Dr Kim Tomlian
Kim Tomlian is a Clinical Psychologist with over 30 years of experience, developed across both the public and private sectors, working with adults and children.
Kim’s particular areas of interest include the postnatal period, parenting, parent-infant/child relationships, childhood trauma, adult trauma and adult survivors of childhood trauma including out of home care. Following her Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology, she has trained in a variety of therapeutic approaches and attends regular professional development sessions to keep up to date. Her training has included the Circle of Security Model and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) with both adults and children. Kim was the first person in Australia to be certified in Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP), a therapeutic and parenting approach based on attachment and developmental trauma research. She has also completed levels 1, 2 and 3 of the Gottman Couples Therapy training, completing level 3 with John and Julie Gottman in Seattle. Kim draws on a range of therapeutic approaches tailored for the specific individual/dyad/family.
Kim is committed to providing a non-judgemental, empathic and ethical psychology service. The topic of Kim's PhD thesis was 'Best interests of the child': inter-professional communication in child protection trials.
Areas of practice:
Adult and child mental health, with a particular interest in the following:
Parenting
- Post natal anxiety and depression
- Parent-infant/child attachment and relationships
- Childhood trauma and attachment disruption
- Adult trauma
- Adult survivors of childhood trauma
- Grief and loss
Qualifications/memberships:
Bachelor of Arts majoring in Psychology, The University of Adelaide
Diploma of Applied Psychology, The University of Adelaide
Master of Psychology (Clinical), The University of Adelaide
Diploma of Clinical Hypnosis
Full and current registration with the Psychology Board of Australia, Clinical Psychology endorsement
Member of the Clinical College of the Australian Psychological Society
Member of the Australian Association for Infant Mental Health (AAIMHI)
Medicare Provider - Clinical Psychology
- Non-directive Pregnancy Counselling
Kim Tomlian's ABN is 3234531812
Ms Penelope Phillips
Penelope (Penny) completed her Masters-level training in Clinical Psychology at the University of South Australia in 2013. She is registered as a Clinical Psychologist with AHPRA.
Throughout her career, Penny has worked with children, adolescents, adults and families across hospital, community and educational settings. She is experienced in working with complex mental health presentations, and providing therapeutic intervention to both individuals and groups.
Penny’s therapeutic approach is relaxed, warm and genuine. She aims to provide a supportive and accepting atmosphere that facilitates open discussions about topics that may otherwise feel challenging or embarrassing. She is committed to ethical practice and upholding client confidentiality.
Penny has a particular interest supporting clients to make sense of their own attachment history and how it may impact on current problems and interpersonal experiences, including parenting challenges. She works with individuals in the context of their environment to unpack and break free from unhelpful recurrent patterns that impact on emotion, behaviour, relationships and overall wellbeing. As part of this process, she has a strong focus on assisting others to understand, express and respond to their own emotional needs and experiences.
As is supported by the research evidence base, Penny understands that there are many ways to grow and/or heal through therapy. As such, she ensures interventions are person-centred, so that the experience of therapy is tailored to meet the specific needs of each individual. She draws on her knowledge and training in attachment theory, Schema Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, mindfulness and clinical hypnosis to develop interventions that are suited to the needs and goals of her clients.
Areas of practice:
Perinatal mental health
- Postnatal mental health (including anxiety and depression) and traumatic birth experiences
- Adjustment to parenthood
- Antenatal, pregnancy, childbirth fears and preparation for childbirth
Adult mental health
- Adjustment difficulties, stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD
- Recurrent and longstanding mental health and interpersonal issues
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts in psychology (honours)
- Masters of Psychology (Clinical)
- AHPRA endorsed area of practice in Clinical Psychology
- Diploma of Clinical Hypnosis (in progress)
- Medicare Provider
Penelope Phillips' ABN is 65803170424
Dr Joanne Collins
Dr Joanne Collins is a clinical psychologist. Jo has completed her Master’s degree in Psychology and has also completed a PhD in Clinical Psychology on mental health service delivery in rural areas.
Jo has experience working with people across the lifespan and enjoys supporting her clients with their concerns with a warm and collaborative approach. Jo takes a kind and empathic approach with all her clients. She is especially interested in supporting clients with anxiety and depression and also those in the perinatal period.
Areas of practice:
All areas of Adult Mental Health with a particular interest in the following:- Anxiety, depression, stress, and eating disorders and Perinatal anxiety and depression
Qualifications
- Bach Arts, BA Hons (Psych), The University of Adelaide
- PhD, The University of Adelaide
- Master of Psychology (Clinical), The University of South Australia
- Full and current registration with the Psychology Board of Australia
- Member Clinical college of the Australian Psychological Society
Joanne Collins' ABN is 18652954660
Carly Madgen
Carly is a Clinical Psychologist with over 10 years experience working with children, adolescents, adults and families. Carly is committed to providing a compassionate and nurturing therapy space where people feel comfortable to share their challenges and hopes for the future. Carly enjoys supporting and witnessing people's transformative and healing experiences throughout their therapeutic journey.
Carly is skilled in using a range of evidence based therapies such as, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Trauma-focussed Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (TF-CBT), and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR). Carly also draws on her training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Narrative Therapy to provide a tailored therapeutic approach to people's individual needs.
Carly enjoys working collaboratively with people across the lifespan with wide ranging concerns. She has extensive experience working with child and adolescent trauma and children's psychological difficulties. Carly also has an interest in transgender issues in childhood and supporting those during the perinatal period.
Carly Madgen's ABN is 68878530958
Tamara Gray
Tamara Gray (nee Muller)is a clinical psychologist with over ten years experience working with children, young people, families and adults.
Tamara enjoys working with adults experiencing a range of concerns such as depression, anxiety, or other mental health difficulties to improve their wellbeing. She is also interested in supporting children, young people and their families with emotional and behavioral difficulties and mental health concerns. Tamara has experience working with children and caregivers who have experienced trauma. Tamara enjoys supporting caregivers to tailor their parenting to the unique needs of their child or adolescent.
Tamara has a warm, empathic and gentle therapy style. She uses a range of evidence based therapeutic approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy (EMDR), and the Circle of Security (COS) model.
Tamara is a Board-approved supervisor and has extensive experience in providing clinical supervision for higher degree students and clinical psychology registrars.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology) (Honours), Flinders University
Master of Psychology (Clinical), The University of Adelaide
Full and current registration with the Psychology Board of Australia with Clinical Psychology endorsement and as a Board-approved supervisor
Medicare Provider - Clinical Psychology
Tamara Gray's ABN is 29275211819
Holly Richards
Holly is a Clinical Psychologist and Board Approved Supervisor, with approximately 10 years of experience working across public and private sectors.
Holly has a humanistic approach to her therapeutic style, believing that everyone has the potential for growth and resolution within themselves if provided with the right support and opportunities. She is warm, friendly, and creative and can flexibly draw from multiple evidence-based psychological treatments including ACT, CBT, Schema Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. Holly has an interest in the “whys” of human behaviours and loves to build insight through understanding the origins of problematic behaviours and beliefs, through exploring attachment and environmental influences. Holly’s focus in all sessions it to give people the experience of being truly seen and heard, believing that the therapeutic relationship is the avenue for change no matter what treatment approach is used.
Holly has experience working with highly complex presentations in acute inpatient settings with a special interest in Bipolar and psychosis. She enjoys working with new Dad's to help them adjust to parenthood, as well as all other kinds of common human struggles such as work-stress, grief and loss, self-blame/regret, perfectionism, stress, anxiety, panic attacks and depression.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Social Sciences (Psychology)(Honours), The University of Adelaide
Master of Psychology (Clinical), The University of Adelaide
Full and current registration with the Psychology Board of Australia with Clinical Psychology endorsement and as a Board-approved supervisor
Medicare Provider - Clinical Psychology
Holly Richards' ABN is 94 689 002 124
Roberta Mitchell
Roberta Mitchell is a Clinical Psychologist who has completed a Masters degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of Adelaide.
Over the past 10 years, Roberta has worked with children, adolescents and adults in a range of clinical settings, including public and private organisations. Working collaboratively with her clients, Roberta has a gentle and considered therapeutic style. She prefers a trans-diagnostic approach which recognises the commonalities in the struggles and challenges we face as humans. As well as following the Unified Protocol by Barlow et al, she draws from other evidence-based therapies including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Behavioural Activation.
Areas of practice:
Adult and adolescent mental health, with a particular interest in the following:
- Anxiety and stress
- Depression and low mood
- ADHD
- Emotional dysregulation and hormones
- Adjustment to change and transitions
Qualifications/memberships:
Bachelor of Arts with Honours in English, University of Tasmania
Graduate Diploma in Psychology, Flinders University
Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Psychology, Flinders University
Master of Psychology (Clinical), The University of Adelaide
Full and current registration with the Psychology Board of Australia, Clinical Psychology endorsement
Medicare Provider – Clinical Psychology
Roberta Mitchell's ABN is 12 377 054 771
Ursula Legoe
Ursula is a warm, empathic and friendly Clinical Psychologist, with a Masters in Clinical Psychology from the University of Sydney. She has experience working with children, families and adults, including with the Child and Youth Mental Health Service, supporting children and families presenting with complex needs.
Ursula has a particular interest in working with women and families in the pre and postnatal period, and supporting parents with challenges related to parenting during early childhood. She enjoys working with her clients to explore and understand emotional difficulties and unhelpful patterns in the context of their own attachment and life experiences. Ursula prioritises the therapy relationship and adopts a trauma-informed approach.
Ursula has an integrative and evidence-based approach to therapy that draws on her training and experience in a variety of therapy approaches, including Attachment and relational therapies, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Schema Therapy, Parent coaching, Parent-Child interaction Therapy, Circle of Security, Bowen Family Systems Therapy and Systemic Family Therapy.
Ursula is experienced in supporting people with a range of challenges, for example anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, emotion regulation difficulties, stress, developmental trauma, parenting support and childhood challenges.
Qualifications:
- Master of Clinical Psychology (The University of Sydney)
- Bachelor of Psychological Science, Honours (Flinders University)
- Bachelor of Psychological Science (The University of Adelaide)
Full and current registration with the Psychology Board of Australia, Clinical Psychology endorsement.
Ursula Legoe's ABN is 29672748992
Lexie Ashforth
Lexie is a Clinical Psychologist and Board Approved Supervisor with over 12 years experience working with children, adolescents and families in community mental health. Lexie brings a warm, down-to-earth approach to her work with clients and families placing importance on collaboration and walking alongside clients and families in their therapeutic journey.
She has specific experience working with children and families who have experienced trauma as well as a mental health difficulties, including anxiety, depression, and other emotional and behavioural concerns.
Lexie’s approach with clients integrates a range of different evidence based therapeutic approaches depending on best fit, including attachment and relational therapies, Circle of Security, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Systemic Family therapy and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR).
Lexie’s areas of interest include strengthening relationships between children and their parents/carers, supporting parents with the challenges of parenthood, and working with young children and their families.
Lexie Ashforth's ABN is 93941468286
Elsbeth Treacy
Elsbeth is a clinical psychologist who has worked across both public and private mental health settings for the past 10 years. Elsbeth works with people who are experiencing a range of difficulties including depression, anxiety, grief and loss, difficulties with emotion regulation, interpersonal difficulties, work-related stress and difficulties in adjusting to new or stressful life situations.
Elsbeth is naturally inquisitive and has a warm, collaborative and non-judgmental therapy style. One of her strengths is supporting people to better understand how they have arrived at their current difficulties. Elsbeth believes that when people are able to build insight into how their own unique history and personal experiences have shaped them, they are more able to access self-compassion and find effective ways to cope.
In her practice Elsbeth draws from a number of evidence based therapy modalities including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), motivational interviewing, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and schema therapy.
Elsbeth is a board-approved supervisor with experience in providing clinical supervision for clinical psychology registrars.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Psychology (Honours), Flinders University
Master of Psychology (Clinical), Flinders University
Full and current registration with the Psychology Board of Australia with Clinical Psychology endorsement and as a Board-approved supervisor
Medicare Provider - Clinical Psychology
Elsbeth Treacy's ABN is 31826146698
Ms Isabella Ryan
Isabella Ryan is a Clinical Psychologist with current AHPRA registration. Having worked in public and non-government organisations, Isabella has gained experience working across the lifespan in community, hospital, and private practice settings.
With her naturally empathetic and caring disposition, Isabella cultivates a non-judgemental space for people to share their concerns and uncomfortable thoughts and feelings. She is compassionate and understanding, bringing a warm and collaborative approach to each client, honouring their unique life experience. Alongside this, Isabella is committed to providing evidenced-based interventions tailored to client’s specific goals, by drawing on a range of therapeutic techniques including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Schema Therapy and Mindfulness skills. Isabella is interested in assisting clients to make sense of their current difficulties (including how they developed in the first place), and to identify the outcomes they wish to reach. Isabella is guided by client preference whether to work on longstanding patterns, develop coping skills for the present, or work on a combination of both. Throughout the therapy process, Isabella is dedicated to supporting people to develop new skills, overcome challenges, enhance their well-being, and promote a nourishing and fulfilling life.
With a commitment to ongoing learning, Isabella values staying up to date with the latest treatment approaches, and professional and ethical considerations.
Areas of practice
Perinatal mental health and wellbeing
Isabella has a special interest in perinatal (antenatal and postnatal) mental health and wellbeing and is eager to support individuals through the transition of becoming a parent including unexpected pregnancies, fertility concerns, mother’s mental health, father’s mental health and LGBTQIA+ parenting experiences. Isabella is particularly interested in treating perinatal anxiety symptoms and perinatal obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
Isabella works with clients struggling with:
- Adjustment to parenting (e.g., navigating the life transition and impact on relationships, friendships, self-identity, etc.)
- Unmet expectations regarding parenthood
- Loneliness
- Perfectionism
- Anxiety, overwhelm and frustration
- Difficulty tolerating uncertainty
- Excessive worry
- Health anxiety
- Repetitively checking on baby
- Unwanted intrusive thoughts (‘scary thoughts’)
- Perinatal OCD
- Negative thoughts and self-criticism
- Physical symptoms of anxiety and panic
- Social anxiety (e.g., fear of being judged by others)
- Low mood/ depression symptoms
Early Adulthood (16 years +)
Alongside her interest in perinatal mental health, Isabella works with adults at all stages of life and particularly enjoys supporting individuals navigating early adulthood, appreciating the challenges that can arise during this time.
Isabella works with the following experiences:
- Year 11 and 12 stress (e.g., academic, social/relationship concerns)
- Navigating the transition from high school to university
- University stress, academic achievement pressure
- Perfectionism
- Low self-esteem
- Relationship concerns (e.g., relationship anxiety, relationship breakdowns)
- Sleep difficulties
- Grief and loss
- Early career challenges
- Low mood and depression
- Anxiety, stress, worry
- Social anxiety
- Health anxiety
- Climate anxiety
- Existential anxiety
Chronic Pain
Isabella also has experience working with adults living with chronic pain and recognizes the unique distress and impacts chronic pain can have on quality of life.
Isabella works with clients struggling with:
- Managing chronic pain
- The impact of chronic pain (e.g., social, relationships, and self-identity)
- Loss of mobility
- Social isolation
- Grief and loss in the context of chronic pain
- Depression and anxiety in the context of chronic pain
Qualifications
Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours), The University of Adelaide
Master of Psychology (Clinical), University of South Australia
Full & current registration with the Psychology Board of Australia
Clinical Psychology Endorsement
Member of the Australian Psychological Society
Medicare Provider – Clinical Psychology
Isabella Ryan’s ABN is 32 533 629 696
Jade Sherrey
Jade is a warm, compassionate therapist who is dedicated to creating a safe and nurturing environment for all her clients and their families. Her approach is creative, person- centred and flexible to suit people from all backgrounds and walks of life. Jade views every person as unique and therefore tailors her therapy accordingly to meet individual needs of her clients so they can move forward and achieve their therapy goals.
Throughout her career, Jade has worked with children, adolescents, adults and families across hospital, community, and private settings. She has experience working with people that have complex mental health needs, including schizophrenia, bi-polar and personality disorders. Jade has a special interest in working with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), adult survivors of childhood trauma and those experiencing attachment difficulties.
Jade draws from several evidence-based approaches, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation Processing (EMDR), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), and Schema Therapy.
Areas of practice:
Adult mental health, with a particular interest in the following:
- Parent-infant/child attachment and relationships
- Parenting strategies
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Adult survivors of childhood trauma
- Anxiety and phobias
Qualifications
Bachelor of Psychology (Honours), University of South Australia
Master of Psychology (Clinical), University of New England
Full and current registration with the Psychology Board of Australia with Clinical Psychology Endorsement Board-Approved Supervisor
Medicare Provider - Clinical Psychology
Please note that Jade is only currently seeing adults clients (18years and older).
Jade Sherrey's ABN is: 69 645 183 899
Mandy McCallum
Mandy is a Registered Psychologist. She has completed a Combined Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology, and PhD in Clinical Psychology. Her published research is in behaviour change maintenance and the creation of meaningful, lasting changes.
Mandy has experience working with both adults and children treating a wide range of mental health concerns, including panic attacks, generalised anxiety and anxiety-related disorders (including obsessive compulsive disorder), depressive disorders and the treatment of trauma.
Mandy enjoys working with people from diverse backgrounds and with different contextual needs, including grief and loss, professional burn-out, emotional regulation, relapse prevention, resilience and self-compassion. She is especially passionate about working with the Indigenous community and works within a cultural safety framework, to foster wellbeing.
Mandy has a firm grounding in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness based techniques and Schema Therapy, and is committed to ongoing professional development. She believes that treatment plans need to be tailored to meet the specific needs of each client and will often blend several treatment styles in order to provide effective, evidence-based therapeutic interventions.
Mandy McCallum's ABN is 62802126347
Ms Meg Prior
Meg Prior is a Registered Psychologist. Meg has more than a decade of experience working with children, teens and adults in public and private practice. Meg is accredited by Medicare to provide therapeutic services under a Mental Health Care Plan.
Meg Prior's ABN is 72462240073
Ms Jude Hill
Jude Hill is a Clinical Social Worker who has attained her Accreditation as a Mental Health Social Worker. This means that Jude has demonstrated skill and knowledge in providing psychologically based therapies for people with mental health conditions.
Jude is highly trained in internationally recognised child development programs and also parenting programs. She is accredited as Circle of Security Parenting, parent trainer.
She has worked clinically in the Government in therapeutic counselling roles and more recently as parent-infant therapist. Jude has extensive experience in working with people who have experienced trauma in their childhood.
Jude uses a variety of approaches to assist people and their mental health including CBT, Mindfulness based Cognitive Therapy and Compassion Focused Therapy.
Jude is accredited by Medicare to consult with children, teens and adults under a Mental Health Care Plan; please see service details page for further information.
Areas of practice
- Perinatal and infant mental health
- Parent infant attachment and bonding
- Reading baby’s cues
- Adjustment to parenting
- Young people’s mental health
- Anxiety and depression
- Gender and sexual identity
- Grief and loss
- Adult mental health
- Anxiety and depression
Qualifications / Memberships:
Mental Health Social Worker Accreditation (AMSW)
Graduate Diploma of Social Science (Health Counselling), University of South Australia
Bachelor of Social Work, University of South Australia
Bachelor of Social Science (Community Service), University of South Australia
Associate Diploma Arts (Liberal Studies), University of South Australia
Australian Association of Social Workers
Australian Association of Infant Mental Health
Australian Borderline Personality Disorder Foundation
World Association of Infant Mental Health
Jude Hill's ABN is 877001231070
Ali Knight
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
Sarah Tie
Sarah Tie is a provisional psychologist working towards general registration as an overseas professional. Sarah Tie recently relocated to Adelaide from the US with her husband and two daughters after running a perinatal therapy practice there for 10 years.
Sarah offers perinatal psychology services and treatment for individuals and couples. Sarah has received specialised training in the treatment of perinatal mood disorders, including anxiety, depression, rage, and psychosis. Sarah also supports people experiencing infertility, pregnancy loss, pregnancy complications, and medically complicated delivery.
Sarah also works with couples to provide treatment and support for new parents who are dealing with medical challenges, either for baby or mum, grief and loss, trauma, parenting challenges, and struggles with connecting as partners.
Sarah has trained with a number of perinatal specialists and utilises a range of therapeutic approaches, including Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for trauma, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness, and Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples.
Qualifications: Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, The University of Colorado Boulder, Master of Counseling Psychology, The University of Colorado Denver, Provisional Registration with the Psychology Board of Australia, and Member of the Australian Association of Psychologists, Inc.
Alexandra Freesmith
Alexandra has been working as a general psychologist since 2010. Throughout her career she has worked around Australia in a range of regional, remote and urban settings, and worked with clients across the lifespan for government, private and not for profit sectors.
Alexandra is particularly passionate about working with clients during the perinatal period. She understands the potential for parents to simultaneously experience profound vulnerability and wonder at entering this season of life. She is committed to nurturing individuals to hold a range of experiences and to explore ways to find freedom from suffering whilst also learning to accept painful experiences as part of the human condition.
Alexandra uses an integrative evidence based therapy approach, some of which include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy(CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy(ACT), Solution Focused Therapy, Motivational Interviewing and Mindfulness based interventions. Where clinically appropriate, mindfulness underpins her approach in supporting clients to navigate and make sense of their current experience and to understand the impermanence of both pleasant and unpleasant life experiences. Alexandra holds the therapeutic relationship at the forefront of any engagement with clients and is committed to ongoing professional development to further support them on their journey towards therapy goals.
Currently accepting referrals for:
Perinatal mental health including:
- Preconception, including fertility issues
- IVF support
- Pregnancy
- Antenatal depression and anxiety
- Postnatal depression and anxiety
- Adjustment to Parenthood
- Unexpected Infant medical diagnoses
General Adult mental health including:
- Anxiety
- Depression/low mood
- Stress management
- Adjustment to change/transition
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Psychology, University of South Australia
- Graduate Diploma of Psychology, University of Canberra
- Full and current registration with the Psychology Board of Australia
- Medicare Provider – Psychology
Alexandra Freesmith’s ABN: 646 905 531 82
Jessica Paradiso
Jessica is a clinical psychologist with current AHPRA registration and is an active member of the Australian Psychological Society (MAPS). Jessica has honed her expertise by assisting individuals of all ages with various needs in a private practice setting. Through her diverse experiences, she has cultivated a particular interest in aiding women as they navigate the journey into motherhood.
Jessica believes in building a strong therapeutic relationship with her clients and maintains a client-centred approach to ensure each individual feels supported, listened to, and understood throughout their therapeutic journey. Jessica offers a safe, non-judgemental space for adults to address past and present concerns. Her focus includes mood disturbances, anxiety-based concerns, sleep difficulties, stress management, grief and loss, relationship distress, poor self-esteem, and perinatal mental health.
Jessica’s interest in perinatal mental health encompasses:
- Anxiety regarding pregnancy
- Infertility
- Adjusting to parenting
- Antenatal / postnatal anxiety and depression
- Unwanted intrusive thoughts (perinatal OCD)
In her practice, Jessica draws upon evidence-based treatments including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and schema therapy.
Client Group:
- Adults (18+) all genders
Qualifications:
- Master of Psychology (Clinical)
- Graduate Diploma of Psychology (Advanced)
- Bachelor of Psychological Science
Jessica Paradiso’s ABN is 41 594 338 541