"I strive to create a safe and nonjudgmental space for clients to bring their whole selves to therapy. I also take a collaborative and evidence-based approach to practice. This means working with clients to facilitate a better understanding of what is happening for them in their lives, and deciding together what would be helpful, from a range of researched therapeutic approaches. In aiming to build better awareness with clients, I value curiosity, empathy, and warmth. Feedback is also an important part of my work – creating an honest dialogue with clients about their experience of therapy, as well as about their personal preferences, ensures that our work together continues to focus on what is meaningful to them."

My approach to mental health care prioritises openness and honesty, creating a space where clients feel free to explore and express themselves. I aim to help clients develop a deeper understanding of themselves and their experiences, empowering them to live in alignment with their values. Rather than focusing solely on symptoms or diagnoses, I work collaboratively with clients to explore the broader context and emotional patterns shaping their difficulties. I believe that distress often carries deeper meaning and reflects important, though sometimes unconscious, aspects of a person’s experience. Exploring these experiences with curiosity and developing understanding can create lasting, meaningful change. I prioritise the therapeutic relationship, fostering honest and sometimes challenging conversations that support growth. My approach is flexible and tailored, focusing on what’s getting in the way of a client’s ability to flourish. I aim to support clients in embracing themselves more fully, so they can move away from avoidance and step into a more fulfilling, authentic life.

Charlotte was born and raised in Egypt, growing up as a bicultural individual, balancing Egyptian and French cultures. She is passionate about the unique challenges that come with navigating different cultural backgrounds. She earned her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in psychology in France and later obtained provisional registration in Australia with AHPRA. Over the years, Charlotte has worked in France, Egypt, and Southeast Africa. She specializes in supporting individuals dealing with trauma, anxiety, neurodivergence, and personality and mood disorders. Rather than focusing on fixing' mental health challenges, she focuses on building resilience and improving cognitive exibility to handle struggles effectively. Her approach is eclectic drawing on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Schema Therapy as well as humanistic and psychodynamic approaches.This exibility allows her to tailor her approach to each person’s unique background and needs. In addition to English, Charlotte speaks Arabic and French, which allows her to connect with clients from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.

Clare is an accredited Mental Health Social Worker and Gestalt Psychotherapist with 10 years’ experience working in the public and private sector of counselling and therapeutic services. Clare completed her bachelors (Hons.) degree in Ireland and four-year advanced training in gestalt psychotherapy in Melbourne, Australia. Clare offers a warm, relational approach to therapy where you can expect to be supported and challenged. She believes that the relational approach to therapy can be transformative, encourage deeper meaning-making and self-acceptance. Clare’s areas of specialty are working with victim/survivors of abuse, sexual violence, reproductive trauma, complex trauma, PTSD, bereavement, and loneliness. Whether or not you have a formal diagnosis or not, her interest is in your lived experiences and how this has shaped you in the present moment. Clare acknowledges that ‘recovering’ from traumatic experience requires trust, safety and a pace that feels right for you. There may not be a quick fix solution to what you bring to therapy, but she will help you to help yourself to cultivate curiosity and self-compassion and will encourage an increase of self-awareness and connection to all parts of you, embracing your whole self. Clare offers a space for all people who want to connect or reconnect back to themselves in creating a sense of home and steadiness within themselves. “The journey of aliveness, engagement in the world, risk taking, and connectedness is the grandest journey of all” – Close & Reese, 2018. Living in Melbourne? Find a mental health social worker near you. Our team is here to help!

Jean is a registered psychologist and clinical registrar with experience delivering individual and family therapy across private practice and educational settings. She adopts a warm, compassionate, and trauma-informed approach with her clients, aimed at creating a non-judgemental and safe therapeutic space. She believes that individuals are the experts of their own experiences and seeks to empower her clients from all walks of life to promote their own healing. Jean enjoys working collaboratively with children, adolescents, and adults experiencing a range of mental health difficulties. Drawing from evidence-based frameworks including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Schema Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Jean tailors treatment to meet the unique needs and goals of each client. She is also trained in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Enhanced (CBTE) to provide specialised support for individuals experiencing some eating disorders and disordered eating patterns.

Lisa is an experienced registered psychologist who believes that therapy can help individuals gain a sense of direction and possibility in their lives. Her approach is compassionate, client-centered, and grounded in evidence-based practices. She adopts a holistic perspective, integrating a wide variety of evidence-informed techniques to suit each client’s unique needs. Lisa is particularly drawn to therapies that promote an exploration and acceptance of emotions, believing that understanding one's emotional patterns and reactions is the gateway to self-awareness and relational growth. This understanding helps clients navigate the worry, confusion, conflict, or loss that we all experience at times. Known for her warm and interactive personal style, Lisa brings respect and genuine curiosity to her work. She has extensive experience across a range of settings, including child and adolescent mental health services, and has worked with individuals managing chronic pain as part of her broader clinical expertise. Lisa works with individuals, couples, and parents facing life transitions, relational difficulties, mood and anxiety issues, chronic pain, and trauma. Her goal is to empower clients with the tools and insights to foster resilience and meaningful change. “I work with individuals navigating life transitions, personality and interpersonal challenges, survivors of trauma and abuse, those experiencing mood and anxiety concerns, individuals managing the impact of chronic pain, and clients addressing parenting or family dynamic concerns.”

Negin is passionate about exploring how traumatic experiences, attachment patterns and our cultural identity impact on our mental health, sense of well-being and life decisions. She has a strong interest in mindbody connection and integrating cognitive, emotional, somatic, and creative techniques to facilitate healing and growth. She believes our areas of concern are largely influenced by an individual’s inner system as well as external ones such as political, social, and environmental structures. Negin immensely enjoys her work as a therapist, a profession that is well aligned with her personal values: justice, creativity, peace, learning and courage. She sees herself as a warm and empathic guide here to assist you in reaching your goals & rebuilding a sense of power, resiliency, and safety. Her practice embraces diversity and welcomes differences brought by cultural background, age, ability and religion. Her practice is sex positive and GSRD-aware (Gender, sexuality and relationship diversity). She is eager to explore the impacts of immigration on sociocultural identity and experience of cultural bereavement.