Specialising in (i) therapy + mediation (ii) psychometric assessment + reporting, (iii) psycho-legal work, (iV) supervision, based on 25 years experience in Educational, Clinical, Occupational and Forensic Psychology, with children and adults. Please feel free to drop me an email, and ask about how I would support you with your issues and learning needs. BULK BILLING NOT AVAILABLE. What makes me different to any other Psychologist? A few things - approach, mindset and experience. My approach is gentle, I believe in working with your style and type. I invite you to tell me explicitly if something is not for you - since you are the expert about you; I am the expert on the psychology tools available to you. While being gentle, I am pragmatic - I believe that you have come for feedback, so I am concise and to the point - sometimes I refer to myself as 'value for money'. While there are times that you need to figure out for yourself what to do, I can always point out options, or when things are not working, or when we are stuck in cycle that it might be hard to see. I see my job as cultivating change because you have invited me to examine your mounting challenges, and accompany you along your journey, as required. I tend your needs and provide resources while you transition, and we face issues together, and grow your capacity to journey beyond me. This may involve an exploration of the past, or practical focus on here and now strategies and approaches, which influence the map of your life journey you are carving. You guide me with expertise of your needs, wants and experiences, to plan a route forward, drawing on a variety of evidence-based methods I offer. Deep listening to your personalised style will encourage your confidence to use your own selected ways of knowing, and becoming who you are as you take your route onward through life. My mindset is calm and non-judgemental. Life is so high paced, there is so much pressure to perform, that society is increasingly not exhibiting acceptance, tolerance or inclusion. It is a job in itself to resist the pressures of society, whether we are a-typical or not. Society is teaching us that happiness is performance, attainment, and a particular ideal - is that true? I believe that we are all entitled to be just who we are, and be content with ourselves. I provide encouragement to learn about how to employ techniques to be happy in life, drawing on the work of Dr Laurie Santos, Dr Amit Sood and various positive psychology approaches, such as Savouring, Gratitude and meditation, and ideas to use these daily. With 25 years experience across Educational, Clinical, Occupational and Forensic Psychology, I specialise across the life span (children and adults) in (i) therapy + mediation (ii) psychometric assessment + reporting, (iii) psycho-legal case work / independent psychology reviews. I work with people with a variety of difficulties including relationship difficulties / divorce, complex mental health issues and disabilities (intellectual, injury, congenital and acquired neurological brain damage). My experience includes working with children and adults experiencing specific learning difficulties (Dyslexia, etc), developmental coordination delay (dyspraxia), autism, PTSD, birth trauma, post-natal depression (men and women), parenting, foetal alcohol syndrome Disorder (FASD), relationships or divorce, bereavement and loss. I offer psychological, cognitive, psychometric assessment (IQ, literacy, executive function, personality, psycho-pathology) to clarify how a person presents, and how best to support them. These assessments and reports are available for funding (NDIS, DSP, CTP, PLD, SIRA, PI), career and self-development, identifying support needs, and offering an independent second opinion and case review, including child, adolescent and family assessments for child protection and custody matters.