Shanti Monteiro is an experienced clinical psychologist located in the Brunswick area committed to providing personalised, evidence-based assessment and psychotherapy in a warm, compassionate and supportive environment. Shanti’s approach to therapy is to compassionately guide people towards gaining a deeper, more insightful understanding of, and relationship with themselves, the way they relate with others (relationship patterns) and the way they relate with the world around them.

Shanti employs a holistic approach when working with clients, tailored specifically to their needs. Her main therapeutic approaches include; Psychodynamic Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Mindfulness. Shanti believes that trauma is somatic (physiological), affective (emotional), psychological and spiritual and as such, the therapy needs to address all these aspects of a person. Each individual needs a tailored approach to treatment where they feel safe, supported, in control and able to make decisions about their journey.

Tamara has over 10 years of experience working in the welfare sector supporting people with complex life experiences. Along with post graduate qualifications in developmental trauma, Tamara has a qualification from the EMDRAA as an Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapist and is passionate about how EMDR can be used alongside other therapeutic interventions to support those wanting to work through issues around relationships, substance use, trauma, mood disorders, anxiety and depression.

Tamara has extensive experience and interest in working with people from the LGBTIQ+ community (Tamara identifies as same-sex attracted), people from culturally diverse backgrounds, adolescents and their families as well as those with drug and alcohol issues.

Magdalena is an experienced registered psychologist with dual qualifications in nursing and psychology. For over 10 years, Magdalena has fulfilled various roles in hospitals, crisis assessment teams, schools, family services, psychometric testing, private practice and corporate psychology programs.

Magdalena offers a safe, calm and professional environment where clients can explore their concerns. Magdalena is experienced in evidence-based practice therapies.  She works with adults, adolescents and children over age 8.

Magdalena has special interest in working with clients experiencing anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, stress management, self-esteem issues, chronic illnesses, feminine health issues, life adjustment issues and workplace issues. She is also passionate about working with survivors of trauma and abuse.

Sherebanu is a highly-skilled and solutions-oriented facilitator and an EMDR practitioner with previous experience of working as a Clinical Psychologist overseas. She is a Holistic Facilitator in the field of mental health and emotional wellbeing for over 7 years with a demonstrated track record for success. She has worked with individuals of all ages, assisting her in developing the skills to establish a trusting relationship with her clients and their families.

Laura understands the importance of providing a space where clients feel comfortable to share their life experiences in a therapeutic environment, which is why her aim is to establish good rapport with her clients and work collaboratively with them throughout.

Laura has an interest in working with clients across the lifespan with a range of presenting problems. She has worked with clients who have anxiety, depression, personality disorders, trauma, as well helping those experiencing grief, work stress, adjusting to life transitions, and interpersonal difficulties.

Laura uses a client-centred, trauma-informed approach when working with clients. She draws from a range of evidence-based modalities such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills, Mindfulness-based Interventions, and Schema Therapy.

She is fluent in both English and Spanish.

Wen is a registered psychologist who has experience as a psychologist and researcher working across the lifespan in public and private settings. Tailoring her approach to each individual’s needs, her person-centred practice aims to facilitate deeper self-awareness and resilience in order for one to heal from the past and create healthy future generations and communities. Wen aims to listen, respect, and amplify all voices, especially those that may be underrepresented.

By encompassing a strengths-based and culturally safe approach, Wen strives to create an emotionally safe and collaborative space through her warmth, empathy, and compassion. Wen speaks English (fluent) and Mandarin (intermediate).

Pam Brisbane is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker who has worked across a wide range of health and community settings in a career spanning 30yrs. Pam practices from a humanistic and holistic perspective and has a strong background in social justice. She has extensive experience working with individuals experiencing various mental health issues including depression, anxiety, trauma and clinical mental health.

Pam works from a holistic approach believing that no single approach is right for everyone.She has completed training across multiple modalities including EMDR, Emotionally Focused Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Having trained as a Shiatsu therapistPam is particularly interested in the relationship between the mind and body.

Pam has a particular interest in working with people who have experienced clinical mentalillness and has an excellent understanding of the emotional and social issues that often accompany those who are experiencing mental health issues.

Jenn is a reflective, philosophical and spiritually-oriented accredited counsellor with a passion for helping her clients reach their full potential and self-actualise. Jenn is trained at Master’s level in Counselling at Monash University and a member of the Australian Counselling Association (ACA), prior to that she has completed a Graduate Diploma in Psychology at The University of Melbourne. Her passion has always rested in psychotherapy and understanding the complex nature of the human psyche.

She has worked with individuals experiencing: Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, Personality and mood disorders, Anger, Dissociation, Grief/loss, Self-harm and/or Suicidality, Attachment issues, Relationship issues and Family conflict.

One of Jenn’s visions is to transform the way the modern person experiences therapy, moving away from a starkly scientific or medical model to find a balance between the sciences, humanities, arts, and spiritual or philosophical studies. She would also like to restore people’s faith in the current mental health field by harbouring a more humanistic attitude towards therapy.

Sarah (she/her) is a provisional psychologist practicing psychodynamic therapy. Sarah adopts a non-directive approach, characterised by deep listening and reflection. Her focus is providing a safe and validating space, inviting a curious and non-judgmental exploration of current and past relationships and occurrences. This approach can lead to greater insight and awareness of relational patterns, emotions, and defences. Sarah believes strongly in the importance of the therapeutic relationship in creating a space for these new understandings.

Sarah has experience working with clients 16 years and over. She is interested working across many presentations, including anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, grief/loss, and interpersonal difficulties.

Micole understands how important it is to find the ‘right fit’ in therapy. She aims to provide clients with a respectful, non-judgmental space where they can feel safe, cared for and seen, while talking about the hard stuff. An important guiding principle of her work is collaboration. Together, she will assist you in building your insight and understanding of your difficulties, increasing your awareness of unhelpful patterns that are no longer serving you.

Some therapeutic modalities that she may draw on include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Mindfulness. Micole offers experience working with individuals across the lifespan with a wide range of challenges, including anxiety, depression, trauma, personality disorders, stress, and more.

Debbie Hocking is an experienced clinical psychologist who believes that the mind and body have an innate ability to heal when met with the right conditions, and a safe and secure relational environment. She is committed to working collaboratively with clients in treatment planning, and views the therapeutic relationship as a mirror of past and current, and pathway to future, relationships.

As an integrative therapist, Debbie does not ‘cut the person to fit the coat’ and approaches therapy with a psychodynamic lens, drawing on a range of evidence-based treatments. She works thoughtfully with the notion that ‘the past is always in the present’ and her primary modalities are EMDR, Schema Therapy, and clinical hypnosis. She has undertaken specific training in these modalities and employs a combination of these approaches based on individual treatment plans, which are periodically reviewed as part of treatment, to prevent ‘therapeutic drift’.