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Ailie O’Flaherty

BSc (Psych), MA Psych (Clin), MAPS

Ailie O’Flaherty is a Clinical Psychologist with over 16 years’ experience in clinical practice. Ailie has worked in a wide range of health settings involving adults, adolescents and children. The presenting issues of clients have included depression, anxiety, eating disorders, school refusal, sexual identity issues, behavioural disorders, trauma, workplace stress and relationship issues. Her private practice has involved collaboration with various organisations including Victims of Crime, return to work providers, EAP, school counsellors as well as individuals referred by General Practitioners.

Ailie has expertise in a number of evidence based therapies including Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). She has also trained in a range of other evidence based therapies, including Solution-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and mindfulness, etc.

Dr Liz Ditton

PhD, MA Psych (Clin), BA (Psych)

Liz Ditton is a Clinical Psychologist and Researcher. She has over 20 years’ experience in clinical practice and holds a PhD in Behavioural Science and Public Health.

Within the diverse range of clinical and research roles Liz has held, she has consistently focused on supporting people to maintain psychological wellbeing in the context of life stressors, particularly related to work/career and health. She has a longstanding interest in burnout prevention and empowering people to establish sustainable habits in their work, while supporting meaningful engagement with what matters most in their lives. Liz is particularly interested in assisting people to build Psychological Flexibility skills, which can support better mental health in the context of life’s challenges.

Liz’s experience includes providing individual psychological therapy; leading and collaborating on stress management research projects; consulting with large organisations (including public healthcare services and workers’ compensation insurers) to support the psychological wellbeing of staff and service recipients; and developing evidence-based digital tools such as mental health apps and virtual reality resilience programs.

In her clinical practice, Liz adopts a validating and collaborative approach that is both grounded in current research and tailored to each person’s unique experiences, goals, and values.

Liz is currently accepting new referrals for people seeking assistance with:

• • • Work-related concerns (including stress, burnout, adjustment, wellbeing etc.)
    • Menopause/perimenopause

Brendon Knott

BSc (Psych), MA Psych (Clin)

Brendon is a Clinical Psychologist who has been practicing for over 20 years in both the public and private sectors, working mainly with adults and older adolescents. Brendon works with a broad range of presenting issues and aims to help people get unstuck from unworkable patterns in their lives, and to move their lives in directions that are more adaptive, meaningful and prosperous. Brendon specialises in contextual treatment approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and provides a non-judgemental, and non-pathologising environment where he collaboratively creates invidualised treatments that take into account your unique learning history, and your personal values.  

Brendon is also an experienced lecturer and trainer. He has taught into undergraduate and postgraduate clinical programs for the School of Psychology at the University of Newcastle for the past 15 years and runs training workshops for clinicians through his training business (Contextual Interventions).

Brendon is passionate about Psychology and helping to make psychological interventions available as broadly as possible. He currently sits on the board of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Contextual Behavioural Science (ANZ-ACBS) and works as a research consultant where he has co-developed App-based, and virtual reality-based ACT interventions for the health, university and defense sectors. 

Sophia Wooldridge

BSc (Psych), MA Psych (Clin), MAPS

Sophia Wooldridge is a Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years experience treating mood disorders, adjustment disorders and grief, and other mental health challenges such as phobias and trauma responses. Sophia welcomes the opportunity to work with clients who have experienced prolonged ill-health, be that physical health or mental health.

Sophia’s interventions are informed by her clinical experience with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Schema-Focused Therapy, and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. Sophia is a Board Approved Supervisor, and enjoys providing clinical supervision.

Alex Provost

BPSYC (Hons), M Clin.Psych, Phd, MAPs

Alex Provost is a clinical psychologist with experience working with children, families and adults treating a wide range of issues. Alex has worked with people to treat depression, anxiety, sleep difficulties, stress, compulsions, addictions & eating difficulties.

Alex is particularly passionate about working in a collaborative and person-centred way that aligns with people’s goals. Alex has experience using evidence-based treatments including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).

Natalie McCall

BA (Hons) MA (Psych) MAPs

Natalie McCall is a clinical psychologist with over 25 years’ experience in clinical practice. Natalie works with people with an eating disorder (Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder). She also has extensive experience working with depression, anxiety, self-harm, adjustment issues, grief and loss.

Natalie works from an evidence-based approach and draws strategies from Enhanced Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBTe), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Schema Therapy to assist clients make meaningful and sustained change in their lives.

Sam Wolfe

B Psyc(Hons), D Psyc(Clin), MAPS

Sam Wolfe is a clinical psychologist with more than 13 years of experience.  Sam has worked with clients presenting with a range of issues including anxiety and depression, grief and loss, trauma and interpersonal issues. Sam also has extensive experience providing intervention to clients with drug and alcohol use and related issues.

Sam has experience working with teenagers and adults and is passionate about supporting and empowering her clients to achieve meaningful change.

Sam provides evidence based psychological intervention and has training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Motivational and Solution-focused strategies as well as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.