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, whilst using evidence-based interventions to facilitate meaningful change. 

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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, including but not limited to anxiety, stress, phobias, depression/low mood, low self-esteem, OCD, trauma/PTSD, grief/loss, neurodiversity (incl. autism and ADHD), relationship issues, emotion regulation, parenting support, sleep difficulties, and selective mutism. Vanessa also offers comprehensive autism and ADHD assessments for children, adolescents and adults. 

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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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Therapeutic Approaches

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• Schema Therapy

• EMDR Therapy

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy 

• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy 

• Acceptance Commitment Therapy 

• Family Systems Informed Therapy

• Attachment Based Family Therapy 

• Collaborative & Proactive Solutions ​​

• Circle of Security Parenting 

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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 Trauma-Focused CBT clinician, TF-CBT Australia

• Member of the Australian Psychology Society ​

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