About

Mandy has nearly twenty years of experience working with individuals and couples, helping them navigate the spectrum of challenges that we face in an increasingly complex world. 

 Mandy’s therapeutic orientation comes from a belief in the wisdom and capacity people inherently possess to direct themselves towards fulfilling basic human needs, such as safety, acceptance, boundaries, authenticity, and connection. 

Often the strategies we developed at a young age no longer serve us as adults which can lead to distress and disconnect. Mandy endeavours to harness each person’s capacity to move towards wholeness and greater integration as individuals.

Education

• Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology, BA (Hons)

• Certificate in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy and Supervisor

• Diploma in Naturopathy

• Mindfulness training (MBSR and CEB teacher training)

• Registered Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)

• Member of the Australian Psychology Society (APS) and Counselling College

• Member of Australian Association of Psychologists Inc (AAPI)

• Registered service provider under Medicare

Special interests

Mandy works with a range of presenting conditions, including anxiety and mood disorders, grief and loss, life transitions, relationship issues, family of origin issues, and attachment problems. She is also a trained trauma therapist who can support individuals through isolated traumatic events and developmental trauma. 

Mandy is a skilled and experienced couples’ therapist and one of the early receivers of EFT Couples Therapy Certification in Australia. She supports couples through therapy by unpacking the negative cycle of conflict and distress. She encourages an understanding of the role each partner plays in driving the repetition of this cycle. Mandy explores the individual's underlying unmet needs and fears within the relationship. She aims to help couples reconstruct a new way of interacting and welcome warmth and connection back into their relationship. 

Mandy has experience working across various issues, including repair from affairs and loss of trust, repetitive cycles of conflict and withdrawal, mismatched libidos, sexual problems, and chronic failure to tend to the relationship leading to disconnect.

Style

Mandy’s style is warm, engaging, and highly professional as she seeks to help you navigate your way through the issues you wish to understand better. She creates a compassionate, understanding, and supportive setting to help to put you at ease as you embark upon counselling to address the concerns that have brought you into therapy. Her primary therapeutic orientation is Humanistic, drawing on Emotionally Focused Therapy, Attachment Theory, Internal Family Systems, and Mindfulness approaches.

Modality & Approach

Emotionally Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Attachment frame, EMDR, Mindfulness.

PERSONAL INSIGHT

What makes you feel grounded?
One of my current favourites is standing barefoot on the grass, sending my breath from the head, down to my legs, through the soles of my feet, and deep into the earth then radiating out like mycelium.