Dr Sharlene Benton Psychologist

Dr Sharlene Benton helps clients to live their best life. Her warm, empathic and down-to-Earth approach assists clients to feel supported and safe in exploring their difficulties and facilitates clients to build upon their strengths to achieve their goals. Through this process, she aims for clients to develop a stronger sense of identity, foster meaningful relationships and feel a sense of purpose. She believes that the foundation of any effective psychotherapy is an honest and collaborative therapeutic relationship. Sharlene has advanced skills in Schema Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, has co-presented for the Australian Psychological Society on managing suicide risk from a psychological perspective, and provides consultation for other psychologists requiring support and up-skilling in managing clinical risk and complex presentations. Her extensive experience in the public mental health sector, and expertise in clinical psychology support her interest in working with clients that have high prevalence disorders (such as depression, anxiety, substance use disorders and personality vulnerabilities) and/or low prevalence disorders (Bipolar Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Psychotic Disorders, including first episode psychosis).