Alex is available on Thursdays and Saturdays.
Alex is a neurodiversity affirming and trauma-informed clinician who has experience
supporting clients with mood disorders, anxiety, OCD, psychosis, personalities
vulnerabilities including BPD, dissociation, and trauma-related disorders.
Alex has a special interest in working with people who have difficulties with
regulating their emotions and attachment, engage in suicidal and self-harming
behaviours and those having experienced trauma. Alex is passionate about helping
people navigate their internal and external worlds and live a personally meaningful
life.​​
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Alex is currently accepting referrals for folks aged 16 years or older with concerns
such as:
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Personality Disorders & BPD: supporting emotional regulation, interpersonal challenges and reducing engagement in self-harm and suicidal behaviours.
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Dissociative Disorders: supporting clients who experience depersonalisation, derealisation, and dissociative amnesia.
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PTSD & Complex PTSD
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Schizophrenia & Psychosis: supporting clients to understand and manage symptoms of psychosis, with a focus on stability, insight and improved daily functioning.
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Anxiety Disorders & OCD: helping clients to understand and manage various forms of anxiety, including social and generalised anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
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Mood Disorders: supporting clients to manage mood fluctuations (including depression and mania) and work towards greater stability.
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Parents and Caregivers: Alex enjoys working with parents/ caregivers of children.​​
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Alex utilises a variety of different approaches, including:
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Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - Psychosis (CBT-P)
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Dialectal Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
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Finding Solid Ground
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Eye Movement and Desensitisation Therapy (EMDR)
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Psychodynamic Therapy​
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Circle of Security Parenting
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Standard Triple P
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Alex completed a Bachelor of Psychology with First Class Honours at Monash University and a Doctor of Clinical Psychology at The University of Queensland. She is entering private practice after spending time working in community mental health within the public sector.