Our Team
Clinical Psychologist, EMDR Therapist, Janine Lucas – Company Director
Janine is a skilled clinical psychologist and a board approved supervisor with 29 years of experience working across many mental health care settings.
Janine works with multiple presentations and challenges. She is passionate about client wellbeing and enjoys collaborating with her clients to assist with difficulties and challenges they are facing in order to work towards meaningful change. Janine enjoys working from a strength-based perspective, which is a way of working that focuses on capacity, skills, and ability; to assist individuals improve their relationships, quality of life and work life balance.
Janine also works with people who have experienced trauma, whether the result of a road accident, a workplace injury, the experience of sexual assault, abuse, family violence, or vicarious trauma experienced by emergency service workers. Janine works to assist trauma sufferers in learning to feel safe and at ease again.
Additionally, she enjoys working with and reframing people’s strong, deeply held and often painful beliefs and emotions – the ones that we don’t often talk about, such as guilt, shame, feelings of inadequacy or failure, anger, grief and loss, and self-loathing. Janine also enjoys working with people in their times of transition, whether a change of career, having or not having children, loss, exiting or the end of a relationship, loss of identity, change to sense of self, retirement or wanting to discuss a loved one’s funeral wishes. In navigating these life changes, there can be challenging decisions to make and tough conversations to be had and support from a psychologist can be beneficial at these times.
Janine also works with both adopted and donor conceived individuals and recognizes the lifelong impact these experiences can have upon identity formation, belonging, and genetic health/medical history. These experiences can result in significant grief and loss and are sometimes hard to share and can be difficult for others to understand. Janine helps individuals explore/navigate these experiences with compassion and care.
Janine is trained in a range of evidence-based therapies and will best match therapy according to the individual’s needs and goals for change.
Janine undertakes both face to face and Telehealth appointments and as such can work with people anywhere in Australia.
Clinical Psychologist, EMDR Therapist, Janine Lucas – Company Director
Janine has worked in private practice for 22 years and throughout her career has worked across a broad range of settings including corrections, education, health and disability. Although much of her early career entailed working with children, Janine now only works with adults and has several areas of particular interest.
Janine works with people who have experienced trauma, whether the result of a road accident, a work place injury, the experience of sexual assault, abuse, family violence, or vicarious trauma experienced by emergency service workers. Janine works to assist trauma sufferers in learning to feel safe and at ease again.
Janine is passionate about client wellbeing, sense of self and self-development. She enjoys working with and reframing peoples strong, deeply held and often painful beliefs and emotions – the ones that we don’t often talk about, such as, guilt, shame, feelings of inadequacy or failure, grief and loss, and self-loathing.
Janine enjoys working with people in their times of transition, whether a change of career, having, or not having children, loss, exiting or the end of a relationship, retirement or wanting to discuss with loved one’s funeral wishes. In navigating these life changes, there can be challenging decisions to make and tough conversations to be had and support from a psychologist can be beneficial at these times.
Janine also works with both adopted and donor conceived individuals and recognizes the life long impact these experiences can have upon identity formation, belonging, and genetic health/medical history. These experiences can result in significant grief and loss and are sometimes hard to share and can be difficult for others to understand. Janine helps individuals explore/navigate these experiences with compassion and care.
Janine undertakes both face to face and Telehealth appointments and as such can work with people anywhere in Australia.
Clinical Psychologist, EMDR Therapist, Rikki Bee – Company Director
Clinical Psychologist, EMDR Therapist
Jacqui Gear – Company Director
Jacqui’s appointments are closed to new referrals.
Jacqui offers therapy for children, teenagers, and adults with a broad range of presenting issues. These include mood disorders, separation anxiety, anxiety disorders, trauma, grief, behavioural and adjustment issues. Jacqui enjoys working collaboratively with her clients and is passionate about guiding positive development.
Jacqui works creatively with children and young people and endeavours to use their interests, where possible, to engage them in therapy and build skills that will have a positive impact on their wellbeing. Jacqui is passionate about empowering young people to develop strategies they can use throughout their life.
In addition to her work with children Jacqui particularly enjoys the contrast of working with adults. Jacqui is passionate about working with adults to explore, identify and break down barriers to optimal wellbeing. Jacqui enjoys working with her clients to build resilience and be their authentic self. She is passionate about clients making new discoveries about themselves and helping them achieve their goals. Jacqui is particularly interested in, anxiety, self-esteem, and trauma issues with adults.
Jacqui Gear works with NDIS participants.
*** currently on parental leave
Clinical Psychologist, EMDR Therapist
Jacqui Gear – Company Director
Jacqui’s appointments are closed to new referrals.
Jacqui offers therapy for children, teenagers, and adults with a broad range of presenting issues. These include mood disorders, separation anxiety, anxiety disorders, trauma, grief, behavioural and adjustment issues. Jacqui enjoys working collaboratively with her clients and is passionate about guiding positive development.
Jacqui works creatively with children and young people and endeavours to use their interests, where possible, to engage them in therapy and build skills that will have a positive impact on their wellbeing. Jacqui is passionate about empowering young people to develop strategies they can use throughout their life.
In addition to her work with children Jacqui particularly enjoys the contrast of working with adults. Jacqui is passionate about working with adults to explore, identify and break down barriers to optimal wellbeing. Jacqui enjoys working with her clients to build resilience and be their authentic self. She is passionate about clients making new discoveries about themselves and helping them achieve their goals. Jacqui is particularly interested in, anxiety, self-esteem, and trauma issues with adults.
Jacqui Gear works with NDIS participants.
***currently on parental leave
Psychologist – Leanne Goodger
Leanne has worked in a variety of settings and works with all age groups, including children, adults, couples, and families.
Leanne has strong professional interest in working collaboratively and authentically with those experiencing mood disorders, anxiety, depression, behavioural and adjustment difficulties, to gain insight and achieve therapeutic goals.
Leanne has a special interest in working with fertility issues, pregnancy outcomes, perinatal mental health and parent coaching related to children at any stage of their development.
Parenting a child with a disability is demanding. Leanne has experience in helping parents manage the associated behavioural and psychological issues that arise in this context.
Leanne uses evidence-based therapies in a creative way to help clients engage in therapy that will have a meaningful effect on their mental health and improve their relationships.
Leanne Goodger works with NDIS participants.
Psychologist, EMDR Therapist – Monika Reichler
Monika has had the opportunity to work with children, adolescents and adults in a range of settings over the last 15 years, including community based and acute mental health, educational (primary through to tertiary) and private practice. She continues to enjoy supporting clients of any age and with wide range of presenting concerns including mood disorders, anxiety, sleep difficulties, grief and loss, self-harm, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and eating disorders. Monika is especially passionate about working with adolescents and young adults experiencing mental health concerns.
Monika believes that we are all often doing our best, however at various times throughout our life, particularly during times of change or crisis, we may benefit from support to work through issues and re-establish or learn healthier ways of coping. Working from a client-centred, respectful and compassionate standpoint, Monika is committed to assisting her clients in working towards their identified values and goals. Through developing increased awareness into experiences, including thoughts, feelings and behaviours, she believes we are better positioned to understand ourselves and develop self-compassion as well as becoming more able to respond in effective ways to our experiences.
Across her roles Monika has gained extensive experience in delivering a range of evidence-based therapies, including individual and group therapy. She has a strong grounding in mindfulness-based approaches, including Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Mindfulness-Based Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP). She also has experience with Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy (CBT), trauma informed therapies and the treatment of eating disorders utilising CBT-E
Monika Reichler works with NDIS participants.
Psychologist, EMDR Therapist – Monika Reichler
Monika has had the opportunity to work with children, adolescents and adults in a range of settings over the last 15 years, including community based and actue mental health, educational (primary through to tertiary) and private practice. She continues to enjoy supporting clients of any age and with wide range of presenting concerns including mood disorders, anxiety, sleep difficulties, grief and loss, self harm, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and eating disorders. Monika is especially passionate about working with adolescents and young adults experiencing mental health concerns.
Monika believes that we are all often doing our best, however at various times throughout our life, particularly during times of change or crisis, we may benefit from support to work through issues and re-establish or learn healthier ways of coping. Working from a client-centred, respectful and compassionate standpoint, Monika is committed to assisting her clients in working towards their identified values and goals. Through developing increased awareness into experiences, including thoughts, feelings and behaviours, she believes we are better positioned to understand ourselves and develop self-compassion as well as becoming more able to respond in effective ways to our experiences.
Across her roles Monika has gained extensive experience in delivering a range of evidence-based therapies, including individual and group therapy. She has a strong grounding in mindfulness based approaches, including Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Mindfulness-Based Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP). She also has experience with Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy (CBT), trauma informed therapies and the treatment of eating disorders utlising CBT-E
Monika Reichler works with NDIS participants.
Psychologist - Libby Hotchin
Libby has extensive professional experience in various settings including education, out of home care, homelessness, family violence, vocational training and refugee services.
Her previous position as a school psychologist provided her with a wonderful opportunity to work closely with children, adolescents, parents and carers and school-based teams for many years, taking key roles in assessment, counselling and therapy and the development of goal based, educational, case management and behaviour management plans.
Libby has skills and experience in relation to: Educational issues, behaviour management, early childhood trauma and neglect, family violence, Sexual assault, Autism Spectrum Disorders , Suicide and self-harming behaviours, Transgender issues, Crisis management, Refugee experiences, anxiety, depression and anger management.
Libby is committed to maintaining strong professional networks in each of these areas to remain up to date with relevant knowledge, training and supports.
Libby loves engaging with children, young people and adults to enable them to develop and implement plans to address and overcome their challenges and work towards more satisfying, productive lives.
Libby Hotchin works with NDIS participants.
Clinical Psychologist, EMDR therapist – Julie Brady
Julie is a Clinical Psychologist whose past mental health work experience includes several years working in private practice, outpatient services and community settings. Julie also spent more than 10 years working in employment services, vocational training, and case management.
Julie works with young adults (18+), adults and older adults to treat a range of challenges. These include – mood and anxiety disorders; adjustment and trauma; stress; low self-esteem and confidence; sleep issues; emotion dysregulation; pain; and grief and loss. Julie is experienced using a wide range of evidence-based therapeutic interventions which are tailored to empower clients to understand their specific needs, build insight into their own life, and develop strategies that nurture adaptive change, personal growth and psychological wellbeing.
Of particular interest to Julie is working with people who have experienced trauma. Julie aims to gently assist clients to understand and process their traumatic experiences and vulnerabilities to restore a sense of safety and wellbeing. Julie has trained in trauma specific interventions including Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Schema Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), and Prolonged Exposure. Julie is also recognised as an EMDRAA member.
Julie works in the Moorabool Street office on Monday (9-1), Tuesday and Thursday (9-5) and at the Corio office on Friday (9-5). Julie sees clients via Medicare, TAC, Workcover, VOCAT, DVA and privately funded referrals.
Clinical Psychologist, EMDR therapist – Julie Brady
Julie is a Clinical Psychologist whose past mental health work experience includes several years working in private practice, outpatient services and community settings. Julie also spent more than 10 years working in employment services, vocational training, and case management.
Julie works with young adults (18+), adults and older adults to treat a range of challenges. These include – mood and anxiety disorders; adjustment and trauma; stress; low self-esteem and confidence; sleep issues; emotion dysregulation; pain; and grief and loss. Julie is experienced using a wide range of evidence-based therapeutic interventions which are tailored to empower clients to understand their specific needs, build insight into their own life, and develop strategies that nurture adaptive change, personal growth and psychological wellbeing.
Of particular interest to Julie is working with people who have experienced trauma. Julie aims to gently assist clients to understand and process their traumatic experiences and vulnerabilities to restore a sense of safety and wellbeing. Julie has trained in trauma specific interventions including Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Schema Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), and Prolonged Exposure. Julie is also recognised as an EMDRAA member.
Julie works in the Moorabool Street office on Monday (9-1), Tuesday and Thursday (9-5) and at the Corio office on Friday (9-5). Julie sees clients via Medicare, TAC, Workcover, VOCAT, DVA and privately funded referrals.
Psychologist – Megan Cole
Megan has limited availability for face-to-face appointments on Fridays (from 9:00am until 3:00pm) and for after-hours Telehealth appointments on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings (from 6.00pm until 8.00pm).
Megan has varied life experience and approaches therapy with a warm, down-to-earth and non-judgemental approach. It is not unusual for Megan to use humour in her therapeutic approach, and she enjoys working with clients from a range of backgrounds and cultures.
Megan prefers to adapt her practice to each individual client and uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Schema Therapy and Cognitive Processing Therapy.
A key aspect of the work you might do with Megan is identifying and adjusting unhelpful thoughts and life patterns. Megan will then work with you to develop and practise new ways of thinking and behaving to increase your enjoyment of life.
Special Areas of Interest
Many of Megan’s clients are people who are experiencing depression or difficulty adjusting to life changes and transitions, including grief and loss. Megan enjoys partnering with clients who are ready and willing to learn new strategies and practise new behaviours to improve their wellbeing and be able to enjoy their life in ways that are meaningful to them.
Megan has experience and an interest working with people who present with perfectionist tendencies and who set high standards or rules for themselves that they find difficult to achieve. By exploring these with you, Megan can help you to develop a plan to reduce these enough to increase your enjoyment in your life.
One of Megan’s areas of interest is Autism, and she has completed training to enable her to work in a neuroaffirming manner.
Clinical Psychologist – Claire Allinson
Claire has experience working with adolescents, adults and older adults to treat a range of presenting concerns which have included depression, anxiety, trauma, stress, OCD, sleep concerns, self-harm and suicidal behaviours.
Claire has also worked with young people undergoing and preparing for their VCE studies. She is passionate about helping them through this time and preparing them for life after school.
Prior to joining the practice Claire has had experience in a health setting, specifically with those currently undergoing treatment for a cancer diagnosis and their carers. She is passionate about helping those with serious illness and their families and loved ones find a way to live their lives in the midst of the uncertainty a diagnosis of this nature can bring.
Claire works using a range of evidence based therapeutic models (including EMDR) and techniques and has an ongoing commitment to further learning and competency. Claire has experience working both individually and in group settings, through the use of an Open Dialogue approach. When with clients Claire always works from a place of positive regard, compassion and collaboration with an emphasis on personal strength and resilience.
Claire Allinson works with NDIS participants.
Clinical Psychologist – Claire Allinson
Claire has experience working with adolescents, adults and older adults to treat a range of presenting concerns which have included depression, anxiety, trauma, stress, OCD, sleep concerns, self-harm and suicidal behaviours.
Claire has also worked with young people undergoing and preparing for their VCE studies. She is passionate about helping them through this time and preparing them for life after school.
Prior to joining the practice Claire has had experience in a health setting, specifically with those currently undergoing treatment for a cancer diagnosis and their carers. She is passionate about helping those with serious illness and their families and loved ones find a way to live their lives in the midst of the uncertainty a diagnosis of this nature can bring.
Claire works using a range of evidence based therapeutic models (including EMDR) and techniques and has an ongoing commitment to further learning and competency. Claire has experience working both individually and in group settings, through the use of an Open Dialogue approach. When with clients Claire always works from a place of positive regard, compassion and collaboration with an emphasis on personal strength and resilience.
Claire Allinson works with NDIS participants.
Psychologist – Ana Numa
“Ana Numa grew up in Colombia, she studied back in her country acquiring her Clinical Master’s degree. She has worked as a psychologist since graduating in 2009. In 2015 she moved to Australia and after getting her degree recognised by AHPRA, she achieved a full registration in Australia, and has continued her path as a bilingual psychologist in Australia.
Ana’s previous experience has led her to become captivated by the footprints of trauma on our body and mind. With experience in a variety of therapeutic models such as dialectical behaviour therapy, client centre therapy, cognitive Behavioural therapy, motivational interviewing, creative therapies and solution- focused therapy, among others. Ana adjusts her approach to her client’s strengths to find what better works for them.
She is also particularly interested in using art and drama as tools to get in touch with our inner self. Exploring the power of theatre, movement, painting and other forms of language to communicate our emotions.
As a registered psychologist and certified Yoga teacher, Ana is also passionate about including mindfulness into therapy and bringing attention to experience in the present moment to be able to better understand ourselves.
Her positive and energetic nature makes it easier for Ana to build a strong therapeutic relationship based on compassion, warmth and respect. Ana has experience working with children, families, individuals from different backgrounds and people with diverse needs.
When not working with her clients, Ana enjoys nature, the ocean, sharing with her partner, dining with her friends and advocating for animals.
Ana Numa works with NDIS participants
Psychologist, EMDR Therapist – Emily Morvell
Emily is a psychologist who enjoys working with children, adolescents and adults with a wide range of presenting issues.
This includes trauma, PTSD, OCD, anxiety, mood disorders, grief, development and adjustment issues.
Emily has a special interest in working with people who have experienced trauma. She supports her clients to explore and understand the psychological and physiological impact of trauma on the mind and body. Emily enjoys supporting her clients to make sense of their personal experiences, and learn to feel safe again.
Emily is passionate about providing all clients with a trusting, non-judgemental environment to support them to develop personal insight and effective coping strategies. Emily has previously worked with children and young people experiencing mental health issues, family violence, trauma, addiction and behavioural challenges, and provided intensive support to their families.
Emily utilises a range of evidence-based treatments in her practise including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Schema Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy. Emily tailors her therapeutic approach to meet the unique needs of each individual client.
Emily Morvell works with NDIS participants.
Psychologist, EMDR Therapist – Susie Carroll
Susie works collaboratively with clients to help them with personal challenges to overcome a range of mental health conditions.
Susie is passionate about working in a variety of areas including, anxiety, depression, emotional regulation, identity/personal empowerment, personality disorders, and trauma.
Susie incorporates a number of evidenced based approaches including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Acceptance and commitment Therapy, Schema Therapy, EMDR and self-compassion practices.
Susie works with children, adolescents and adult populations with the aim of building emotional balance. Susie employs a compassionate, non-judgemental approach to build client strengths, assisting the clients to develop strategies that support recovery and growth.
Susie’s style is warm and considerate, employing genuine curiosity to understand unique individual psychological needs.
Psychologist, EMDR Therapist – Lily Matthews
Lily is a dedicated psychologist with a passion for fostering positive change in the lives of her clients. She enjoys working with adolescents and adults, collaborating closely with them to help achieve their therapeutic goals. Lily is committed to nurturing resilience and empowering her clients to unlock their potential. She is enthusiastic about her role and provides a non-judgmental, safe, and empathetic space for clients. Lily believes in tailoring treatment plans to suit each individual’s specific needs and preferences, ensuring every client feels heard and valued.
Lily utilises a broad range of evidence-based interventions to support her clients, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Schema Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy.
Lily has previously worked with children and families with diverse needs. This has encompassed mental health, trauma, behavioural challenges, addiction, and neurodiversity. Lily has a special interest in working with clients who have experienced trauma or significant life challenges.
Lily Matthews works with NDIS participants.
Psychologist, EMDR Therapist – Lily Matthews
Lily is a dedicated psychologist with a passion for fostering positive change in the lives of her clients.
She enjoys working with adolescents and adults, collaborating closely with them to help achieve their therapeutic goals. Lily is committed to nurturing resilience and empowering her clients to unlock their potential.
She is enthusiastic about her role and provides a non-judgmental, safe, and empathetic space for clients. Lily believes in tailoring treatment plans to suit each individual’s specific needs and preferences, ensuring every client feels heard and valued.
Psychologist – Georgia Hull
Georgia is a warm, calm, compassionate and empathetic Psychologist who values a client-centred and holistic approach to therapy. She aims to create an open and safe environment that is free from judgement, allowing space for clients to engage in therapy comfortably and with support.
Georgia uses an evidence-based approach, drawing on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Schema, Somatic and Mindfulness Based Interventions to support her clients to achieve positive outcomes. It is important that her clients feel supported and have tools they can utilise to feel fulfilled and able to reach their optimal state of wellbeing and performance.
Georgia is passionate about working with mental health concerns such as Anxiety, Depression, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, self-esteem and body image concerns, and life-space transitions.
Georgia is also passionate about Performance Psychology, working with athletes and in sport. Her work with athletes may involve therapeutic intervention for mental illness, performance anxiety, transitioning clubs/roles/levels, managing the mental impact of injury, self-esteem, body image and comparison, pressure, setbacks and performance optimisation. Georgia is currently completing her Masters of Psychology (Sport & Exercise) to gain endorsement in this area.
Georgia works with adolescents and adults.
She works Tuesdays 8am-3pm at our Mount Duneed Clinic, Wednesdays 8am-3pm at our Geelong Clinic and Fridays 8am-4:30pm via Telehealth. She is able to see clients through self-referral, Mental Health Care Plans, Workcover, TAC and the NDIS.
Psychologist, EMDR Therapist – Kara Francis
Kara is a compassionate general psychologist dedicated to fostering genuine connections and providing non-judgmental support.
Her early history living in remote communities, where interpersonal relationships were paramount to social connection, has deeply influenced her genuine care and ability to connect with others. She believes every individual has intrinsic strengths they bring to treatment and is committed to sharing and supporting their personal journey toward better mental health.
Kara is trained in multiple treatment modalities, including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), allowing her to tailor her approach to each client’s unique needs. With significant experience working with complex presentations, she remains solution-focused, helping clients find practical paths to healing and growth.
Kara has experience in treating a wide range of conditions, including trauma and related disorders, neurodevelopmental presentations, anxiety, and depressive disorders. Her special interest areas are Adult ADHD and anxiety disorders. Kara is available Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
Psychologist – Unita Harold
Unita will be available via Telehealth only. She will be accepting clients on a Saturday morning (from 8am-11am) and Tuesday evenings (from 6pm-8pm).
She is able to see clients through referrals via NDIS, MHCP, TAC, Workcover and privately funded.
Unita grew up in New Zealand, studying in her home country before jumping the ditch to Australia. She has worked as a psychologist since moving to Australia in 2019. Given her New Zealand upbringing, Unita approaches therapy with a down-to-earth, transparent and non-judgmental manner. Unita’s compassionate and empathetic personality ensures that her clients feel safe and supported during their therapeutic journey with her.
Unita has a wealth of experience working with children, adolescents, adults and older adults with a wide range of presenting issues. Working in a rural private practice for 5 years has ensured that Unita’s approach to her clients is person centered and her modality is adapted to each individual client that she meets.
Unita would describe her therapeutic identity to be an integrative, holistic and interpersonal psychodynamic psychotherapist. Unita has tailored her training and experience and will draw upon Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), Schema therapy, Eye Movement Desentisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Acceptance and Commitment therapy (ACT) and, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) to support her clients to achieve their therapeutic goals.
Unita enjoys working with the majority of mental health concerns, such as mood disorders, anxiety, existential crisis, grief and loss, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and self-esteem concerns. Unita also has a special interest working within trauma, eating disorder presentations and neurodiverse neural profiles. In addition, Unita has a specific interest working with individuals with chronic health conditions, e.g., auto-immune conditions.
She is interested in psychoneuroimmunology and the way mental health can influence the body’s natural immune response in a manner that is erroneous to health.
Psychologist – Dr Melissa Formica
Melissa is a psychologist with a passion to work with a broad range of presenting issues. Melissa values a client-centred approach to ensure that her clients feel safe and validated through the course of appropriate, evidence-based treatment.
Being actively involved in research, Melissa strives to utilise the most current and effective treatments for her clients. Through the course of her PhD, Melissa developed an interest related to the prevention of age-related and pathological cognitive decline using lifestyle approaches. Other professional areas of interest for Melissa include antenatal and postnatal issues including depression and birth trauma, as well as assisting clients to manage medical diagnoses and treatment.
Melissa has previous experience working in a surgical setting in a large regional hospital and is currently involved in tertiary education including working with Indigenous students.
Melissa Formica works with NDIS participants.
*** currently on parental leave
Psychologist – Danijela Masic
Danijela draws from evidence-based therapies such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, EMDR, among others. Danijela’s style is non-judgemental, open-minded, client-centred, and integrative, tailoring therapy to each client’s individual needs and preferences.
Danijela has a special interest in helping clients navigate anxiety, phobias, OCD, single-event and complex trauma, and eating disorders. Beyond mental health, Danijela is passionate about helping her clients in their wider personal development to transform their insight into meaningful change.
Danijela is bilingual and provides services in English and conversational Serbo-Croatian.
She works with MHCP, NDIS, and privately funded clients face to face and Telehealth.
Psychologist – Kerry Tucker
Kerry has over 4 years’ experience working in public mental health and private practice, providing assessments and therapeutic approaches for diverse cohorts of clients with complex and varied mental health presentations.
Kerry enjoys working with a broad range of adults from 18 years of age with many different presenting issues, such as mood disorders, anxiety disorders, trauma, grief, neurodivergence, behaviour and adjustment difficulties, relationship difficulties, alcohol and substance use, sleep disturbance and self-esteem issues. Kerry also welcomes referrals from Workcover and TAC.
Kerry adopts a gentle and curious approach with clients to support them to tell their story and gain insight, then develop a path to recovery and personal growth.
Kerry is passionate about connecting the body, brain, mind and soul using psychological approaches within the context of healthy living. A healthy and meaningful life of purpose looks different for individuals, although there are some key ingredients: nutrition, exercise, good relationships (with self and others) and a reason to get out of bed in the morning. Kerry enjoys supporting people to learn from the past, look to the future with hope, and live with intention in the present.
Prior to her psychology career Kerry worked in a wide range of settings and with a broad spectrum of people, including as a secondary teacher, youth worker, school welfare officer, and various roles to promote social justice and inclusion.
Kerry Tucker works with NDIS participants.
Psychologist – Catherine Hodgson
Catherine is a psychologist who enjoys working with children, adolescents and adults both individually and as a family. Catherine has worked with clients who have experienced trauma including family violence and sexual abuse, conflict, grief and loss, school refusal, disability, and complex humanitarian and settlement needs.
Catherine uses a strength-based approach to support clients identify their goals and create change. Catherine is passionate about providing clients a safe, nonjudgmental space to explore their experiences and incorporates elements of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT).
Catherine has previously worked in integrated family services, specialist women and children’s services, and culturally and linguistically diverse organisations providing refugee and humanitarian support.
Catherine Hodgson works with NDIS
Provisional Psychologist – Cheryl Carr
Cheryl is able to offer a reduced rate to concession card holders
Cheryl has completed degrees in psychology, education and neuroscience. She has worked in academia and also has extensive experience as a Division One Registered Nurse and Clinical Nurse Educator.
Her experience as a health professional has enabled her to have a greater understanding of the relationship between physical and mental health diagnosis and evidence-based treatments. Accordingly, Cheryl has a keen interest in a broad range of issues, particularly in assessing and treating neurodegenerative and cognitive impairment disorders and associated depressive and anxiety states, such as panic, phobias and obsessional thinking.
Cheryl utilises a broad range of evidence-based interventions to support her clients, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Dialectical and Behavioural Therapy (DBT). She enjoys working with people across the lifespan.
