PhD, BPsych(Hons)

Location: Gosford, NSW

Dr Thompson has extensive experience in psychological research and education. She completed her PhD in Psychology at Curtin University, where she also contributed to the education of future psychologists. Her expertise and research interests fall into the area of biological psychology, behaviourism, and treatments of anxiety and stress disorders. Her research revealed novel approaches to the persistent reduction of clinically significant anxiety, and was published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at national and international conferences. Dr Thompson is passionate about translating research into practice and helping individuals achieve their full potential.

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PhD, BSocSci, MSocSci(Hons), GradDip Adol & Child Psych

Location: Fairfield East, NSW

Kathy Mill originates from New Zealand. She has a Ph.D from the University of Western Sydney and a post-graduate diploma in adolescent and child psychology from the University of Melbourne. Kathy obtained her bachelor and master of social science degrees from the University of Waikato, New Zealand.

Kathy has worked mainly in the disability sector as a fundraiser, holiday program assistant, support worker and advocate. More recently she has worked as a Psychologist within the sector. Kathy has also worked as a counsellor, researcher and teacher.

In her spare time Kathy enjoys swimming, tennis and bushwalking reading and watching movies as well as travelling whenever she can.

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BPsych, MScPsychCouns, MPhilPsych, Ph.DPsych

Location: Perth, WA

Sanjana is passionate about assisting children and adolescents with a range of disabilities to have a better quality of life. Her experience includes management of children with neurodevelopmental disorders such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Learning Difficulties, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and children with type 1 diabetes. She provides support and teaches coping strategies to individuals and families who are going through behavioural and emotional difficulties such as anxiety, depression and conduct disorder. She provides sustainable solutions by carrying out assessments and conducting evidence-based counselling approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Behavioural Intervention and Mindfulness-based practices. Sanjana is warm and compassionate in her nature of working with clients and tailors her approach to meet the needs of her clients.

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BPsych

Location: Ascot Vale, VIC

Amanda is a Senior Behaviour Support Practitioner with over 8 years’ experience working with children and adolescents with challenging behaviours, particularly individuals on the Autism Spectrum. She has extensive experience tailoring and delivering interventions to a wide range of behaviours such as self-injurious, demand avoidance, eating, sleeping and as well as teaching programs. Amanda also has overseas experience having worked in the UK in a specialised school for students with multiple learning difficulties and behaviours of concern. Amanda takes a collaborative approach to servicing involving families, support staff, teachers and educational assistants across a diverse range of community and clinical settings. She is very passionate about helping vulnerable individuals to navigate the challenges they experience and provide support while promoting self-determination.

BPsych(Hons)

Location: Lane Cove, NSW

Claudia is a Provisional Psychologist with over 3 years’ experience in supporting people with disability of all ages including children. Claudia also has experience assisting individuals with the full range of disabilities and cognitive functioning levels including clients who are non-verbal. Claudia’s expertise is her ability to develop high quality positive behaviour support plans quickly and train staff in all of the strategies outlined. Claudia has written numerous Interim and Comprehensive Behaviour Support Plans involving restrictive practices and has a strong understanding of what is required in this area. Claudia has an interest in working with children and adolescents as well as individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

BPsych(Hons), MPublicHlth

Location: Perth, WA

Errin is a Senior Behaviour Support Practitioner and Provisional Psychologist with over 5-years’ experience working with children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder to reduce and eliminate behaviours of concern and increase independence and overall life skills. She also has previous experience working with disadvantaged and marginalised groups, specifically Indigenous youth, through programs focused at increasing community and school engagement. Errin has experience working across a range of environments including; home, schools, daycare centres, group homes as well as clinical settings. She also has experience collaborating with stakeholders and allied health professionals, to ensure consistency and a multidisciplinary approach when implementing strategies within the Behaviour Support Plan. Errin has over 5-year’ experience of Applied Behaviour Analysis and behaviour support and enjoys seeing the progress of her clients during intervention.

BA(Psych)

Location: Fyshwick, ACT

Maria has over five years’ of experience in Behaviour Support, working with children across a wide array of ages, backgrounds, different levels of Autism Spectrum (ASD) and disabilities as well as verbal and non-verbal children. Her experience includes supporting and assisting children to acquire social, life, and educational skills. Maria enjoys working with challenging behaviours & helping parents to understand behaviour therapy and how to run programs with their children at home better. Maria thoroughly believes that with the right support structure and guidance, people with disabilities can also overcome challenges to have superior standards of living. With her background in psychology, Maria loves to look at the bigger picture when she is working on an issue and come up with creative ways to attend to them. Maria focuses on delivering individualised servicing, and she truly believes one size does not fit all as everyone has different needs. Maria has recently moved to Canberra (ACT) after spending 8 years in Sydney (NSW).  Maria is multilingual and speaks English, Urdu and Hindi.

BA(DevPsych), BScCogNeur, GDipPsych

Location: Gosford, NSW

Courtney is a Regional Manager of Behaviour Support Services with over 5 years’ experience working with children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Increasing independence, achieving personal goals and eliminating behaviours of concerns have been the focus of Courtney’s work with her clients and continues to drive her in supporting clients now. Courtney has a particular interest in play therapy and using a client’s skills to help overcome challenging times. She has experience working across a range of environments including; home, schools, group homes, within the community and in clinical settings. Courtney is currently completing her internship to become a registered psychologist and as such enjoys supporting clients with complex psychological presentations.

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BA(Psych), GDipPsych(Adv)Hons, MSocWk

Location: Morley, WA

Craig has been working within disability and mental health sectors for over seven years. He is passionate about providing an evidence-based, client-cantered, and holistic approach to mental health; choosing to work within a trauma focussed and recovery model to best assist clients and their families in meeting their behavioural and personal goals. Craig has extensive experience working with clients presenting with complex and comorbid personality, psychotic, and mood disorders in a culturally safe and promotive manner adhering to best practice standards. Craig is also passionate about building his teams’ emotional intelligence, interpersonal communication and clinical skills to meet not only their professional goals but to also increase their capacity to work with clients with complex presentations whilst promoting their own sell-care and resilience

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BHumSc(PubHlthPlcyProm), GDipPsych, BPsych(Hons)(Hons)

Location: Fairfield East, NSW

Georgia is a Provisional Psychologist and Behaviour Support Team Leader who has worked in the disability sector for over 3 years. Georgia has a strong focus on providing high quality assessment and intervention in behaviour support and psychological services. Her areas of interest include working with individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, complex trauma and psychological comorbidities. Georgia also has a strong motivation to reduce restrictive practices through effective behaviour support intervention.

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19BA (Psych), MClinCouns, Registered NDIS Behaviour Support Practitioner

Location: Gosford, NSW

Shannon is a motivated, passionate and committed Clinical Counsellor and Behaviour Support Practitioner with over 2 years’ experience working within the NDIS area of ORS. Shannon also has experience in disability case management and job development. She has outstanding counselling skills and can work with clients of all ages with all psychological presentations. Shannon builds exceptional rapport with her clients and works with them side by side to help them learn the skills they need to overcome their particular challenges and achieve the goals they set out for themselves. Shannon is very client-focused and ensures she takes the time to understand her clients and what they want to achieve. Shannon strongly believes in ongoing development and continuous learning and is always researching new evidence-based practices/interventions to include in her behaviour support plans/counselling interventions. Shannon is passionate about working with youth, people who have undergone trauma and complex cases.

BPsych (Hons)

Location: Port Macquarie, NSW

April is a Provisional Psychologist with over three years’ experience working with individuals with disabilities who present with challenging behaviours. April has expertise in the formulation of the reasons behind an individual’s challenging behaviour and in strategy development. April really enjoys working in partnership with her clients and their supports to help them learn to improve their skills and replace challenging behaviours with other behaviours that allow them to maintain better relationships with others and that are less dangerous to themselves. April receives outstanding feedback from everyone she works with and her skills and expertise in positive behaviour support are well known. April has extensive experience in the development of positive behaviour support plans including those involving restrictive practices. April also enjoys training and developing other staff to develop skills in this area. April’s areas of interest include the psychological development of children and young people, developmental disabilities, complex mental health concerns, ABIs and Intellectual Disabilities. In 2016, April also contributed to the research of individuals with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome and presented at the VCFS conference at Westmead Children’s Hospital.

BPsychSc (Hons)

Location: Broadmeadow, NSW

Cainan is a Provisional Psychologist and Senior Behaviour Support Practitioner with over 2 years’ experience supporting individuals with disabilities to reduce and eliminate behaviours of concern and improve quality of life. He also has previous experience supporting individuals concerned about family member’s substance use. Cainan uses a person-centred and trauma-informed approach in his work and ensures that he considers the needs of all parties when developing his interventions. Cainan has experience working with clients with all disability types and has developed Positive Behaviour Support Plans involving restrictive practices. Cainan is passionate about advocating on behalf of clients with disabilities to ensure that they are provided with the opportunities and supports they need to achieve their goals.

BA(Psych)

Location: Perth, WA

Igor has over 15 years of management experience working predominantly in the Disability and NDIS Sectors. He is passionate about providing exceptional customer service and helping individuals achieve their goals and overcome challenging behaviours. His focus is on building and maintaining a trusting relationship with his clients underpinned by his strong quality and performance orientation. Igor is passionate about developing himself and his team via formal and informal coaching, training and providing on the job experience. Igor also has extensive experience working with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder as well as disadvantaged and vulnerable groups.

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BBehavStud(Psych), BPsychSc(Hons)

Location: Gosford, NSW

Jamie is a Provisional Psychologist and Senior Behaviour Support Practitioner with over 5 years of experience working with people across the lifespan. Jamie has a special interest and excellent feedback supporting people living with Cerebral Palsy, Autism Spectrum (ASD), ADHD and ODD. Jamie also has previous experience working in crisis support services, including suicide intervention.

Jamie’s strengths include establishing rapport and building a positive working relationship with his clients and their families/support staff, helping people identify their goals, learning new skills, and overcoming life challenges. Jamie utilises a wide range of therapeutic styles, including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Schema Therapy, Mindfulness and Motivational Interviewing techniques. He enjoys the collaborative experience and individualises interventions to allow each client to learn and gain new skills to facilitate growth. Jamie works well within multi-disciplinary teams, including hospitals, schools and supported living.

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BPsych (Hons)

Location: Broadmeadow, NSW

Megan is a Provisional Psychologist and Behaviour Support Practitioner and has over 10 years’ experience supporting people with disabilities and mental health conditions in the Newcastle area. Megan’s expertise lies in her ability to establish rapport and trust with all parties, understand the function of challenging behaviours and work with families and support workers to develop practical and easy to apply strategies that work. Megan is able to work with extremely complex clients including those with forensic backgrounds and individuals who have experienced trauma and abuse. She has an extensive knowledge of person-centred and trauma-informed care models and experience with developing Interim and Comprehensive Behaviour Support Plans involving restrictive practices. Megan’s interests include working with adolescents and young people with disabilities and helping them to reach their potential and training and developing other Behaviour Support Practitioners.

Board Certified Behaviour Analyst, BPsych, MA(PBA)

Location: Fairfield East, NSW

Shelby is a Behaviour Support Manager and a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst with seven years of experience supporting people with a disability. Shelby is passionate about building the capacity of those who support our clients across multiple settings. Shelby’s experience has focused on teaching social communication, adaptive self-help skills, leisure skills, and academic skills while reducing challenging behaviour. Shelby values using evidence-based practices in an applied way to improve the quality of a person’s life.

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GDipArts(Psych), PGDipArts(Psych), MArts(Psych), PGDip(AppPsych)

Location: Fairfield East, NSW

Zsofia is a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) and a Registered Psychologist. She has over eighteen years’ experience supporting individuals with a range of developmental and intellectual disabilities. Zsofia is passionate about providing high-quality evidence-based services to improve people’s quality of life.

Zsofia has ten years of experience working as a conductor-teacher, in New Zealand and Hungary. In this role, she lead small groups and 1:1 conductive classes for children with cerebral palsy and learning and behavioural difficulties. Zsofia has been working in the field of Behaviour Analysis for six years in New Zealand and Australia. Her expertise lies in early intervention and has extensive experience in conducting functional assessment, designing and implementing behavioural interventions to reduce and replace challenging behaviours. Zsofia has a special interest in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), staff and parent training. She is also a qualified supervisor and has been providing supervision to students pursuing BCBA or BCaBA certification.

MSocWk, GDipCouns,BSc(Psych)

Location: Lane Cove, NSW

Anika has worked in the behaviour support industry for the past 8 years including roles in early intervention and delivering consistent training to new recruits. Alongside her roles in behaviour, Anika has worked in hospital mental health units and local community centres both in the capacity of a counsellor and social worker for 3 years. Anika specialises and takes great interest in working with children but enjoys working with complex clients of all ages to help facilitate their growth in any way possible. Outside of work, Anika is a founder of a social educational program in Bangladesh called Project Unlearn. This project aims to help young boys unlearn gender stereotypes and regressive values taught by society and instead to empower women and build a better tomorrow. Anika is fluent in and able to communicate with her clients in Bangla, English, Hindi and Urdu. She is currently learning Korean.

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BSocSc(Psych, Crim), MPsych(Couns)

Location: Fairfield East, NSW

Brittany has a devotion for emotional well-being, education and creating behavioural change through innovative strategies with a person cantered approach. Brittany holds a Bachelor’s Degree with a double major in Psychology and Criminology, a Graduate Diploma in Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Counselling. She is currently registered and insured with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Foundation Australia (PACFA) as a Counsellor, registered with the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) as a Behaviour Support Practitioner and working towards registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). She specialises in Autism, Severe and Persistent Mental Illness, Children, Intellectual Disability, Forensic, Comorbidity and Eating Disorders. She uses therapeutic interventions to build individuality, independence and confidence, including evidence based models such as Play Therapy and Animal Assisted Therapy. Brittany also has a passion for educating, she has completed a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment which allows successful staff and stakeholder training in behavioural management.

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BPsych

Location: Morley, WA

Courtney is a registered Provisional Psychologist with a Bachelor of Psychology from Curtin University. Courtney is working a dual role within ORS, engaged in both NDIS Psychology and as an NDIS Behaviour Support Team Leader. Courtney has experience as a disability support worker so she has a thorough understanding of the holistic care that is imperative to the quality of life of individuals living with a disability. Courtney works with clients of many different backgrounds and presentations, including clients with co-morbid disorders. She has experience in ASD, ODD, ADHD, DID, Depression, Anxiety, Schizophrenia, Bipolar and many more. Courtney has a particular skill when it comes to building rapport with children and adolescents, due to her ability to understand and communicate exceptionally with that cohort.

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BA(Psych), BPsych(Hons)

Location: Perth, WA

Eliza is a Provisional Psychologist and Behaviour Support Practitioner. She is a Psychology Honours graduate from UWA, completing her thesis on Autism Spectrum Disorder, Anxiety and the impact of social-acceptance. She has worked with children and adults with various developmental conditions and mental illnesses over the last four years to help them to improve their educational and social capacities. Eliza completed an Internship at a Psychologist clinic in Ireland, working alongside experts in women’s and LGBTIQA specific psychology, organisational coaching and trauma-informed psychological practice. Eliza is proactive, passionate and easily connects with clients to help empower them to work with them to improve their quality of life. Eliza’s core interests include working within a social-model of disability and providing a holistic support plan to involve all support networks of her clients. Eliza works to ensure her work is of the highest quality, specific to the needs of each client and helps each client to feel personally supported.

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BA(Psych), M.ACounsPsych

Location: Perth, WA

Before joining ORS as a Provisional Psychologist and Behaviour Support Practitioner, Faith lived and worked in California, USA, and was a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Post graduate school, she served as a clinician in various mental health settings with clients experiencing severe mental illness, drug and alcohol addiction comorbid with mental health issues, and women with fertility issues. She then spent 9 years working with twice exceptional adolescents in a school setting. She has extensive experience with implementation of cognitive behavioural therapies and strategies, managing multidisciplinary treatment teams, deescalating crises, and encouraging integrity and commitment. She engages clients to create change by thoroughly getting to know each one as a whole human being, tailoring treatment plans, interventions, and strategies to their personal goals and desires.

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BPsychSc, GDipPsych(Ad)

Location: Corrimal, NSW

Georgia is a Behaviour Support Practitioner and Provisional Psychologist with over 4 years’ experience working with people with a range of disabilities and presentations from mild to severe. She has experience with clients affected by acquired brain injuries, autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, sensory processing disorders, schizophrenia, anxiety and depression. Georgia also has previous experience in delivering anxiety and emotion regulation programs to primary school children and providing assessment and individualised intervention to children with learning disabilities. She is passionate about advocating for the rights of those who are most vulnerable. Georgia takes a multidisciplinary approach and employs the biopsychosocial model to improve the health, wellbeing and quality of life of clients and their support network. She believes a good behaviour support plan and implementation has great potential to improve wellbeing, build relationships and enhance the quality of life, not just for the client but the support network around them as well. Georgia has a particular interest in people with disabilities who have come in contact with the justice system, schizophrenia and acquired brain injuries. When she isn’t at work she spends her time completing her Masters Research thesis.

BTeach(Sec)/BA, GDipPsych, MSW

Location: Broadmeadow, NSW

Jess has worked in the disability sector since the rollout of the NDIS pilot program in the Hunter, and is focused on supporting people to live the life they want. Jess loves working with adolescents, adults, and older people with psychosocial or intellectual disabilities, and is passionate about building capacity within the individual and their support network to live and interact harmoniously. Jess’s approach to behaviour support includes equipping the individual and their support network with evidence-based therapeutic tools to facilitate improved communication, emotion regulation, and empathy. Jess is Social Worker and a member of the AASW, with additional degrees in education and psychology.

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BPsych(Hons)

Location: Gosford, NSW

Katrina works as an NDIS Behaviour Support Team Leader and has a caseload of NDIS supported clients. She has extensive experience working with children, adolescents and adults of all ages. Prior to working for ORS, Katrina spent four years working with adolescents, in the Out of Home Care System, living with complex trauma. This has given her a unique insight into the challenges of clients living with complex trauma experience and comprehensive, experience-based knowledge on evidence-based, person-centred, and trauma-informed care models to support them. Katrina has also worked for four years managing a support and supervision program with clients in the Morisset Psychiatric Hospital Forensic Unit. This has provided her with extensive skills in working with extremely complex clients. She also gained experience in working closely with multi-disciplinary teams and excels at training both support staff and her Behavioural Support Team in practical and easy to apply behaviour strategies. Katrina’s passion is working with complex clients living with Schizophrenia, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Complex Trauma, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder.

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BA(Psych)Hons. MA(ClinPsych)

Location: Fyshwick, ACT

Kiran is a provisional psychologist and an NDIS registered behaviour support practitioner. Kiran has an overseas experience as a health practitioner and a school psychologist with over 10 years of supporting disability of all ages, including children. She has extensive experience in working with a wide range of clients to improve their lives by supporting them with effective coping psychological techniques and methods. Kiran is proactive, organised and enjoys working with the clients to help them identify and achieve their goals. Kiran’s expertise is her ability to develop a great rapport with all her clients. Kiran believes the potential growth and progress of the client is the result of collaboration working with all the stakeholders, including families, school and support workers etc. Hence, she has the potential to work actively to build such collaboration for the holistic growth of her clients. Kiran has a clinical psychologist background; hence her working is not restricted to particular areas of disabilities, and she has a vast experience in psychological testing and assessments. Kiran is multilingual and speaks English, Hindi, and Punjabi.

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GradDipPsych, BSc(CogNeuro&HlthPsych), BA(Soc&DevPsych)

Location: Gosford, NSW

Kyriann is a Provisional Psychologist with experience in Psychological counselling and intervention, workplace rehabilitation, and positive behaviour support with a diverse range of clients. Kyriann also has experience working with individuals with complex mental health diagnoses and disabilities and enjoys working collaboratively with her clients and their families to achieve the best outcomes. Kyriann continually engages in professional development and is always researching new ways and strategies to implement positive change with all of her clients.

Kyriann utilises a variety of evidence based strategies such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and behavioural strategies and utilises a trauma-informed, person-centred approach. Her strength is in her ability to build rapport and build positive therapeutic relationships with her clients and their families. Kyriann is interested in working with clients from diverse backgrounds and is interested in complex behaviour and psychological presentations, attachment and trauma.

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DipComServ, BPsychSc, GDipPsychAdv

Location: Gosford, NSW

Lara is a Registered Behaviour Support Practitioner and Provisional Psychologist with over 10 years’ experience working in the disability field. Lara is a highly dedicated, empathetic and passionate person who aims to deliver a person centered approach by focusing on an individual’s strengths and goals by motivating them to believe that they can live their best life possible. She has a special interest in working with individuals with complex mental health needs as she believes with the right and adequate support anyone can overcome barriers and improve their quality of life.

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Provisional Psychologist, BPsySc, BSc(Psych)Hons

Location: Jandakot, WA

Teesh is a Team Leader – Behaviour Support at our Jandakot site in WA. She is a provisional psychologist/behaviour support practitioner and has been working with people with disabilities and other disadvantaged groups to help them reach their potential for over 5 years. She has extensive experience working with individuals with severe and persistent mental illness and assisting them on their recovery journey. Teesh enjoys working within a transdisciplinary team where everyone works cohesively. She believes that the best results are seen when a person-centred approach is taken and always focuses on the rights of the participant and their goals. Teesh enjoys research and has participated in multiple research articles/presentations in the field of motion perception.

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Provisional Psychologist, BSW, BPsych(Hons)

Location: Jandakot, WA

Nynke is a provisionally registered Psychologist, having completed a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) degree in 2018. Although she has only recently started her career in psychology, Nynke has over 10 years of experience assisting people cope with life challenges. She has been working as a Counsellor for the last couple of years supporting people who are experiencing grief after loss, and those coping with the challenges of separation and divorce. She completed all the modalities of Emotional Focused Therapy training which can be used in working with couples as well as individuals.

Prior to moving to Australia to study psychology, Nynke studied social work in the Netherlands, her country of birth. In her early career, she worked with offenders with diagnoses of psychotic disorders and personality disorders. In later years, she was the Chairwoman of the national organisation for bereaved siblings and a Board Member for the organisation for parents of a deceased child.

Nynke loves working collaboratively with people on creating tailored plans to build on the strengths and emotional resilience of her clients, so they can successfully navigate life’s challenges.

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BA(IOPsych)Hons, MA(IOPsych)

Location: Fyshwick, ACT

Ruaan is a registered psychologist with provisional registration, who is passionate about empowering people to move towards and achieve their goals through counselling, behaviour support and other interventions. He adopts a collaborative working style and believes in meeting people where they are at. Ruaan appreciates individual strengths and values and provides a holistic approach to mental health and wellbeing.

Ruaan has over 15 years of extensive experience working across a variety of settings. Ruaan has worked in Corporate Organisations specialising in behaviours at work, human resources, workplace efficiency, Government and the NDIS. Ruaan utilises a wide range of therapeutic styles including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Strength-based approach, Mindfulness and Motivational Interviewing techniques. Ruaan specialises in mental health matters such as depression, anxiety, ASD, schizophrenia spectrum disorders, behavioural intervention support management, vocational counselling, coaching, relationship issues, and case management.. He is proficient in English and Afrikaans and understands German, Dutch and Xhosa well.

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BA(Psych), GDipPsych

Location: Fairfield East, NSW

Stephanie is a Provisional Psychologist who has experience working within the disability sector as well as in Worker’s Compensation. Her areas of expertise and interests include working with complex clients with challenging behaviours, neurodevelopmental disorders, complex trauma and individuals who have acquired a traumatic brain injury. Stephanie has been commended for being able to effortlessly establish rapport with her clients by ensuring her client and their families/staff are well-informed and comfortable throughout the entire process. Stephanie’s focus is to improve the quality of life of each of her clients and their families by developing a person-centered plan specifically tailored to each individual. Stephanie is fluent in and able to communicate with her clients in English and Arabic.

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BSci(Psych), GDipPsych

Location: Perth, WA

Tayla is a Behavioural Support Practitioner and Provisional Psychologist who has worked extensively with teenagers and children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). She has had over 4 years’ experience with ASD with a focus on skill development, increasing wellbeing, coping strategies and emotional wellbeing. Her past experience in Applied Behaviour Analysis therapy has given her extensive knowledge in eliminating behaviours of concern, increasing independence and overall life skills, helping them to achieve their goals. Tayla has experience working across a range of environments such as homes, schools, group homes, day-cares and workplace settings. She collaborates with multidisciplinary teams, other allied health professionals, and stakeholders when implementing strategies to achieve the most effective outcomes. Tayla is hard-working, result-driven and strives to improve the lives of her clients.

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BPsychSc(Honours)

Location: Lane Cove, NSW

 Alex is a Provisional Psychologist and Senior Behaviour Support Practitioner with experience in NDIS job development and case management and has over a years’ experience with supporting individuals living with a disability through the provision of behaviour support and psychological services. Alex is very proactive, organised and enjoys working with clients to help them identify and achieve their goals while providing them with the tools to become more independent and improving their quality of life. Alex is very performance focused and achieves excellent results in all of her work areas. Alex’s interests include developing positive, client centred Behaviour Support Plans and providing training to those supporting clients to ensure the clients goals are realised.