Alanah is a Registered Psychologist who is passionate about creating a warm, collaborative and safe therapeutic environment to support clients’ on their mental health journeys. Alanah provides a client centred, trauma informed and strengths based approach. Alanah strives to work every day in line with her values of compassion, acceptance and connection. Alanah has experience in and works from a range of therapeutic modalities including, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and mindfulness principles. Alanah has experience working with children, adolescents and adults throughout Queensland living in rural, remote and metropolitan areas. Alanah has worked in public health settings, educational settings, forensic settings and private practice. Alanah has enjoyed supporting clients in private practice clinics, Aboriginal medical services, community centres, primary and high schools, kindergartens and their homes. Alanah has experience working with clients across the lifespan who are experiencing anxiety, depression, autism related struggles, attention deficit and hyperactivity challenges, intellectual disabilities, bi-polar, schizophrenia, psychosis, personality disorders and more. Alanah welcomes clients from diverse backgrounds, including clients who identify as neurodiverse and within the LGBTIQ+ diverse community. Alanah is available for sessions on Thursdays. Alanah is currently seeing people aged 12+ to older adults.

Francene is the Director of Healing Connections Psychology, and a Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Supervisor with experience across 17-years. Francene has worked within several settings, including university psychology clinics, public and private hospitals, group private practices, solo private practice, and community organisations. Across these settings, Francene has worked with individual and group clients across the lifespan, mostly from young people (13+ years) to older adults (75+ years).  Francene has specialized expertise in working with people experiencing complex trauma, PTSD, stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, relationship challenges, parenting, grief and loss, life transitions and adjustments, chronic pain, panic, obsessions and compulsions, anger, and more. The clinical and supervisory expertise Francene has developed over many years has resulted in expertise in working within the following evidence-based therapeutic approaches: eye movement desensitisation reprocessing (EMDR) therapy; interpersonal neurobiology for complex trauma; acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT); emotion-focused therapy (EFT); attachment therapy for individuals, couples, and families; compassion-focused therapy; mindfulness based cognitive-behaviour therapy (MiCBT); cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT); schema therapy; and solution-focused (brief) therapy. With every unique person or group, there is a unique approach. Through nurturing a safe and supportive therapeutic relationship, Francene works collaboratively with people to find the right approach for them. Francene works and managers her own clinic and supervises for all pathways to registration as a psychologist. Francene has been a full member of the Australian Psychological Society and APS College of Clinical Psychologists for over 15-years, and is a full member of the EMDR Association of Australia.

Grace is a Registered Psychologist and Clinical Registrar who brings her personal warmth, kindness, and compassion into her therapeutic work. Grace works to create a strong and trusting therapeutic relationship with clients as she feels that this is the foundation of meaningful change. She has a healthy sense of humour which is balanced by her gentle and patient interpersonal style. Grace brings a trauma-informed perspective to assist her clients in creating a more rich and meaningful life by helping them to release themselves from patterns that no longer serve them and move towards a more healthy, real version of themselves. Grace has experience in working with clients across the lifespan in both individual and group settings, experiencing a variety of difficulties including depression and other mood disorders, anxiety, interpersonal issues, neurodevelopmental challenges and neurodiversity, personality vulnerabilities, trauma (both single-event and complex trauma), life adjustments/transitions, and eating disorders. She is particularly passionate about the expression of developmental trauma in adulthood and facilitating longer-term therapy with clients who have long-standing challenges with their sense of self. Grace has experience in a variety of therapeutic modalities that fall under a Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy umbrella including Interpersonal Therapy, DBT, Mindful Self-Compassion, Metacognitive and Mentalisation-Based Therapies, but predominantly practices from an Attachment-Focused Psychodynamic approach. This means Grace works to understand client’s present challenges in the context of their developmental history and is interested in the underlying basis for one’s thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Through increased insight, she believes clients can feel greater freedom to make informed choices and develop a more cohesive sense of self. Grace is available from early January 2024 on Mondays and Thursdays at Healing Connections Psychology. She sees adults aged 18+.

Lee is a Registered Psychologist and is currently completing a Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology. Lee has experience in Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, Compassion-Focused Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, and Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP). Lee has experience working with people across the lifespan who experience anxiety and specific phobias, bipolar, depression, adjustment and life transitions, emotional struggles, parenting and relationship challenges, and substance abuse. He also has a professional interest in psychological assessment, helping people overcome chronic shame, men’s mental health, and substance use. Through establishing a compassionate and supportive environment, Lee endeavours to assist people in making meaningful improvements in their psychological wellbeing so they can live more fulfilled and enjoyable lives. During his studies, Lee has completed research examining age-related cognitive decline and emotional awareness in adolescents to older adults. Currently, Lee and his colleagues conduct field-based research investigating the dangers associated with pre-loading (also commonly referred to as pre-gaming, pre-partying, or pre-drinking) and other event level substance use practices in night-time entertainment districts. Prior to becoming a psychologist Lee worked as a residential youth worker in out of home care. In this role he provided long-term support to children and adolescents with complex attachment and mental health issues. Lee is available for sessions on Tuesdays (including after hours) and in the near future Saturdays.

Sally is a Psychologist currently completing her Clinical Psychology Registrar program after recently completing a Master of Clinical Psychology. She is warm, kind, and compassionate and creates an atmosphere where clients feel safe to speak about their concerns. Using a person-centred, trauma informed approach to therapy, Sally builds a trusting relationship, through collaboration with her clients to promote self exploration, self awareness, and reduced suffering. Her therapeutic style is informed by psychodynamic principles that recognise the importance of having inner resources and self-understanding for good mental health and wellbeing. When working with clients, Sally is flexible with her approach and draws on modalities such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Internal Family Systems (IFS), from which she aims to support clients to move towards meaningful solutions and gain more freedom and satisfaction in their lives. Sally has experience working with children, adolescents, and adults in public health settings, educational settings, and private practice settings. Clients that Sally has worked with have experienced many different concerns including depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, neurodivergent (autism, ADHD) related struggles, interpersonal issues, trauma (both single incident and relational trauma), life adjustments and transitions, and psychosis. Sally is particularly interested in working with those who are experiencing interpersonal difficulties, have experienced relational trauma, are going through life transitions and adjustments, and those wanting to build self-esteem. Sally is available from mid-April 2024 on Mondays and Saturdays at Healing Connections Psychology. Sally works with clients over the age of 16 years.