Mrs Melissa Yerbury Psychologist

Melissa is a compassionate and engaging psychologist who utilises attachment and trauma-informed frameworks to help individuals overcome the effects of adversity and establish meaningful and fulfilling lives. She offers therapy for individuals (age 12+) experiencing a broad range of difficulties, with her special interest areas including PTSD, complex trauma and dissociative disorders. She also provides therapy for a range of other challenges, including OCD, panic disorder, anxiety, phobias, depression, anger, life stress, work difficulties and adjustment disorders. In her work as a therapist, Melissa utilises a range of evidence-based therapies, with her primary modalities including eye-movement desensitisation reprocessing (EMDR), cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and ego state therapy (EST). Melissa’s approach is individually tailored for each client, ensuring they receive personalised, high-quality care that meets their unique needs in working through the difficulties they are facing. Melissa also has strengths in neuropsychological assessment, having previously run her own clinic assessing neurodivergence and learning delays for people of all ages. Melissa has recently returned from Bermuda, where she worked as the lead clinician at The Assessment Centre, conducting a range of neuropsychological assessments. Melissa has extensive experience in educational settings, first as a classroom teacher for many years in both public and private settings, and then more recently as a school psychologist supporting students with mental health challenges and developmental and learning needs. Having a significant background in dance, her special interests include adjunct somatic-based therapies such as dance, movement and yoga for working with people who have experienced trauma. She also has diverse cross-cultural experience, having lived in Australia, Asia, Europe, and more recently Bermuda. In her spare time, Melissa enjoys spending time outdoors with her husband, catching up with her adult sons, studying languages, travelling, cycling, yoga and learning to play the guitar.