Meet the Team

Dr Andrew Sheridan trained in the UK as a Clinical Psychologist and Neuropsychologist and holds dual registration with AHPRA. Towards the beginning of his career he focused on Paediatric Neuropsychology at Great Ormond Street Hospital and Oxford Children’s Hospital. Since moving to Australia, he has focused on both child and adult Neuropsychology, specialising in conditions such as ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Acquired Brain Injury. He is also skilled in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and behaviour management approaches. His approach is person focused, in that he tries to ensure his clients feel comfortable, relaxed, and understood. In Neuropsychology it is also vital to be guided by research evidence, and he aims to stay up to date with advances in Neuropsychology: he is an active researcher, lecturer, and Neuropsychology supervisor at University of Western Australia.

Dr Cayla Bellagarda is a Clinical Neuropsychologist who completed her Masters & PhD in Clinical Neuropsychology at UWA, and Registrar training at ADHD WA with Dr Sheridan. She has experience conducting neuropsychological assessments across the lifespan, including children, adults and older adults. Cayla is passionate about providing a way for her clients to explore their own unique brain to better understand their strengths and obstacles. Her approach emphasizes comprehensive investigation of both strengths and weaknesses to inform solution-focused, personalised strategies to provide “roadmap” for all aspects of life. She also assists with developing and facilitating group-based therapies to assist with many of the challenges occurring alongside ADHD, and she is always interested in talking all things ADHD in presentations, workshops etc. Alongside her clinical work, Cayla has completed a PhD in the Human Vision Laboratory at UWA. Her research work focused on non-invasive methods of studying visual processing in the brain, and how this may inform our understanding of the sensory features of neurodevelopmental disorders. She has recently joined a project focused on monitoring and supporting early childhood development.

Dr India is a Clinical Neuropsychology Registrar who recently completed her MPsych/PhD in Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Western Australia. In her clinical work, India has worked in both private and public settings and has experience with providing neuropsychological assessment across the lifespan, including to adolescents, adults, and older adults. India is particularly interested in working with children and adolescents who might have neurodevelopmental conditions such as ADHD and learning disorders. India uses a warm and genuine approach to facilitate a comfortable space to explore each client’s cognitive strengths and weaknesses.

Maira is a Clinical Neuropsychology Registrar in the final stages of completing her Master of Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Western Australia. Maira’s clinical experience includes conducting comprehensive paediatric, adult and older adult neuropsychological assessments for differential diagnosis of ADHD, Learning Disorders and other complex problems such as cognitive impairment due to an affective disorder, in both hospital settings and private practices. Maira is passionate about understanding how the brain produces and control behaviour and mental processes including learning and remembering, problem-solving, personality and emotions, as well as in interacting with clients and providing quality feedback and practical recommendations for them and their families. Maira’s approach is based on being able to genuinely engage in the therapeutic relationship by ensuring that clients feel comfortable, heard, validated, and encouraged to learn about their strengths and weaknesses so they can feel empowered to overcome challenges and grow.

Dr Alexander Mladenovic is a Provisional Psychologist who is on the verge of completing his Master of Clinical Neuropsychology at UWA. He has worked across private and public settings and has experience conducting neuropsychological assessments across the lifespan, including children, adults and older adults. Alex has a longstanding interest in the assessment of ADHD and takes a holistic approach when considering treatment recommendations, working with individuals to develop personalised strategies that address their unique challenges. His approach emphasises empathy, acceptance and curiosity to help his clients feel comfortable and understood. Alongside his clinical work, Alex has completed his PhD through UWA as part of a collaboration between Healthy Ageing Research Study and the Australian Alzheimer’s Research Foundation. His research was aimed at investigating the link between sleep, thinking skills and proteins in the brain that might indicate a future decline in these thinking skills.

Melissa is a provisionally registered psychologist in the final stages of completing her Masters/PhD of Clinical Psychology at the University of Western Australia. Melissa draws from evidence based-therapeutic approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. She has experience working with children/adolescents and their families, adults and older adults, both one-to-one and in group settings. Melissa’s approach is person-centred – she strives to create a safe environment where her clients feel heard and supported, and enjoys working collaboratively with clients of all ages to help them make sense of any challenges they might be facing, tailoring strategies to suit their needs, and capitalising on their strengths in the process.

Melissa’s current research focuses on gaining a better understanding of certain cognitive processes involved in working memory, and examines how anxiety might impact these cognitive processes and consequently, working memory performance.

Amy is a provisionally registered psychologist in the final stages of completing her Master/PhD of Clinical Psychology at the University of Western Australia. Amy draws on a range of therapeutic modalities such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and schema focussed approaches. She enjoys working with clients of all ages and has experience working with children/adolescents and their families, adults and older adults, both individually and in group settings. Her therapeutic style is compassionate, warm, and practical. She works collaboratively with her clients to develop the abilities to live more fulfilling lives. She is passionate about supporting young people, their families, and adults to better understand and improve their mental health using ethical and evidence-based practices.

Amy’s PhD research focuses on impression formation and the conditions which influence how individuals perceive, organise, and integrate information and misinformation when forming and updating impressions of others.

Adi is a provisionally registered psychologist currently completing her Masters and PhD in Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Western Australia. She enjoys completing neuropsychological assessments with people of all ages and helping every client uncover and explore their cognitive strengths and difficulties. Adi has a particular interest in neurodevelopment and neurodevelopmental differences such as ADHD, autism, and learning difficulties/disorders.

Adi’s PhD research focuses on understanding and improving mental health clinicians’ knowledge, skills and attitudes towards identifying undiagnosed autism in adults.

Grace is a registered psychologist specialising in working with parents of children of all ages, with ADHD, as well as partners of individuals with ADHD.
Her passion for working with ADHD comes from experiencing its impact on her own family.

As a parent to a child with ADHD, she recognised the need for greater knowledge and education about the condition and the need for interventions that target not only the individual but the family as a whole.

Grace is skilled in a range of therapeutic approaches including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy, Interpersonal Psychotherapy and Acceptance Commitment Therapy but mostly adopts an eclectic approach – understanding each client as unique with their own particular presentation and then selecting from evidence-based techniques across different approaches in order to help the client develop a better understanding of their challenges and grow in a personally meaningful way.

Grace is the author of “What Lies Beneath Matters” a series of self-help workbooks for children and adults with ADHD, as well as for parents. She also developed OnTrac, a CBT based group program for Tweens and Teens with ADHD. This program is delivered through ADHD WA in collaboration with third-year medical students from UWA who chose OnTrac as their “Services Learning project”.