Ali is an accredited Mental Health Social Worker. This means that Ali has demonstrated skill and knowledge in providing psychologically based therapies for people with mental health conditions. Ali has over twenty years of clinical experience and has worked with adults and children in a variety of sectors, including government and non government agencies.
Ali has a warm, empathic, and respectful approach. She enjoys working alongside infants, children and their families to resolve a range of emotional difficulties. Ali has trained in a variety of therapeutic approaches and attends regular professional development sessions to keep up to date. Ali has specialist skills and training in Child Parent Psychotherapy to address a range of complex mental health presentations in children which include anxiety, symptoms of PTSD and relational disturbance due to early trauma. Ali also draws on other evidence based approaches which include Mentalisation Based Treatment, Narrative Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
Ali is accredited by Medicare to provide therapeutic services under a Mental Health Care Plan; please see the service details page for further information.
Areas of practice:
Children’s psychological therapy for a range of emotional difficulties
- Parent infant/child attachment and relationship
- Childhood trauma and attachment disruption
Qualifications/Memberships:
Mental Health Social Worker Accreditation (AMSW)
- Bachelor of Social Work, Flinders University
- Bachelor of Arts, Flinders University
- Australian Association of Social Workers
Ali Knight’s ABN is 13347876955