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Keerthi is a provisionally registered psychologist in the final stages of completing her Masters/PhD of Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Western Australia. She has experience conducting neuropsychological assessments across the lifespan and working in group settings. Keerthi is particularly interested in working with children to understand how neurodevelopmental disorders can impact day-to-day functioning and working collaboratively with clients to improve their quality of life. She uses a warm, person-centred approach to facilitate a comfortable environment.

Alongside her clinical studies, Keerthi is also a PhD candidate at the Telethon Kids Institute. Her PhD focuses on the vulnerabilities of sleep problems and emotional dysregulation in infancy, and her general research interests centre around optimising neurodevelopment early in life to improve outcomes for children and families.

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.

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.

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 Psychology in Organisational Psychology at the University of Western Australia. Ghazal has a passion for learning and has most recently completed a Master of Psychology in Clinical Psychology from Edith Cowan University.

Ghazal has worked as a psychologist for 15 years in State and Federal Government as well as the private sector holding senior roles which provides wellbeing 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 does this by building a therapeutic relationship which ensures her clients feel safe, comfortable and supported without judgement.

Ghazal has experience working therapeutically with a range of presentations and tailors her psychological therapy to meet the needs of clients who are experiencing stressful life transitions, anxiety, mood disorders, interpersonal difficulties, relational issues, trauma, stress management, adjustment disorders, and ADHD.

Ghazal has a passion for ADHD and a special interest in ADHD in adults, due to lived experience.

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.

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.

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”.