Dr Karen Baikie Psychologist

Dr Karen Baikie is a registered Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Certified Hakomi Therapist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner with over 25 years experience working with individuals and couples in private practice in Sydney, Australia. She is the Director and Founder of Grow Mindfully: Centre for Psychology, Psychotherapy and Health, a group private practice of independent practitioners who are like-minded in their approach to healing. Karen is a Certified Hakomi Trainer with the Hakomi Institute Pacifica Team and co-facilitator with Halko Weiss in the Australian Hakomi Embodied and Aware Relationships Training (H.E.A.R.T.). She runs workshops on aspects of Hakomi and H.E.A.R.T. throughout Australia and provides clinical supervision. Karen holds a PhD in psychology on the use of expressive writing as a therapeutic tool for survivors of trauma and has co-authored several peer-reviewed publications on expressive writing. She has worked extensively with adult survivors of child abuse. Karen’s work integrates mindfulness-based approaches to attachment, trauma, parenting and relationship issues. She is passionate about assisting individuals, couples, parents and other therapists to support deepening awareness and connection with themselves, partners, children, clients and others.