Abby works with early years and primary-aged children, drawing on expressive therapies and systems-informed approaches in her therapy. She is passionate about supporting neurodivergent children and their families. Her approach is warm, neurodiversity-affirming, and evidence-based.

Gavin works with primary age children, adolescents, and adults to navigate challenges with an individualised and compassionate approach. Gavin brings a calm, grounded presence shaped by years leading high-pressure kitchen teams and diverse groups and individuals.

Jade works with adolescents and adults, with a focus on complex trauma and attachment-related distress. With extensive experience in complex mental health, Jade’s therapeutic practice draws from DBT, family systems therapy, polyvagal theory, and expressive modalities. Jade commonly works with adolescents and adults experiencing: - Complex trauma – including developmental trauma, relational trauma, and the lasting impacts of abuse, neglect, or childhood wounds. Attachment-related distress – patterns of relating that feel confusing, painful, or overwhelming. This might show up as fear of abandonment, difficulty trusting others, push-pull dynamics in relationships, or a persistent feeling of not belonging. - Grief and loss - Relationship challenges - conflict with family, partners, or friends; difficulty setting boundaries; feeling misunderstood or disconnected; or repeating unhelpful patterns in how you relate to others.

Kate works with young and primary-aged children, adolescents, and adults to provide tailored support for their needs. A mum of adult children herself, Kate brings real-life understanding alongside genuine clinical expertise — whether she is working with a young child, a teenager, or an adult navigating life's harder moments. She is equally at home helping a toddler through early developmental challenges, walking alongside a teenager navigating anxiety or difficult transitions, or supporting an adult through grief, relationships, identity, or simply feeling stuck.

Makaela works integratively across both creative and talk-based therapy. She primarily works with children and young people aged 8 through their 20s. While creative and expressive modalities are central to her practice, sessions are always guided by the individual needs, preferences, and readiness of each client. Makaela meets clients where they are and adjusts the pace and depth of work to support safety and regulation. Makaela is experienced in supporting young people navigating emotional regulation difficulties, self-harm, significant life transitions, and childhood trauma. She is particularly well-suited to clients who have struggled with traditional talk therapy, while also supporting those who prefer a more conversational therapeutic style. Above all, Makaela values authenticity, safety, creativity, trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming practice, and supporting clients to feel seen, supported, and understood.

Paula works across psychotherapy and behaviour support. She supports children, young people, adults, and families within complex therapeutic, developmental, and relational contexts. Paula Gillespie-Fotheringham is the founder of AkindaCo, which was born out of Paula’s love of working with early and primary years children – supporting them to reach their developmental milestones and helping them process their worries and enhance their emotional wellbeing. Paula specialises in supporting children who have experienced traumatic events, have extreme difficulties forming relationships, or are low or non-verbal. Paula has worked in a wide range of child-focused settings – as both a child development specialist, a child psychotherapist and in managerial capacities. These include at Yourtown in the Early Child Development Program, in various Child and Adolescent Mental health services (CAMHS) in the UK, in inpatient psychiatric services and residential units. Paula holds a range of Masters level qualifications (Arts Psychotherapy, research, CBT) and has additional training in trauma related dissociation, EMDR, EFT, Clayfield, play therapy, Learn to Play program and the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP).

Rana Rose Kökçinar is a Senior Systemic Psychotherapist and Family Therapist who works with individuals, couples, and families across a range of relational and life-stage challenges. She offers therapy that is thoughtful, collaborative, and grounded in clinical depth. With Rana, you can expect open and compassionate conversations, genuine curiosity and relational expertise, with a distinctive and engaging side-serving of light-heartedness and enthusiasm. Rana holds dual Masters qualifications in both Clinical Family Therapy and Psychotherapy, alongside undergraduate training in medical sciences such as genetics and immunology, and research experience in public health. In addition to her clinical work, Rana is a peer-reviewed academic author, with multiple publications in international scholarly journals, and she regularly presents at both national and international conferences. Her ongoing academic writing and research engagement inform a practice that is both reflective and evidence-informed. Her therapeutic approach is integrative, systemic, and trauma-informed, drawing particularly on Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy, Integrative Systemic Psychotherapy, and Family Therapy. Rana commonly works with concerns such as relational distress, parenting and family conflict, trauma and attachment difficulties including family violence, identity development, grief and loss, emotional regulation, and intergenerational trauma. Outside of work, Rana spends her time reading, dancing, hiking and camping. Rana accepts private health rebates with all major health funds (see: https://pacfa.org.au/portal/portal/Prac-Res/Private-Health-Funds/Private-Health-Funds.aspx?hkey=a5a37ec4-a175-4a9b-ae6a-09a403a97e06).

Shane works with individuals, couples, and families to provide compassionate, evidence-based therapy. His empathetic, client-centred approach promotes resilience and equity, ensuring his therapeutic interventions are innovative and research-driven.