, respected, and supported in exploring and addressing their difficulties.
Key Focus Areas:
- Assessments for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Cognitive and Academic Assessments
- Depression, anxiety, and adjustment disorders
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders including Autism and ADHD
- Identity related difficulties with a particular focus on gender diversity
- Chronic medical conditions and persistent pain
- Emotion regulation
- Self-esteem, self-worth and self-acceptance
- Interpersonal difficulties
Approaches:
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Supportive Counselling
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
- Mindfulness
- Motivational Interviewing
I enjoy working with children, adolescents and young adults who are seeking support with mental health concerns including trauma, anxiety and mood concerns. I have a particular interest and expertise in providing gender affirming care, including the completion of WPATH letters for medical and surgical affirmation. More broadly, I enjoy working with members of the queer community, providing them with a safe and non judgemental space. I endeavour to provide care that is neuroaffirming and trauma informed, supporting all clients to be their authentic selves.
Key Focus Areas:
- Gender affirming care (including. the completion of WPATH letters)
- Mood disorders
- Anxiety disorders
- Trauma and related disorders
- Emotion regulation
- Parenting support
- Neuroaffirming care
Approaches:
- Schema Therapy
- EMDR
- Emotion Coaching Parenting
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
I have worked in a range of settings including private organisations, sport settings and forensic alcohol and drug sectors. I enjoy working with adolescents and adults, with a particular interest in using the treatment modality of schema therapy. I aim to provide all clients with a safe, non-judgemental, and warm environment, where clients can feel comfortable, supported and heard.
Key Focus Areas:
- Relationship and interpersonal difficulties
- Personality Disorders
- Trauma and related disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Anxiety Disorders
- Addiction
- Self-esteem, self-worth and self-acceptance concerns
- Emotion regulation
Approaches:
- Schema Therapy
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Supportive Counselling
I enjoy working with clients of all ages in my clinical work, which has included hospital and community-based practice and clinical research. I follow a bio-psycho-social model to therapy and assessment, which combines an understanding of the underlying biology of the brain and nervous system, psychological factors and conditions, and the social context within which they occur, to help holistically understand the client and their presenting difficulty or referral question. I offer a warm, supportive, and peaceful space to work collaboratively towards a client’s goals.
Key Focus Areas:
- Neuropsychological Assessment
- Neurodiversity
- Adjustment Following Injury or Chronic Illness
- Anxiety
- Mood disorders
- Interpersonal difficulties
- Emotion Regulation
Approaches:
- Psychoeducation
- Acceptance Commitment Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Supportive Counselling
- Mindfulness
I have worked in a variety of settings including paediatric and adult psychiatric and physical health public health settings, private organisations, and school settings. I continue to work across public and private settings with children, adolescents and adults to address various presenting difficulties with a particular interest in psychiatric conditions and trauma related disorders. I strive to create a non-judgemental, warm, and safe environment, for individuals to address their challenges and work towards their goals. I enjoy working with adolescents and adults to address various presenting difficulties such as disordered eating and personality disorders. I strive to create a non-judgemental, warm, and safe environment, for individuals to address their challenges and work towards their goals. I have worked in a variety of settings including public health, community, and school settings.
Key Focus Areas:
- Trauma and Related Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Anxiety disorders
- Personality Disorders
- Psychotic Disorders
- Eating Disorders
- Addictions
- Interpersonal and Relationship Difficulties
Approaches:
- EMDR
- Schema Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
I strive to create a welcoming, non-judgmental environment with a client-centred approach to therapy, aiming to work collaboratively with my clients on a range of presenting issues. I have worked in various contexts, including community clinics and school environments, working with a diverse range of client groups and age ranges.
Key Focus Areas:
- Mood disorders
- Anxiety disorders
- ADHD
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Trauma and related disorders
- Addiction
- Interpersonal Difficulties
- Wellbeing, Emotion Regulation and Resilience Skills
- ADHD and Cognitive Assessments
Approaches:
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Schema Informed Therapy
- Exposure Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Mindfulness
- Supportive Counselling
I am an experienced psychologist with a history of working in a variety of clinical contexts, including schools, hospitals, and private practice settings. I work with clients from across the lifespan, children (6 years and older) adolescents and adults, and I am equally passionate about assisting adults and youth through the many adjustments they experience. I believe that therapy is a highly individualised process, requiring collaboration, trust and encouragement and I seek to tailor my interventions in a way that reflects this.
Key Focus Areas:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Stress
- Sleep difficulties
- Adjustment Disorders
- Life transitions
- Grief
- Interpersonal difficulties
- Emotional / Behavioural regulation difficulties
- Issues pertaining to health psychology
Approaches:
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Schema Therapy
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
- Mindfulness
I have experience in the school setting, as well as the clinical and sport settings. My goal is to provide a safe, calm, comfortable environment where clients feel genuine care and free from judgement. I work closely with clients in this welcoming environment with the aim of empowering them to face and overcome challenges as well as take a strength-based, positive approach to promote continued growth.
Key Focus Areas:
- Depression and anxiety
- Stress management
- Emotion regulation
- Confidence and self-esteem
- Sport and performance enhancement
- Values and motivation
Approaches:
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Acceptance Commitment Therapy
- Supportive Counselling
- Psychoeducation
- Mindfulness
I have worked in school settings and private practice, providing therapeutic treatment and assessments to people across the lifespan. I am passionate about providing a non-judgmental, safe, and respectful therapeutic environment for the individual. I adopt a collaborative, client-centred approach, and tailor interventions to empower the individual to meet their goals, as well as facilitate social, emotional, and behavioural development.
Key Focus Areas:
· Neurodevelopmental assessments (autism and ADHD)
· Academic and cognitive assessments
· Depression and anxiety
· Self-esteem· Emotion regulation difficulties
· Behaviour difficulties
Approaches:
· Psychoeducation
· Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT)
· Acceptance commitment therapy (ACT)
· Mindfulness
· Supportive counselling
· Client-centred
I enjoy working with people across the lifespan. I have a background spanning educational settings, public/community health, and private practice. I provide a safe, warm, and respectful environment for clients to explore challenges. My approach involves collaborating closely with clients, their families, and allied health professionals to develop personalised treatment plans that address individual needs and goals.
Key Focus Areas:
- Neurodevelopmental assessments (autism and ADHD)
- Academic and cognitive assessments
- Depression and anxiety
- Emotion regulation
- Interpersonal and relationship difficulties
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Intervention
- Trauma and Related
- School Refusal
Approaches:
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
- Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Schema Informed Therapy
- Parenting Support
I am an enthusiastic and empathetic psychologist who strives to provide a supportive and safe space for clients. My passion is to improve client’s wellbeing by offering an opportunity to form a solid foundation to shape one’s life trajectory. I am eager to work with clients of all ages to collaboratively develop a strong alliance and enhance one’s mental health. I adopt a client centred approach, tailoring my services specific to client’s needs and goals.
Key Focus Areas:
· ADHD and cognitive assessments
· Depression and anxiety
· Self-esteem
· Emotion regulation difficulties
· Behaviour difficulties
Approaches:
· Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT)
· Acceptance commitment therapy (ACT)
· Mindfulness
· Supportive counselling
I have worked in community and private practice settings, providing psychological therapy and assessment to children, adolescents, and adults. I am passionate about offering a non-judgmental, safe, and respectful therapeutic space, and work collaboratively with clients to support emotional wellbeing, insight, and meaningful change. I adopt a client-centred, trauma-informed approach, tailoring interventions to each individual’s needs, goals, and stage of life.I also have experience supporting parents and families and have completed additional training in Applied Skills in Perinatal Mental Health Assessment and Care through the Centre of Perinatal Excellence (COPE).
Key Focus Areas:
· Anxiety and Depression
· Trauma, PTSD and CPTSD
· Burnout and Stress-Related Difficulties
· Emotion Regulation Difficulties
· Relationship and Interpersonal Difficulties
· Perinatal Mental Health and Parent Wellbeing
· ADHD, Academic and Cognitive Assessments
Approaches:
· Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
· Schema Therapy
· Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
· Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
· Psychodynamic approach
I am a psychologist who is passionate about supporting people of all ages with their mental health and wellbeing. I prioritise warmth and authenticity, and strongly believe in supporting clients using a strengths-based, collaborative, person-centred approach. Having practiced across different settings, including educational (mainstream and specialist school), and private spaces, I have seen individuals across the lifespan, though my focus is on working with children and young people (under 25) as well as with the people and systems surrounding them (e.g., schools, parents, healthcare professionals) to support them.
My goal is to create a safe environment for clients to feel comfortable sharing their authentic selves, listen to them without judgement and be an advocate for them within systems that may be challenging to navigate on their own. In time, I aim to personalise interventions to empower my clients to meet their goals in social, emotional, academic and behavioural development.
Key Focus Areas:
- Intervention and supports for neurodevelopmental disorders including: Autism, ADHD, Cognitive difficulties
- Emotion regulation challenges
- Behavioural challenges
- School refusal
- Social-emotional difficulties
- Interpersonal relationship and/or friendship challenges
- Depression, anxiety, stress and adjustment disorders
- Parenting challenges
- Neurodevelopmental assessments: including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Cognitive and academic assessments: including specific learning disorder (SLD), intellectual and developmental disability (IDD)
Approaches:
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Supportive Counselling
- Mindfulness
- Emotion Coaching Parenting
- Psychoeducation
- Systems approach
- Person-centered, strengths-based
- Neuroaffirming
I work with individuals across the lifespan and have worked across hospital, university, community and private settings. I take a supportive, collaborative, and compassionate approach to therapy, creating a space where individuals feel safe to explore their experiences openly and without judgement. My work is grounded in empathy and curiosity, allowing individuals to feel heard, respected, and understood.
I adopt a holistic lens, considering how past and present experiences, as well as broader life contexts, shape current challenges. Therapy is guided by collaboratively identified goals, ensuring the work remains meaningful and aligned with what matters most to each individual.
Key Focus Areas:
- Mood related disorders, stress, and adjustment difficulties
- Interpersonal and relationship difficulties
- Self-esteem, self-worth, and identity concerns
- Trauma and emotional dysregulation
- Addiction· Communication skills
- Neurodivergence (including assessment)
Approaches:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Supportive counselling
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)-informed
- Schema-informed approaches
- Mindfulness-based approaches
Joelle is a clinical psychology registrar who has experience undergoing assessments and therapy with clients across the lifespan.
Joelle has experience with a wide variety of client's using ACT, CBT, CFT, playbased therapy, motivational interviewing and positive psychology. Joelle is passionate about feedback informed treatment, believing strongly in the importance of making therapy a collaborative space. Joelle aims to lead with authenticity and to deliver compassionate and client centred support to her clients.Joelle has experience undertaking psychological, Autism, ADHD, IQ and educational assessments.
Joelle is passionate about assessment, in particular enjoying teasing apart differential outcomes and looking at the nuances and specificities of the individual to ensure the most appropriate conceptualisation of clients. She believes this enables clients to develop their own understanding and receive the most appropriate support and intervention.
I have worked in a range of Mental Health settings across the public, private and community spaces. While I see people from across the lifespan I have a particular interests in working with children and youth (under 25), with the neurodiverse population, in particular with ASD, and with parenting challenges. I work from a holistic approach and my work with children includes the parents, caregivers and other appropriate supports in the intervention where clinically relevant.
Key Focus Areas:
- Assessments for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Cognitive and Academic Assessments
- Depression, anxiety, stress and adjustment disorders
- Intervention for Neurodevelopmental disorders including: ASD, ADHD, Cognitive difficulties
- Parenting challenges
- Emotion regulation
- Self-esteem, self-worth and self-acceptance
- Interpersonal difficulties
Approaches:
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Supportive Counselling
- Mindfulness
- Motivational Interviewing
- Emotion Coaching Parenting