Our Psychologists

Ange is a compassionate, professional, and down-to-earth Registered Psychologist with a passion for working with adolescents and older individuals.

Ange employs a holistic, strength’s-based approach in her practice, focusing on collaborative treatment for various mental health concerns. Utilising an eclectic approach to therapy, she is interested in emotional regulation, complex behavioural issues, adjustment disorders, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, and broader societal challenges that impact wellbeing.

Ange has experience working with a broad range of evidence-based therapies including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), and Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT). Her aim is to work collaboratively with clients to support them to achieve their goals with improved wellbeing.

Ange has experience working in Child and Youth Mental Health Service working with adolescents who have a history of trauma, eating disorders, school refusal, and/or experiencing chronic self-harm and suicidal ideation; while supporting families to improve attachment and relationships. More recently, she worked with the Older Persons Mental Health Service supporting older individuals with adjustment, grief and loss, anxiety, depression, and mood disorders.

Ange holds a Bachelor of Behavioural Studies (Psychology) and Graduate Diploma Psychology (Advanced).

Elizabeth is a Registered Psychologist and a Psychology Board of Australia approved supervisor.

She has more than 15 years experience working in both public health and private practice with a diverse range of clientele and presentations. This has included roles in public hospital addiction services and mental health, as well as private practice and several years in a leadership role proving psychological treatment to participants in a Court Diversion Program.

Elizabeth is trained in a range of therapeutic approaches including CBT, ACT, DBT, Schema Therapy and EMDR, with additional training and expertise in the treatment of trauma and complex pain conditions.

As a psychologist, Elizabeth is warm, enthusiastic and practical, clients are treated with respect and consultations focus on recovery and client strengths.

Elizabeth has provided training to health professionals in the areas of addiction and pain management and provides clinical supervision to intern and more experienced psychologists. She is available to provide services under Medicare and Workcover NSW schemes, both face to face and via telehealth.

Age Groups:
• Young Adults
• Adults
• Older Adults

Therapeutic Modalities:
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
• EMDR
• Mindfulness
• Schema Therapy

Sally is a registered psychologist who has worked with clients experiencing a range of mental health and substance use challenges in the community, courts and prison.

She began her career focused on domestic and family violence and this continues to be an issue she is passionate about. As a trauma informed clinician her aim is to create a safe, supportive and empowering environment for clients.

Sally also works with individuals seeking support for anxiety, depression, and problematic substance use.

Age Groups: Adults

Therapeutic Modalities

• Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT)
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Dalectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
• Mindfulness

Dragos is a Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist with almost 20 years of experience working in both public and private mental health sector. He has gained experience in working cross-culturally in a wide range of mental health and relationship issues, as well as, in assisting his clients to reach their innate potential and enable personal growth, improved wellbeing and to live a meaningful life. 

Dragos has been trained internationally in psychological treatments across the spectrum, from insight-oriented therapies and humanistic-existential approaches to cognitive-behavioural, solution-focused, and systemic based psychotherapies. His psychotherapeutic style is integrative in nature, underpinned by strong humanistic values and adopting a client centred approach with emphasis on tailoring the psychotherapeutic techniques to best meet client’s needs and goals. While the treatment is clinically and culturally informed, the focus remains on strengths, personal and systems resources while being adjusted to client’s unique journey and rhythm.  

Dragos uses an evidence based therapeutic framework and places great importance on the therapeutic alliance by creating a safe psychological space, building trust, and empowering clients to engage in their own recovery and self (re)discovery.  

Dragos is an AHPRA clinically endorsed psychologist supervisor and has been involved in delivering training in culturally responsive clinical practice to Master and PhD students in clinical psychology from QUT and Griffith University. In his other role, Dragos Ileana works for Queensland Health as the State-wide Transcultural Mental Health Practice Leader at the Queensland Transcultural Mental Health Centre. 

Age Groups

• Adults
• Young adults
• Adolescents

Therapeutic Modalities

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
• Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Schema Therapy
• Gestalt Therapy
• Narrative Therapy
• Existential Therapy
• Couples Therapy
• Family Therapy

Alina is a Clinical Psychologist with experience in psychotherapy, personal development, mental health and disability. She has more than 20 years of experience in the field of clinical psychology. She works with young adults and adults.

Alina takes a compassionate and strengths-based approach and integrates a wide range of evidence-based therapies, such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT and experiential psychotherapy to respond to individual needs and preferences.

Alina has experience in providing psychological support for a wide range of emotional difficulties from managing stress, emotional  regulation and attachment to issues with selfconfidence, academic performance, improving physical and emotional wellbeing, family and couple issues, life crises, managing complex mental health problems and addictions. Often, a person experiences an array of interconnected difficulties concurrently. 

She has a special interest in understanding psychological trauma, knowing that every person will be touched by it in some way. She also has a passion for working with people from all cultures, including culturally and linguistically diverse populations and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. She takes a curious, inclusive, respectful and humble approach towards all cultures.

Alina has been working in the government and private sector, in a range of settings, including adult mental health, disability and dual diagnosis.

Age Groups

• Adults
• Young adults
• Teenagers

Therapeutic Modalities

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Experiential psychotherapy
• Mindfulness

Neenu is an experienced Registered Psychologist who has a strong passion in working with children of all ages supporting their emotional, behavioural and social needs. As a multilingual she has a great ability to establish and maintain a positive working alliance with her clients.

She has been working in the field over ten years in different countries and gained extensive experience in providing psychological assessments and interventions to children and adolescents in clinic and school settings. She always emphasises  client centered approach irrespective of an individual's gender or background. Neenu’s experience involves working with children and their families, teachers, and other professionals to help meeting the needs of children and improve their positive well-being.

Age groups: Age 3 years to 18 years

• Children
• Adolescents

Therapeutic Modalities

• Behaviour Therapy,
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
• ABA Therapy techniques
• Mindfulness-based therapies
• Social Skills training

Languages Spoken: English and Malayalam

Qualifications:

• Master of Science in Clinical and Counselling Psychology
• Post Graduate Diploma in Psychology
• Bachelor of Science in Psychology

Shumaila is a Registered Psychologist who takes a therapeutic approach to her practice. She offers client-centred, strengths-based, collaborative treatment and uses a variety of therapeutic modalities tailored to individual needs.

She uses evidence-based interventions and techniques, such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), among other therapeutic modalities, such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Solution-Focused Therapy.

She has a special interest in working with adolescent and young adults, in the areas of depression, anxiety, trauma, early psychosis, ADHD, disability, ASD and family issues.

Shumaila is proficient in administering psychological assessments, including cognitive assessments and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) assessments for adolescents.

Age Groups
• Adolescents
• Young adults

Therapeutic Modalities:
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
• Motivational interviewing
• Solution-focused therapy

Tran is a compassionate and non-judgmental therapist, who takes an integrative approach to helping individuals build healthy relationships and find meaning in their experiences. She works collaboratively with individuals to understand the impacts of their early life experiences on their thoughts, behaviours and interpersonal difficulties.

During her training, Tran developed an interest in theories of emotion, which helped her to understand what is behind emotions and how emotions influence human behaviours. Following the training, she gained extensive experience in supporting individuals to identify, understand and express their emotions to build healthy interpersonal relationships.

Tran works collaboratively with individuals to understand the impacts of their early life experiences on their thoughts, behaviours and interpersonal difficulties. She has experience working with individuals to identify their emotional needs, challenge unhealthy coping styles and work on adaptive ways to get their needs met.

She supports individuals across the lifespan and with various backgrounds. 

She is a compassionate and non-judgmental therapist, who takes an integrative approach to helping individuals build healthy relationships and find meaning in their experiences.

Age groups: Young adults, adults and younger persons

Therapeutic Modalities

• Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
• Interpersonal Psychotherapy (ITP)
• Schema Therapy

Sonja is the Principal Clinical Psychologist, Family Therapist and Psychology Board of Australia approved supervisor.  Sonja believes in a strengths-based, wholistic approach to understand each individual’s unique talents, values and goals, as well as the personal, social, relational and contextual factors that are contributing to mental health, or other psychological struggles.

Sonja has held multiple roles across public hospitals (consultation/liaison, inpatient and outpatient), community health, and private clinic settings, as well as several years working as a school psychologist.

 She had been providing clinical supervision and training for more than 20 years, and has held leadership roles in perinatal psychology, and child and youth mental health. Sonja has expertise in perinatal psychology and infant mental health, child/adolescents/parenting/family, complex presentations with co-morbidity and risk, functional neurological and somataform disorders, giftedness, and clinical supervision.

Age Groups

• Infants
• Children
• Adolescents
• Adults

Therapeutic Modalities

• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
• Mindfulness-based techniques
• Attachment therapy
• Parenting interventions
• Systemic-family therapy

Other Locations

Liverpool

Suite 302/203-209 Northumberland St,

Liverpool NSW 2170

02 9174 5640

Parramatta 

Level 9/80 George St,

Parramatta NSW 2150

02 9174 5600

Vanessa is a Clinical Psychologist with over a decade of experience working with a range of mental health concerns, including adjustment, relationship issues, grief and loss, depression and anxiety. Vanessa completed her undergraduate and postgraduate psychology training at the University of Melbourne. She has supported clients in a range of public mental health services, including youth and adult community mental health and hospitals. More recently, Vanessa has worked in private practice.

Vanessa has particular interests in:

• Perinatal mental health

She enjoys supporting families during pregnancy, postpartum and through parenthood. She has a focus on helping them to find joy and increased confidence in these life transitions and values the opportunity to support and enhance parent-child relationships.

• Trauma

She also has expertise and interests in supporting clients who have had traumatic experiences, including those early in life.  

Vanessa’s approach is compassionate and warm. She is aware that it can be daunting to commence therapy. Hence, she is committed to providing an empathic, non-judgmental environment where clients feel listened to and safe to talk about their difficulties. She is interested in helping clients to reflect on how past experiences, especially where these are traumatic or challenging, may connect to current concerns and provides support to work through these together.

She draws on a range of therapeutic approaches, depending on a client’s needs and goals. She utilises EMDR when supporting clients who have experienced trauma. She is a registered Circle of Security facilitator and she will also often draw on attachment theory in her work with clients. She is also a registered Circle of Security parent group facilitator.

Age groups:

• Adults
• Older Persons

Therapeutic modalities:

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Attachment-based therapy (ABT)
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
• Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
• Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)