What to Expect
I am an AHPRA-registered Clinical Psychologist with 10 years of experience working across hospital and outpatient settings, offering individual therapy both in person and online.
My approach is attachment-focused, relational, and developmentally informed. From the outset, my aim is to develop a thorough and comprehensive understanding of you as an individual. While the symptoms and challenges that bring you to therapy are important, they form only part of a broader picture. The work is focused not only on reducing distress, but on supporting meaningful and lasting psychological change.
Beginning therapy can feel daunting. It is common to feel both a desire for change and some hesitation about what that process might involve. These mixed feelings are a normal part of starting therapy and can be explored together. You may come to therapy feeling stuck, overwhelmed, disconnected, or persistently anxious. At times, the reasons for this may be clear, while at other times there may be a more general sense that something is not quite right.
Difficulties in relationships, a sense of isolation, or patterns of thinking and feeling that lead to distress are often central to this experience. Earlier life experiences may also continue to shape how you relate to yourself and others in ways that are not always immediately obvious.
I aim to provide a consistent, containing, and non-judgemental space where these experiences can be explored safely and at a manageable pace. Developing this sense of safety is essential in building a deeper understanding of your internal world and the patterns that influence your emotional life and relationships.
While my approach is thoughtful and attuned, there may be times where I am more direct or confrontational when it serves the work. This is always done with care, with the aim of supporting greater clarity, insight, and movement beyond patterns that may be keeping you stuck.
Over time, therapy focuses on strengthening your sense of self, increasing your capacity to understand and tolerate difficult emotional states, and improving how you relate to yourself and others. This creates the conditions for a more meaningful, purposeful, and connected way of living.
I offer both longer-term, depth-oriented therapy and shorter-term work focused on symptom reduction, depending on your needs. Sessions are available once or twice weekly, providing a consistent space for this work to unfold.