Alex’s therapeutic approach is client centred, trauma-informed and guided by attachment theory. Alex works with children, adolescents and young adults in areas including anxiety, depression, complex trauma, grief and loss, coping with challenging emotions, interpersonal difficulties, bullying, developing healthy self-esteem and school refusal. Alex has experience and a particular interest in working with neurodivergent clients practicing in a neuroaffirming manner. He also has a special interest and experience working with gender diverse and non-conforming youth, implementing the most up to date practice in gender affirming care. Alex uses the most up to date evidence-based modalities in his practice and will tailor his approach based off the needs of his clients. Alex believes fundamentally in the importance of connection, providing psychological safety, as well as genuine curiosity and acceptance of the individual and their story. He believes these are central tenets for healing and growth. His approach values the importance of understanding the strengths, and what makes the person unique in order to practice in collaboration with his clients to support their well-being, and their goals in life. Alex values the continual development of his clinical skills as a provisional psychologist through practice, professional development as well as continued supervision from a variety of experienced mental health care professionals.

Katharine Cook is a registered Child and Family Psychologist who specialises in the areas of attachment, separation, trauma, anxiety, grief, child behaviour, adolescent issues, perinatal depression and parenting issues. Over the past 15 years, Katharine has worked internationally in a Paediatric AIDS Hospice in South Africa and in Family Assessment services in the UK, providing specialist assessment in Family Law and Child Protection matters. In Sydney, Katharine worked in a drug and alcohol rehabilitation unit (Phoebe House), a trauma counselling service (Physical Abuse and Neglect of Children Counselling Service, Western Sydney Community Health) and in statutory child protection (Department of Community Services, Eastern Sydney Community Services Centre). Katharine is now the Principal Psychologist at the Family Psychology Practice, based in the Northern Beaches of Sydney where she provides individual and family therapy, victims of crime counselling, disaster and critical incident psychological responses and consults to NGOs and government departments in the areas of child protection, trauma, domestic violence and attachment.

Natalie provides individual and group dramatherapy programs to support children’s mental health. Dramatherapy is a psychological therapy that uses creative approaches to explore challenges. Natalie has worked with children who have experienced emotional trauma including abuse, neglect, grief and loss, at –risk young people in alternative education, within adolescent eating disorder and adult mental health services and provides group programs for children who’s parents are recovering from addiction.