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.

Amber is a provisionally registered psychologist in the final stages of completing her Master of Clinical Psychology at Curtin University. She has experience working with children, adolescents, and families to provide evidence-based treatment that has been personally tailored to each individual client in order to best suit their specific needs and situation. She also has experience delivering group-based therapy in which like-minded clients can share similar experiences, empathise and learn from each other, and take steps towards positive change. Amber is interested in working with clients of all ages ranging from young children to older adults to assist them in firstly understanding the challenges they face, and then developing manageable strategies to overcome these challenges in a safe and supportive environment.

Simone is a proud Kija woman and provisionally registered psychologist undertaking the combined Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Clinical Psychology at the University of Western Australia. She is the 2020 Premier’s Shell Aboriginal STEM Student of the Year, and 2019 recipient of the Australian Psychological Society’s Bendi Lango Bursary. Simone volunteers as the Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association’s Student Representative, and as both a mentor and reference group member in collaborative projects between the Schools of Indigenous Studies and Psychological Science at her university. Simone’s research looks to investigate the shared processes occurring across different symptomologies which underpin emotion dysregulation to inform group therapy programs.

Simone offers a client-centred interpersonal approach to working collaboratively alongside her clients. She draws upon a range of evidence-based cognitive behavioural therapeutic techniques and strategies. Simone is passionate about the provision of culturally appropriate therapeutic services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and advocates for ways to increase Indigenous student participation in the psychology discipline, with the view of increased representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples within her profession.

Simone’s experience has been gained from the Perth Children’s Hospital, Ashcliffe Psychology and Robin Winkler Clinic. She has provided supportive counselling to child and adolescent clients and/or their families during hospital stays, participated in multi-disciplinary team meeting discussions to consult on inpatient cases, consulted on care provision for Indigenous clients, and facilitated several different group therapy programs (i.e., needle phobia, emotion regulation, insomnia, and substance use), and provided individual counselling (i.e., treatment of depression, anxiety, self-esteem, anger management, stress, smoking cessation, medical trauma and emotion dysregulation) across the lifespan ranging from infants to older adults.

Ghazal is a Registered Psychologist with AHPRA and a member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) and Clinical College. Ghazal is also a member of the British Psychology Society.

Clinical experience and background
Ghazal completed her undergraduate and post graduate psychology degree at Curtin University and received a Post Graduate Degree in International Health also from Curtin University. Ghazal then completed a Master of Applied Psychology in Organisational Psychology at the University of Western Australia. Ghazal has a passion for learning and is at the final stages of completing a Master of Applied Psychology in Clinical Psychology from Edith Cowan University.

Ghazal has worked as a psychologist for 15 years in both State and Federal Government holding senior roles which provides services to various markets. These roles have presented Ghazal with experience of working with a diverse range of people and presenting problems.

Ghazal’s approach to therapy is person centred, and she works alongside clients to promote a shared responsibility for trust in the therapeutic process empowering them to create meaningful, lasting change for themselves. Ghazal assists her clients to feel safe and supported, trusting in the confidential nature of what they share, respecting and admiring their strong act of courage and humility presented by these clients’ taking steps towards change.

Ghazal tailors’ psychological therapy to meet the needs of clients who are experiencing stressful life transitions, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, grief, and loss. She has been trained in several evidence-based therapeutic techniques including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT); Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT); Relaxation and Mindfulness practices; Solutions Focused Therapy and emotion focused therapy.

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”.

During a career as a secondary teacher, Vicki trained as an executive coach with the Education Department. Along the way, she also completed degrees in psychology and sexology.

She later worked privately as a life coach before undertaking specialised ADHD coach training. This change in direction came as a result of her experience parenting a child along a rocky road through school and into adulthood and a desire to support others who have been diagnosed with ADHD as adults.

She is a trained wellness coach and a nationally registered personal trainer with an interest in current research around exercise for ADHD.

As a keen aviator, Vicki sees many parallels between flying and ADHD coaching … soaring into the unknown, seeing the ground ahead from a different perspective and glorious wow moments; all with a track to follow and preparation to deal with the unexpected in a planned way.

Unlike therapy, her coaching approach is future focused. By encouraging those living with ADHD to recognise and value their interests, passions and strengths, they are able to develop their own successful pathway forward; one that also acknowledges their unique flavour and experience of ADHD.