Here is our team and their areas of experience.

All our clinicians are registered with the relevant professional agencies, boards or associations.

	Children	Adolescents	Adults	Seniors	Services
Yvonne Fisher  (Tue)			X	X	Therapy
Leanne Foley-Evans (Tue & Thur)			X	X	Therapy
Dr Angela Curcio (Mon)			X		Therapy
Tej Kaur (Weekend)	X	X	X	X	Assessments
Megan Tomlins (Fri)		X	X	X	Therapy
Julia Gillett (Wed & Fri)		X	X		Therapy
Joe Selwyn (Mon, Wed, Fri)		X	X		Therapy
Cath Hutchinson (Thur & Fri)		X	X	X	Therapy (telehealth only)
Dorinda Pope (Tue & Thur)		X	X	X	Therapy

Yvonne Fisher
BA(Hons).MClinPsych.MAPS(FCCLP)
Principal Psychologist 
Yvonne holds a Master of Clinical Psychology obtained from the Australian National University. The majority of her experience has been in working with adults with a range of mental health problems including depression and anxiety disorders. She employs various therapeutic interventions including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Interpersonal Psychotherapy and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.

Leanne Foley-Evans
BSc(Hons).MClinPsych.MAPS
Principal Psychologist 
Leanne holds a Master of Clinical Psychology obtained from the Australian National University. Leanne has particular interest and expertise in working with adolescents, adults and older persons with mental health problems, in particular anxiety disorders, mood disorders, trauma, psychosis and personality disorders. She employs a range of therapeutic approaches including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Schema Therapy.

Angela Curcio
BScPsych(Hons).PhDClinPsych.MAPS
Clinical Psychologist 
Angela holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology obtained from the University of Canberra. She has experience working with children and families, adolescents, and adults. She provides a range of psychological intervention services for a variety of mental health conditions, including trauma, anxiety, depression, emotional and behavioural difficulties, and parenting.  She uses a variety of modalities such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing  (EMDR). She also offers a range of assessment services including cognitive assessments, personality assessments, and specific learning disorder assessments. 

Tej Kaur
MSc.PGDipClPs.MAPS
Clinical Psychologist 
Tej holds a post graduate diploma in Clinical Psychology obtained at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. Her expertise is in areas of cognitive assessments, learning disability assessments, and more comprehensive neuropsychology assessments for both adults and children. In addition, she has expertise in adult mental health including depression, anxiety, stress and psychosis. She is trained in the use of different treatment modalities such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Schema Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

Megan Tomlins
BA.GradDipPsych.AssocMAPS
Registered Psychologist 
Megan holds a Bachelor of Arts, Graduate Diploma of Psychology. She has 25 years of experience working as a psychologist in a range of settings with children, adolescents and their families and also with adults.  Anxiety, depression, difficulties in developing or maintaining personal relationships, experiences of grief and loss and trauma are among the many issues with which she has experience in helping adults, children, and adolescents and their families. Megan has been trained in various interventions. Her practice is to use a Psychodynamic framework to assess and treat children, adolescents and adults.

Kirsten Doyle
BSc(Hons), MClinPsych.MAPS
Clinical Psychologist
Kirsten is a Clinical Psychologist with experience working with people across the life-span. She is trained in a range of therapeutic modalities, including EMDR, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, Sand Play Therapy, and others. Kirsten has particular expertise working with child, adolescent, and adult clients with PTSD and cPTSD, and victims of crime. She also sees clients with a range of other mental health conditions such as anxiety, mood disorders, grief and loss, personality problems, and bipolar disorder. She also has significant experience working with children and parents/carers of children in the Out of Home Care system. 

At present, Kirsten is only seeing clients aged 11 and older. Kirsten is currently only able to offer sessions on Monday to Wednesday during business hours. Telehealth is also available. 

Kirsten obtained her undergraduate degree in Science (Psychology) with Honours at the Australian National University, and her Master of Clinical Psychology at the University of Canberra. Kirsten’s thesis was on the use of Sand Play Therapy with an adult who had experience childhood abuse and neglect. Kirsten also provides ongoing consultation to an NGO on trauma-informed approaches to reduce gender-based violence in developing nations. 

Julia Gillett
BPsych Hons.MClinPsych.MAPS
Clinical Psychology Registrar
Julia is a Clinical Psychologist registrar. She completed her Master’s Degree of Clinical Psychology at the Australian National University. She is registered with Medicare, so her clients can receive rebated psychology sessions with a referral from their GP. Julia takes a warm and individualised approach to her therapeutic work, drawing from a range of evidence-based therapies, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). In her work, she also likes to incorporate various techniques from self-compassion work, mindfulness and motivational interviewing. Julia enjoys working across the adolescent and young adult age demographic. She works with those experiencing a range of anxiety and depressive symptoms, relationship and social challenges, grief and loss, emotional regulation and adjustment difficulties, and stress-related challenges. Julia also has experience working across neurodivergent populations, seeing clients with ASD and/or ADHD diagnoses.

Joe Selwyn
BCom(LiberalStudies)(PsycHons).MClinPsych.MAPS
Clinical Psychology Registrar
Joe is a warm and thoughtful psychologist who completed his clinical training at the Australian National University. He was drawn to this field of work through his interest in understanding what it takes to live a healthy, satisfying life; and he enjoys exploring this question with each of his clients to provide them with greater self-awareness and personalised strategies that they feel fit into their lives. He believes that it is through understanding oneself – our history, our thoughts, our behaviours, our relationships – that meaningful, sustainable growth can happen, and he attempts to facilitate this process using a client-centered, compassionate, non-judgemental approach.

Joe has experience and expertise with a broad array of adolescent and adult mental health issues having worked in both community and custodial settings. He is able to assist clients with navigating anxiety and depressive symptoms, trauma-related challenges, relationship concerns, grief and loss, personality disorders, substance use and addictive behaviours and stress-related issues. In his work he draws from a range of evidence-based therapies including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Interpersonal Therapy (IPT), and other practices based on mindfulness, compassion, self-awareness and self-acceptance.

Joe understands that working to understand or change oneself can be a daunting and painful task, so he makes every effort to create a welcoming, flexible, dynamic space to support the person sitting across from him.

Cath Hutchinson

BA.Psych(Hons).Soci.AssocMAPS

Registered Psychologist

Cath holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Psychology. She has 20 years experience in delivering psychological interventions to adults, couples, adolescents, and groups. In her counseling, she is informed by Neuroplasticity, Systemic Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. She has a vast amount of experience in working with: Trauma; Anxiety; Depression; Adjustment to Life Changes; Relationship Issues; Transgender Issues; Conflict; Crisis; Grief; Substance Misuse; Working with people to activate their own strategies to respond to the challenges life presents; and to Building Resilience. Cath believes in the human capacity to overcome struggles and to therefore be more resilient to future challenges.

Dorinda Pope

MProfPsych.AssocMAPS

Registered Provisional Psychologist

Dorinda is a registered provisional psychologist, working under the supervision of an experienced clinical psychologist.  She holds a Masters degree in Professional Psychology from the University of New England.  Dorinda is keen to practise with diverse clients across the lifespan, with a range of presentations including anxiety and depression, interpersonal and relationship difficulties, grief, and workplace stress/burnout. Under supervision, Dorinda offers a range of assessments including learning, cognitive and personality assessments.   Dorinda values working collaboratively with clients and creating a safe space for clients to achieve their goals. Dorinda works primarily with CBT and ACT interventions.

A provisional psychologist is someone who has completed their tertiary qualifications in psychology and holds the necessary degrees to be eligible to undertake an internship as they develop their applied skills “on the job”. This involves a minimum of two years of weekly supervision with an AHPRA board approved supervisor.