Capital Clinical Psychology Consulting Rooms – Practitioners

Beth Gunningham – Beth Gunningham Psychology

Clinical Psychologist 

Fax:      02 6282 9002

Email:  bethgunninghampsychologist@outlook.com

Beth is a Clinical Psychologist registered with the Psychology Board of Australia.  She completed her Master’s in Clinical Psychology at the Australian National University. She also holds Bachelor’s degrees in Science(Psychology) with Honours and Law.

Prior to setting up her own private practice at Capital Clinical Psychology, Beth has worked at Headspace, at the National Health Co-op, with the Next Step High-Intensity program, and delivering employee assistance programs.

Beth offers evidence-based psychological therapies to adults. She is trained in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, EMDR and Schema Therapy approaches. She provides treatment for clients with anxiety disorders (including generalised anxiety, social anxiety, panic and PTSD), depression and bipolar disorder. She has a particular interest in working with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Beth is currently accepting new clients.

Megan Tomlins – Megan Tomlins Psychology

Psychologist

WAITLIST IS CLOSED

Fax:      02 6282 9002

Email: megantomlinspsychology@gmail.com

Megan is a registered Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia AHPRA and is an Associate member of the Australian Psychological Society. She has a Bachelor of Arts and Postgraduate Diploma of Psychology from the University of Queensland.

Megan’s 30 years’ experience as a psychologist includes working in a diverse range of settings both public and private, with children, adolescents and adults. Megan has worked with clients in community child and adolescent mental health teams, disability services, schools and in private practice.

In this practice, Megan works in a psychodynamic model and sees young people (16 +) and adults with a range of issues that can include anxiety, depression, trauma, adjustment difficulties, and experiences of grief and loss.

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Ms Angela Patch – Patch Psychology

Clinical Psychologist 

Availability: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday – WAITLIST IS CLOSED

Phone:  0407 195 005

Fax:       02 6282 9002

Email:  angela@patchpsychology.com.au

Web:    www.patchpsychology.com.au

Angela is a registered psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia (PBA), and also holds PBA Area of Practice Endorsement as a Clinical Psychologist.  Angela is a full Member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS), and a Fellow of the APS College of Clinical Psychologists.

Angela has worked as a Clinical Psychologist for over 25 years. Her qualifications include a Bachelor of Applied Science (Applied Psychology) from the University of Southern Queensland, a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology from the University of Queensland, and a Master of Clinical Psychology from Charles Sturt University.

Angela is trained in the use of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Schema Therapy, Trauma Focussed CBT and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR).

She provides treatment for depression, anxiety, stress, phobias, chronic pain, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other trauma related issues.

She has worked across a variety of settings including community mental health, inpatient psychiatric hospitals, private hospitals, vocational rehabilitation, employee assistance programs, and private practice.

Ms Vanessa Quigley – Vanessa Quigley Psychology

Clinical Psychologist

Availability: Thursday and Friday

Phone:  0413 702 142

Fax:      02 6282 9002

Email:  vanessaquigleypsychology@gmail.com

Ms Jean Xu – Jean Xu Psychology

Clinical Psychologist / Clinical Neuropsychologist

Availability: Saturday

Phone:  0490 759 196

Fax:      02 6282 9002

Email:  jeanxu.psychology@gmail.com

Jean is a registered psychologist with an areas of practice endorsement in Clinical Psychology and Clinical Neuropsychology with the Psychology Board of Australia. She holds a Masters in Clinical Neuropsychology and a Masters in Clinical Psychology, and is a board approved supervisor, providing supervision to provisional psychologists and registrars. Jean is a member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) and a Fellow of the APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists (FCCN).

Jean enjoys working with adults and adopts a personalised approach to suit each individual. She utilises a range of evidence-based interventions such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Schema Therapy, Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), Metacognitive Therapy. Jean is also experienced in providing a range of other psychosocial interventions including cognitive remediation, social skills, communication and assertiveness training, social cognition training (e.g. psychosis, acquired brain injury).

Jean has worked in inpatient and community mental health services, and forensic mental health settings for a number of years. She also has experience working with a range of other clinical populations.

Jean works with adults over the age of 18 years. She has a particular interest in the areas of anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, and psychotic disorders.

Jean also specialises in neuropsychological assessments and treatments.

Dr Danielle Clout – Danielle Clout Psychology

Clinical Psychologist

Availability: Thursday 9am – 5pm

Phone:  0424 553 566

Fax:       02 6282 9002

Email:  danielle@daniellecloutpsychology.com

Ms Cath Bylett – Alpine Psychology

Clinical Psychologist

Availability: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 

Phone:  0477 138 177

Fax:       02 6282 9002

Email:  cath@alpinepsychology.com.au

Web:     www.alpinepsychology.com.au

Cath is a registered clinical psychologist. Her passion is to equip clients with tools and strategies to enable them to grow through building resilience, strength and finding balance. In this way Cath guides clients through life’s challenges by providing psychological services tailored to their individual needs, in a comfortable, non-judgmental, safe environment.

Cath works with people of varying ages, backgrounds and challenges. Her clinical experience includes working with individuals, families and groups with a range of symptoms including low mood, anxiety, panic and stress, low self-esteem, anger and behavioural problems.  She has worked with people who have experienced traumatic life events; grief and loss; and life dissatisfaction and works with both neurotypical and neurodivergent individuals (autism spectrum disorder, ADHD).

Cath is fully registered with the Psychology Board of Australia and is a member of the Australian Association of Psychologists (MAAPI).  She has completed the Clinical Psychology Registrar program, as well as a number of professional development courses, such as EMDR Levels 1 and 2. Qualifications include:

• Master of Clinical Psychology, University of Canberra
• Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology)(Honours) Class 1, Charles Sturt University
• Graduate Diploma of Psychology, Charles Sturt University
• Bachelor of Science (Pure Mathematics)(Psychology), Sydney University

“I am humbled to hear the stories my clients choose to share and honoured to be able to share part of their journey towards achieving their goals and personal growth.”

Ms Lauren Fee – Lauren Fee Psychology 

Clinical Psychologist

Availability: Monday and Tuesday – WAITLIST IS CLOSED

Phone:  0450 889 543

Fax:        02 8331 1946

Email:   laurenfeepsychology@outlook.com.au

Lauren is a registered clinical psychologist. She holds an undergraduate honours degree and clinical masters degree in Psychology from the ANU.

Lauren is a neurodivergent-affirming and LGBTQIA+-affirming therapist, whose primary clinical focus areas are: autism and ADHD, childhood trauma, and all matters sex and gender diversity. Clinically, Lauren works with adults across a range of areas, including: depression, anxiety, dissociative identity disorder, psychosis, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bi-polar disorder, childhood trauma, suicidality and self-harm, the gender-affirmation process, and the strengths and challenges associated with ADHD and autism.

Lauren prioritises empathy, respect and collaboration when working with clients. Lauren predominantly works with evidenced-based, trauma and attachment-informed therapies, namely: Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Flash Technique, Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) and Internal Family Systems therapy (IFS). However, she is an eclectic practitioner and incorporates short-term, strategy-focussed therapies according to client needs. These include: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour-informed Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Motivational Interviewing (MI).

Dr Alice Heikkonen – Nourish Clinical Psychology

Clinical Psychologist 

Availability: Wednesday 

Fax:       02 6282 9002

Email:  admin@nourishclinicalpsychology.com.au

Dr Alice Heikkonen is a registered psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA), and holds PsyBA Area of Practice Endorsement as a Clinical Psychologist.  She completed her PhD (Clinical Psychology) degree at the Australian National University, researching factors involved in the maintenance of eating disorders.  She also holds Bachelor degrees in Commerce and Science (Psychology) with Honours.

Alice has worked in both public and private settings with clients across the lifespan presenting with a range of mental health concerns, including depression, anxiety, eating disorders, trauma, sleep disturbance and adjustment problems.  She currently works with adults in her private practice.  Alice has a special interest and experience in women’s health, particularly the treatment of eating disorders and perinatal mental health concerns, as well as issues associated with fertility, pregnancy, birth, baby, and parent-infant attachment.

Alice is trained in a range of evidence-based therapeutic frameworks, including cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), trauma-focused CBT, motivational interviewing and schema therapy approaches.  She is also trained as a Circle of Security-Parenting (COS-P) facilitator.  Alice maintains a warm and compassionate approach and tailors treatment to the particular needs and preferences of each client.  Alice also provides clinical supervision to psychologists as a PsyBA board-approved supervisor.

Sherylyn Crisp – Sherylyn Crisp – Psychology

Psychologist

Availability: Monday to Friday

Phone:  0499 176 480

Fax:       02 6282 9002

Email:  sherylyn.crisp@seniorpsychologist.com

Sherylyn Crisp is an experienced registered psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia (PBA) and is a full member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS).

Sherylyn is passionate about working with children, adolescents, adults and families. She has a background in providing therapy and assessments in schools, working in public mental health and youth clinics, as well as many years working in private practice. She has also worked in rural and remote communities.

Sherylyn has experience in providing individual, family and group-based interventions using a range of evidence-based psychological therapies that include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Graded Exposure Therapy, Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and group programs such as Cool Kids. She provides psychological intervention in the areas of Anxiety, OCD, Depression, Autism, ADHD, Learning Disorders, behavioural issues, sleep issues, stress management, resilience building, and grief and loss.

Sherylyn also has an interest and extensive experience in providing comprehensive assessments. She provides Educational and Learning Assessments, and Behavioural and Developmental assessments, with a focus on Autism, ADHD and Learning Disorders.

Her focus as a psychologist is on providing holistic evidence-based interventions for clients of all ages. She understands the importance of providing a positive non-judgemental environment in which people can feel safe to explore and work on issues to improve their mental health and wellbeing.

Dr Phil Kavanagh – Kavanagh Psychological Services

Clinical Psychologist 

Availability:  Tuesday and Thursday (works afternoons and evening)

Fax:        02 6282 9002

Email:   admin@kavanaghpsychservices.com

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