Vanessa is a warm and compassionate Clinical Psychologist with over 12 years of experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and families. She is passionate about creating a safe, supportive, and collaborative space for her clients to build greater insight and skills to navigate life more effectively. 

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Vanessa has worked across a range of settings, including private practice, schools, hospitals, and community mental health services. She previously worked at the Child & Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS) at Hornsby Hospital, working with young people and their families with severe, complex, and acute mental health concerns. 

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Vanessa works with a broad range of presenting issues (outlined below) and is deeply passionate about supporting neurodivergent individuals and their families, having both professional and lived experience. 

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Aside from her clinical work, Vanessa has worked within research teams at the School of Psychiatry at the University of New South Wales and the Academic Unit of Child Psychiatry in South Western Sydney. Areas of research included transition to school guidelines for autistic children and partner communication during pregnancy. 

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Areas of Practice​

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• Anxiety/stress/phobias 

• Depression/low mood 

• Low self-confidence 

• Trauma, grief & loss 

• Obsessive compulsive disorder 

• Relationship issues

• Emotion regulation 

• Parenting support 

• Sleep difficulties

• Selective mutism

• Autism & ADHD

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Therapeutic Approaches

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• Schema Therapy

• Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

• Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT)

• Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)

• Family Systems Informed Therapy

• Collaborative & Proactive Solutions  ​​

• Circle of Security Parenting

• PEERS® Social Skills Training

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Qualifications

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• Bachelor of Psychology (Honours Class I), University of Sydney 

• Master of Clinical Psychology, University of Canberra

• Board approved supervisor for clinical psychology registrars

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Professional Memberships

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• Full registration with the Psychology Board of Australia

• Area of Practice Endorsement in Clinical Psychology

• Accredited Schema Therapist, International Society of Schema Therapy  

• Certified TF-CBT clinician, TF-CBT Australia

• Member of the Australian Association of Psychologists Inc​

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Consulting Days: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays & alternate Saturdays​

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