Our supervision and leadership team

Professional experience

Interests

• Gardening
• Reading

What David loves about working in mental health

“I love to support and empower clients to change entrenched patterns of thinking and behaving that are causing them distress. It is rewarding to assist clients to develop their skills and strengths so they can reclaim a sense of control in the midst of their challenges, and self confidence to manage future ones.”

Professional experience

Kate is a registered psychologist with over 20 years of clinical experience, bringing warmth, insight, and genuine care to every client interaction. Kate has extensive experience in the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) sector, supporting individuals and workplaces through a wide range of mental health and organisational challenges. Kate also has experience as a Forensic Clinician, where she further developed her expertise in trauma management and producing high quality, evidence based clinical reports. Her ability to combine compassion with analytical precision has earned her a reputation as a trusted and grounded professional.

Kate is currently studying a Masters of Clinical Psychology, expanding her clinical skills and deepening her commitment to delivering best practice therapeutic care.

Her clinical interests include depression, anxiety, stress, work related issues, family violence, anger management, substance related concerns, chronic pain, grief and loss, autism, and LGBTIQIA+ support. Kate’s therapeutic style blends empathy, expertise, and creativity to guide clients toward self reflection, resilience, and personal empowerment.

She draws on a range of evidence based therapeutic approaches, including: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness based strategies, Schema Therapy and Solution Focused Brief Therapy.

Alongside her clinical work, Kate is also a dedicated Trainer with Access Psych, where she facilitates programs designed to build healthier, more supportive workplaces. Her favourite program to deliver is Mental Health Awareness, aligning with her personal mission to reduce mental health stigma through education, compassion, and open conversation.

Interests

• Cycling
• Hiking
• Yoga
• Swimming
• Cooking

What Kate loves about working in mental health

“I love connecting with a wide range of people. I really enjoy understanding different backgrounds and what a person may need to do to reduce felings of distress. Helping them to start to take those steps is the best part of the job.”

Professional experience

Kathy (Kat) is a highly experienced psychologist with 20 years of diverse clinical and community‑based expertise. Her professional background spans behavioural analysis, disability support, infant and child development, and frontline workforce wellbeing. She has spent a decade working within child and youth mental health services and has extensive experience supporting Aboriginal families in community settings. In these roles, Kathy has delivered shared learning initiatives, trauma‑informed care, and culturally grounded wellbeing programs for children, young people, and adults.

Kathy also plays a vital role in supporting frontline workers, offering debriefing, containment, and reflective practice to promote resilience, professional effectiveness, and emotional-psychosocial safety for those in high‑demand roles. Her understanding of complex systems, workplace stressors, and trauma‑exposed environments enables her to provide thoughtful, stabilising support to multidisciplinary teams.

Clinically, Kathy has a wide scope of interests. She works with individuals experiencing depression, Autism, anxiety, stress, self-worth difficulties, adjustment issues, work‑related concerns, complex PTSD, and bereavement. She integrates a range of evidence‑based therapeutic approaches focusing primarily on the body-mind-spirit connection, including somatic practice, I Rest , Self- Compassion Focused and yoga-informed practices, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, and Solution‑Focused Brief Therapy. Her style is grounded in empathy, collaboration, and a deep respect for each client’s unique story.

Beyond her clinical work, Kathy brings significant expertise to her role as a trainer with Access Psych. Holding a Master’s degree in Training and Development, she has a strong interest in how individuals and systems learn, change, and heal. Her training background includes delivering Youth Mental Health First Aid, guest lecturing for TAFE and university community services programs, and speaking nationally and internationally on her work in antenatal healing within Aboriginal communities.

Kathy is also engaged in system‑level reform and educational consulting. She has worked with TAFE Victoria on disability‑safe, neuro‑affirming revisions to their training resources, reflecting her commitment to inclusive practice and the creation of supportive learning environments.

With her rich experience, thoughtful presence, and deep commitment to trauma‑informed and culturally mindful practice, Kathy is a highly respected clinician, educator, and advocate for community wellbeing.

Interests

• Reading
• Vibrational medicine
• Bushwalking
• Spending time with animals

What Kathy loves about working in mental health

“I believe mind, body and spirit are shared and we must nurture all three to be our best selves. I love the opportunity to support balance and healing.”

Professional experience

Kim is a registered psychologist with over 15 years of experience supporting clients with complex needs across Queensland and Victoria. Her career spans private practice, Employee Assistance Programs (EAP), and multiple government departments, including Child Protection, Mental Health, and Youth Justice. Working across these diverse settings has equipped Kim with a strong ability to respond to risk, contribute effectively within multidisciplinary teams, and deliver trauma‑informed and culturally responsive care.

Kim adopts a compassionate, person‑centred therapeutic style when supporting individuals and couples. She works with a broad range of mental health and psychosocial concerns, including depression, anxiety, stress, adjustment difficulties, work‑related issues, family violence, complex trauma, anger management, grief and loss, and post‑traumatic stress disorder. Kim has a particular interest in supporting clients living in rural and remote communities, as well as First Nations Australians, and is committed to providing care that is culturally informed, respectful, and grounded in partnership.

Kim has extensive experience supporting clients engaged through workers’ compensation schemes, providing comprehensive assessment, treatment planning, and recovery‑focused interventions to assist with psychological injury and return‑to‑work outcomes. She also has significant experience delivering evidence‑based psychological services under Medicare, including those referred through Mental Health Treatment Plans, and providing support to clients funded through the NDIS.

Kim integrates a range of evidence‑based therapeutic modalities, tailoring her approach to align with each client’s goals, values, and readiness for change. Her therapeutic toolkit includes: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness‑based interventions, Schema Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT).

Kim is dedicated to creating a warm, collaborative, and empowering therapeutic environment. She is committed to supporting clients to build insight, strengthen resilience, and achieve meaningful, sustainable change in their lives.

Interests

• Reading
• Cooking
• Exercising

What Kim loves about working in mental health

“I’m passionate about client wellbeing and achieving optimal outcomes within strong therapeutic relationships.”

Belinda is a Clinical Psychologist and board-approved supervisor. Belinda completed her undergraduate degree in 2001 and since this time has worked in a variety of settings, including local mental health services, headspace, CanTeen, Hunter Primary Care as well as lecturing at the University of Newcastle. Currently, Belinda is working as a Supervisor with Access Psych while also continuing to see clients in a private practice setting where she provides psychological therapy to members from the Department of Defence and Medicare clients with a wide range of presenting issues.

Professional experience.

Suchitra is an experienced clinician who takes great pride in cultivating a holistic and supportive therapeutic alliance with her clients. Her clinical approach with both individuals and couples is a refined blend of extensive professional experience, rich life learning, and deeply held values of compassion and self‑acceptance—underpinned by strong academic foundations. She supports personal growth by helping clients develop equanimity, enhance compassionate self‑awareness, and align their actions with their core values to navigate the complexities of contemporary life.

Suchitra draws on a range of evidence‑based therapeutic modalities to support adults experiencing interpersonal and relationship challenges, depression, anxiety, post‑traumatic stress, bereavement and loss, work‑related injury, and life‑stage transitions. She is a highly sought‑after Couples Therapist, known for helping partners resolve differences through nuanced communication skills while gently guiding them to reinvigorate their relationship by strengthening their friendship systems.

In her work, Suchitra incorporates Breathwork, Present Awareness, yoga‑based embodied knowledge, and somatic movement practices to reduce emotional distress and promote grounding. She is trained in EMDR, a specialised trauma‑focused therapy, and has completed further studies in Family Therapy and Compassion‑Focused Therapy.

Suchitra is also fluent in Hindi and Tamil, enabling her to work sensitively and effectively with clients from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

In addition to her clinical practice, Suchitra draws on her extensive clinical knowledge and experience to deliver tailored training programs for organisations.

What Suchitra loves about working in mental health.

“Experiencing adversity and suffering is inherent to the human condition and I find it immensely satisfying to enable a client to realise their potential through this compassionate understanding”.

Suchitra’s Favourite Quote – “Between Stimulus and Response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” Viktor Frankl.

Interests.

• Certified Yoga and Breathworks Instructor
• Keen gardener and Proud Dog owner
• Reading and Journaling.
• Be curious about the most ordinary things.

Professional experience

Ben provides evidence-based psychological therapies to adolescents and adults. He has three years of clinical experience, during which he developed his expertise by providing treatment to individuals spanning all age groups.

His professional journey has been marked by a focus on delivering targeted interventions to individuals from the ages of 12 to 25, addressing a wide spectrum of challenges encompassing social, occupational, vocational, and family-related issues.

He has supported clients living with anxiety, mood-related issues, stress, trauma, relationship difficulties, and self-esteem issues. His collaborative spirit shines through, having worked effectively in multidisciplinary teams, where he actively contributed to delivering counselling and care coordination to individuals dealing with severe and complex mental illnesses. Ben’s approach is characterised by compassion and authenticity, setting the tone for a therapeutic environment that fosters trust and understanding.

Interests

• Music
• Sport
• Travel

What Ben loves about working in mental health

“Seeing the change in people as they strengthen their self-efficacy and self-determination. I distinctly enjoy contributing to and sharing in that process.”