Clinical Psychologist | Principal Psychologist
I enjoy balancing thoughtful reflection with purposeful direction, adapting the way we work to suit your individual needs and goals. Whether you’re looking for greater understanding, practical support, or simply a space to process life’s challenges, my hope is that therapy helps you develop greater self-understanding, confidence and a stronger sense of direction moving forward.
As a Clinical Psychologist at Laburnum Psychology, I work with clients across a range of therapy and counselling needs.
Schema Therapy provides the primary framework for the way I understand and work with people's difficulties. I find it offers a meaningful way of making sense of the enduring emotional and relational patterns that can develop over the course of our lives, while also recognising people's capacity to grow and create lasting change. Rather than following a fixed formula, I place great importance on understanding each person's unique experience and allowing therapy to unfold in a way that feels responsive to their needs, pace and readiness.
| Qualifications | Bachelor’s degree (Honours) Master of Psychology (Clinical) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) |
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| Professional memberships | Registered Psychologist with Clinical Psychology Endorsement (AHPRA) Accredited Individual Schema Therapy Supervisor with the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST) |
| Previous experience | Simone brings experience across forensic, alcohol and other drug, adolescent and private-practice settings, including work within a high-security women’s prison and an Indigenous boarding school. Schema Therapy has become a significant focus of her clinical and professional work and was also a focus of her PhD research. Her work has developed a particular focus on trauma, childhood experiences, dissociation and longstanding patterns that can shape people’s lives and relationships. |
| Area of practice | Trauma and childhood trauma Dissociation Schema Therapy Attachment and relationship patterns Clinical supervision |
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