Information for referrers
Thank you for considering a referral to my practice
Welcome
I work from the belief that mental health cannot be separated from the systems, relationships, and histories that shape a person’s life. My practice invites depth and reflection - a step beyond symptom management toward genuine integration and growth.
I welcome collaboration with professionals who share this sense of purpose: those who see health as relational, developmental, and contextual.
This page outlines my focus areas and referral pathways. If you’d like to discuss a client or explore shared care, please feel free to reach out.
Scope of practice
I work with adults experiencing emotional or relational difficulties that call for depth and reflection. Many of the people I see find themselves caught between how they’ve learned to cope and who they feel they truly are - often sensing that familiar patterns of striving, pleasing, or withdrawing no longer serve them, yet unsure how to move beyond them.
Therapy offers a space to slow down, to make room for what has been disavowed or overlooked, and to reconnect with a more genuine sense of self. The work often involves understanding how past relationships and formative experiences continue to shape present patterns of emotion and connection - and creating space for new ways of being to emerge.
My approach tends to suit those seeking more than symptom relief: individuals interested in self-understanding, authenticity, and meaningful, lasting change.
I welcome collaboration with colleagues who recognise the importance of context and relationship in psychological health. Together we can support continuity of care and a cohesive therapeutic process.
Areas of focus
Mood-related challenges (e.g. depression, dysthymia)
Anxiety and over-control (e.g. worry, social anxiety, perfectionism)
Relationship distress and interpersonal conflict
Attachment injuries and early relational trauma
Grief, loss, and major life transitions
Identity, self-esteem, and questions of meaning or purpose
Repetitive or self-critical thought patterns
Trauma: developmental, relational, complex, and situational
When a different service may be more appropriate
While I work with a broad range of emotional and relational difficulties in adults, my practice is not designed as a primary service for clients requiring intensive or crisis-oriented care. In particular, I am not an appropriate fit for people who have been psychiatrically hospitalised in the past 12 months for psychosis, severe eating disorders, or high-risk suicidality, or for those with ongoing acute risk to self or others and a need for close monitoring, assertive outreach, or multidisciplinary case management. These presentations are better supported within hospital-based or specialist community mental health teams.
I also do not provide NDIS-funded services or report-based work, and I do not undertake formal psychometric or neurodevelopmental assessments, including ADHD or autism assessments, cognitive/IQ testing, medico-legal reports, or NDIS documentation. My focus is ongoing psychotherapy rather than assessment or opinion-only work.
If you are unsure about fit, you are very welcome to contact me briefly to discuss a potential referral; where a presentation falls outside my scope, I will aim to indicate this clearly and, where possible, suggest alternative options.
Referral pathways
I welcome referrals from GPs, psychiatrists, allied health professionals, and fellow psychologists who value collaborative and continuity-based care.
Referrals are accepted under the Better Access initiative (Medicare), through private health cover, or via self-referral.
Clients can access sessions in person in Brisbane/Meanjin or via secure telehealth across Australia.
When working alongside other treating professionals, I aim to maintain clear and respectful communication. With client consent, I provide brief written updates or collaborate directly where shared care would support the person’s progress and wellbeing.
If you’d like to discuss a potential referral, or to check suitability before referring, I’m happy to connect.
Clinical framework
My practice is grounded in an integrative, relational approach informed by the Contextual Model of psychotherapy. I view the therapeutic relationship as the central mechanism of change: a space where patterns can be understood, repaired, and transformed through genuine connection.
I draw on attachment theory, developmental and systemic perspectives, and trauma-informed principles to understand how early experiences shape emotional life and relationships. This helps clients make sense of how old patterns of protection, often necessary at one time, can become limiting when carried forward unexamined.
In practice, I integrate insights and methods from relational psychodynamic therapies, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and cognitive-behavioural and experiential models. I tailor structure and pacing collaboratively, depending on each person’s readiness and needs.
My work is guided by the principle of formulation over diagnosis: seeing each person not as a set of symptoms, but as someone whose difficulties make sense in context. The aim is not only relief, but a renewed capacity for connection, vitality, and authenticity.
Professional training and development
I have undertaken extensive formal training in:
Relational psychodynamic therapies
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) – individuals and couples
Cognitive Behavioural Therapies (CBT)
I have completed further training in:
Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
Systemic and Structural Family Therapy (Minuchin, Bowen)
Narrative Therapy
I engage in regular clinical supervision and ongoing professional development to support ethical and reflective practice.
About me
I am a registered psychologist based in Brisbane/Meanjin, currently completing the Clinical Psychology Registrar Program. I hold a First Class Honours degree in Psychology with Counselling and a Master of Clinical Psychology awarded with Distinction, and am a Member of the Australian Psychological Society (MAPS).
My professional background spans work across individual and relationship therapy, as well as teaching, and research, with a consistent focus on how relationships and context shape emotional health. I am drawn to work that values curiosity, compassion, and the courage it takes to face what has been long defended against.
I see psychological practice as both science and continuously unfolding - grounded in evidence yet responsive to the nuances of each person’s story. In that spirit, I aim to offer care that is not only effective but deeply human.