Annelise Rocks is a talented and insightful therapist with a vibrant tapestry of professional life experience (including corporate business ownership) prior to returning to her first loves in psychology, positive psychology, counselling & psychotherapy. Annelise is a Masters qualified registered counsellor/psychotherapist working with, advocating for & empowering carers, children, adolescents, individuals, couples & families who are managing life changes & life challenges such as : * Corporate/ carer/ parental burnout * Parent care and parents in crises * School refusal/school anxiety * ADHD and learning challenges support * Carer mental health * Family therapy * Anxiety * Depression * Grief & loss * Life-balance support for entrepreneurs Annelise takes a person-centred, evidence-based approach drawing on pluralistic theoretical influences which include narrative therapy, acceptance & commitment therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, play therapy, Adlerian theory, systems theory, Gottman, trauma-informed and strengths-based approaches. She works with her faithful puppy sidekick – Ziggy.

I am passionate about helping clients turn emotional challenges into emotional growth. I believe that everyone has inner strengths to overcome challenges and has the potential to live a rich and meaningful life. My core approach is creating an empathic and caring therapeutic relationship with my clients, from which we can co-create ways to handle difficult thoughts, situations and emotions. I work with both adults and adolescents experiencing anxiety, depression, post traumatic stress (PTSD), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), substance abuse, suicidality and disordered eating. I also provide psychometric testing for learning disorders (such as Dyslexia), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), giftedness and intellectual disability.

NorthPsych is a specialist practice of clinical & consulting psychologist with expertise in Child, adolescent, family therapy work - including anxiety, depression, Autism support, trauma, behavioural issues, parenting support, educational assessments, relationship help and family court support. We'd like to help! Mike MacDonald (MA. MSc., MClin., MBPSS, MAPS.)