Meet The Team
We strive to provide an environment that enables people to explore their problems.
Dr. Rachell Kingsbury
Clinical Psychologist & Neuropsychologist
Director Assessment Team
Bach Psych&Ed(Hons), Dip(Bus Mgmt), MA(Clin Psych), D Psych(Clin Neuro & Clin Psych), JP (Qual), MAPS
Dr Rachell Kingsbury provides a strong background in adult and older adult neuropsychology, having previously developed two dementia-based services in Australia. This includes senior practice in:
• Early dementia diagnosis, and care consultancy into the behavioural & psychological symptoms of the continuum of disease.
• Differential diagnoses and healthy ageing consultancy
• Delirium management
• Staff training and education
• Capacity and medicolegal reporting
Clinically, Rachell has worked on the largest study of Vietnam Veterans in Australia, and offers experience in PTSD, depression, anxiety, and mental illness affecting returned servicemen. She is a DVA approved practitioner.
Rachell has expanded her practice into rehabilitative neuropsychology in both the public and private sector, and can assist with any issues regarding:
• Return to work assessments
• Acquired brain injury and Traumatic brain injury
• Stroke rehabilitation
• Provisional diagnoses of neurological disorders (Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, oncology, motor neuron disease, etc.)
More recently, Rachell has focussed her career on School Psychology and works concurrently as a Guidance Officer and Child Psychologist. Within this sector, she provides:
• Paediatric neuropsychology
• Educational & Developmental Assessments (e.g., assisting with provisional diagnosis of autism, ADHD, learning disorders, giftedness, and intellectual impairment)
• Child psychology
Rachell has a specific interest in working within an attachment therapy framework in helping to optimise the relationship between children and families.
Dr Michele Andrews
Clinical Psychologist & Neuropsychologist
Director
Bach Psy(Hons), D Psych(Clinical Psych/ Clinical Neuropsychology), MAPS
Dr Andrews is the Founder/Director of Mind Wise Psychology Services. She is a registered Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Neuropsychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
Dr Andrews has a specific interest and extensive experience in assessment and treatment of complex trauma, dissociative disorders and PTSD. She has worked primarily with individuals presenting with trauma spectrum disorders, personality disorders, self-harm, mood disorders and anxiety disorders. Dr Andrews uses a variety of therapeutic approaches (e.g. CBT, ACT, EMDR). Dr Andrews has completed training in Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy and a masterclass in Structural Dissociation Theory and parts work. Dr Andrews has also worked extensively with survivors of childhood abuse, institutional abuse and frontline emergency services workers.
Dr Andrews is a board (PBA) approved supervisor and provides supervision to clinical psychology registrars and professional development supervision.
Dr Andrews has worked extensively with Queensland Corrective Services providing individual assessment and intervention with complex and high-risk offenders in custody and the community. Dr Andrews also provides a consultancy service around challenging offenders with a history of complex trauma and challenging behaviours in custody. She provides state-wide education workshops on trauma informed care.
Dr Andrews has provided a range of medico-legal services across the past 10 years and currently offers the following services:
• Fitness for trial/ capacity to provide legal instruction – private solicitor and the Queensland Mental Health Court
• Presentence/mitigation reports (private funded) for criminal matters
• Expert witness services
• Risk Assessment Reports (violent and sexual offending)
Sheeba Sadeed
Clinical Psychologist
Assessment & Therapy
BPsychSci (Hons), MClinPsych
Sheeba is a clinical psychologist who currently sees individuals aged 14 years and older. She has previously worked as a psychologist at child and youth mental health services, outpatient adult mental health services, high and low security correctional facilities, inpatient forensic services and university health clinics. In these roles she has provided intervention and assessment to individuals across the lifespan.
Attachment and trauma-informed theories underpin her therapeutic work. She feels privileged to work with individuals through the therapeutic process to better understand and manage their concerns. She has a particular interest in how early life experiences affect the development of one’s sense of self and their patterns of connecting with others.
She tailors her interventions according to each person’s needs, often drawing techniques from mind- and body-centred approaches including Mentalisation-Based Treatment, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Psychodynamically-Informed Psychotherapies, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy and Interpersonal Psychotherapy. Whilst therapeutic techniques are important, her overarching aim is to provide a healing relational experience in which difficult life events can be shared, understood and integrated.
She can offer help with:
• Anxiety disorders
• Mood disorders
• Grief and loss
• Adjustment difficulties, particularly for adolescents who are experiencing increasing demands as they transition to adulthood
• Issues related to identity and sense of self
• Interpersonal difficulties
• Affect regulation and distress tolerance
• Non-suicidal self-injury
• Trauma and stress related disorders
• Post-migration and acculturative stress
Sheeba has previously provided assessments within clinical and forensic settings for adults and youth. Currently, she can assist with assessing for autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, learning disorders, giftedness, and intellectual impairments.
Jessica Klausen
Psychologist & Clinical Psychology Registrar
Therapy
BPsych MPP(Clinical) MAPS
PsyBA approved supervisor
Jess is a local psychologist who has been servicing the western suburbs of Brisbane since 2002. She is passionate about providing effective, affordable and accessible evidence based treatments to help you more from where you are, to where you want to be.
Born in Wollongong, New South Wales, Jess embarked on her psychology degree in 1997 at the University of Wollongong. To cement her theoretical knowledge, she completed a drug and alcohol counselling internship at Kedesh Rehabilitation Services in 2000.
In her employ with the Commonwealth Government since 1997, she worked with an array of client groups predominantly the unemployed, young people, indigenous, mature-aged and parents.
A mother of two girls, she has an interest in pre and post-natal care and is registered with Medicare to provide non-directive pregnancy support.
Having struggled with an overactive sympathetic nervous system (a.k.a anxiety), Jess loves to provide down-to-earth psycho-education while furnishing her clients with a practical psychological toolkit to maximise their brain and life.
Jess is also passionate about helping people achieve their weight and fitness goals. Having lost over 30kgs twice in her life she can assist you with practical skills acquired through her personal experience and professional training as a Psychologist and Personal Trainer.
In addition to her qualifications as a Psychologist and Personal Trainer, she is also a highly experienced Acceptance and Commitment Therapist (ACT). ACT is a very active therapy focused on creating rich and meaningful lives while developing strategies to deal with the unavoidable painful thoughts and feelings we struggle with.
Jess was first introduced to the evidence-based treatment in 2005 and after seeing the dramatic change it yielded in her life, she became passionate about using ACT to help others realise rich and meaningful lives. In therapy, we will look at your heart’s deepest desires for what you want to do, and how you want to be during your short time on this planet and work on small achievable goals of how to get where you want to be. ACT continues to prove itself as a quick, effective and lasting transformative therapy.
Jess’ focus is to guide you towards getting unstuck and creating positive changes in your life, such as changing your relationship with painful thoughts, feelings, memories and internal experiences, letting go of self-defeating beliefs, break self-defeating habits or destructive patterns of behaviour; rise beyond your fears, and start embracing your precious valued life.
Dr Chantal Slor
Neuropsychologist and Clinical Psychologist
Therapy (inc Neurorehabilitation)
BA (PSY), PhD (ClinPsych/Clin Neuro)
Chantal believes that clients should feel safe and comfortable to express their thoughts and feelings during therapy, which aids in achieving client goals and a successful treatment outcome. She believes in using evidence-based techniques, while also being aware of adapting treatment plans to the individual where necessary. She uses a friendly, warm and respectful approach while also being direct and open in her communication. Chantal can work with English and Dutch speaking clients.
Chantal completed her Master of Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Amsterdam in 2009. She then went on to complete her PhD in 2013 at the University of Amsterdam on the subject of post-operative delirium. She has presented at various international conferences and is published in international journals. She is an AHPRA endorsed Clinical psychologist and Neuropsychologist.
Chantal has experience working as a psychologist and a research coordinator in both hospital and non-hospital settings. She has worked in a diverse range of settings from academic teaching hospitals to aged care settings, where she gained experience with both (neuro)psychological assessments as well as providing guidance to clients, family or health care staff staff. She has also worked in private practice, where she offered therapy services for a wide variety of mental health presentations.
Chantal offers services like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Schema Therapy. She works with clients 18 years and older. On limited occasions Chantal will offer neuropsychological assessments.
Qualifications:
• Master of Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Amsterdam
• Doctor of Psychology, University of Amsterdam
Registrations:
• General registration as a Psychologist and Endorsement as a Clinical Psychologist and Neuropsychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA/AHPRA)
• Approved Medicare Provider
Michele Hunter
Clinical Neuropsychologist & Clinical Psychologist
Assessment & Therapy (Neurorehabilitation)
BPsych, MA (Clin Psych), PG Dip Clin Neuro Psych (UQ)
Michele Hunter is a registered Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), with an area of specialist practice endorsement in Clinical Psychology and in Clinical Neuropsychology. She holds the degree of Master of Psychology (Clinical Psychology) and she also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Neuropsychology from the University of Queensland.
Her previous positions have included Clinical Neuropsychology Registrar within the Rehabilitation Unit at Logan Hospital, Queensland Health, Clinical Psychologist and Psychology Professional Leader at the Adult Mental Health Service at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and Clinical Psychologist at the Acquired Brain Injury Outreach Service at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Queensland. She has experience in neuropsychological assessment of neurodevelopmental and neurological disorders in both children and adults, including acquired brain injury.
She has current experience in return-to-work and NDIS assessments. Michele has extensive experience in assessing for psycho-social, neurodevelopmental and intellectual disability. She currently practices as a Clinical Neuropsychologist and Clinical Psychologist with Mind Wise Psychology Services and at the Logan Hospital in Queensland.
Nicole Ho
Clinical Psychologist
Assessment
BPsych (Hons), MPsych (Clin)
Nicole completed the Master of Clinical Psychology. She has experience working with children, adolescents and adults in various private practices, NGOs and hospital settings. She conducts a range of psychological assessment, including mental health diagnostic assessment, cognitive assessment, functional assessment, ADHD, and Autism assessment.
She has an interest in Female Autism assessment and internalised presentation of Autism in children and adults. Nicole also has experience in conducting assessments and reports for NDIS for a range of psychosocial disabilities. Nicole is able to provide psychological assessments and psychotherapy in Cantonese and Mandarin.
• Intelligence Assessment (IQ, Giftedness)
• Intellectual Disability Assessment
• Autism Assessment (experienced in Female Autism and internalised presentations)
• ADHD Assessment
• NDIS assessments for Psychosocial Disability (e.g., Autism, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder(FASD), Schizophrenia and others)
Qualifications:
• Master of Clinical Psychology
• Bachelor of Behavioural Science in Psychology (Honours)
• AHPRA registered clinical psychologist
Nicole Skea
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Assessment
BPsych (Hons), MA (Clin Neuro), MAPS
Nicole Skea is an endorsed Clinical Neuropsychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
She provides evidence-based neuropsychological assessment in adult, older adult and forensic populations and has assessed a vast range of neurological and psychiatric conditions such as acquired brain injury, neurodevelopmental disorders (i.e., intellectual disability, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder), neurodegenerative disorders (including differential dementia diagnoses), mental health disorders, substance use disorders and personality disorders.
Although a qualified Clinical Neuropsychologist, she has worked in both private forensic neuropsychology practise and for Queensland Corrective Services where she developed the clinical knowledge and expertise to provide forensic neuropsychological expert witness opinion and address key issues such as Fitness to Stand Trial, and to provide Presentence Reports and Risk Assessments. She has also held clinical appointments at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney within the Older People’s Mental Health Service as well as academic appointment at Western Sydney University and has presented research both nationally and internationally.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor of Psychology (Hons I), University of Southern Queensland
• Masters of Clinical Neuropsychology, Macquarie University
Registrations:
• Full Registration with the Psychology Board of Australia (PBA), part of the Australian Health Practitioner’s Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• PBA endorsement in Clinical Neuropsychology
• Full Member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS)
• Fellow of the APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists
Mark Carroll
Clinical Psychologist
Therapy
BPsych (Hons), MPsych (Clin)
Mark is a registered Clinical Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia and an associate member of the Australian Clinical Psychology Association (ACPA). He has completed the Master of Clinical Psychology at Griffith University. Mark has worked with clients in various private practice and government mental health settings, including Qld Health and Qld Corrective Services.
Mark has experience in treating a range of psychological issues, such as Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, Addiction, Work related issues, Anger management, Phobias, OCD and Hoarding. He also has experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team to assist clients in managing symptoms related to major mental health disorders, such as Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia.
His approach is to provide a safe, non-judgemental and collaborative space to help clients work through their concerns. He uses a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) approach and will also tailor therapy by using other techniques that are best suited to individual clients. He also places an emphasis on helping clients understand their core values and strengths in order to bring about positive change. He would like to help clients direct their energy towards “building the new, rather than fighting the old.
Rebecca Wright
Psychologist
Therapy
BPsychSci, BSocSci (Psych) Hons, GradDipEd, GradCertDFVPractice
Rebecca Wright (she/her) is a General Psychologist and qualified teacher currently completing her Masters of Clinical Psychology (Post-Registration). She has worked in the psychology field for over 14 years in the education system and in community health settings. She is committed to supporting her clients in a compassionate and caring manner by assisting them to utilise their strengths to overcome challenges and reduce distress. Rebecca uses approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy.
Rebecca’s area of interest include:
• Anxiety
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Adjustment to major life changes/ transitions
• Domestic and Family Violence
• Older Adult mental health
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorders
• Parenting
• School refusal
• Selective mutism in children
• Sleep difficulties across the lifespan
Qualifications
• Bachelor of Psychological Science
• Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) Honours
• Graduate Diploma of Teaching and Learning
• Graduate Certificate of Domestic and Family Violence Practice
Susan Suckling
Psychologist
Assessment
MAAPi, B.Psychological Science
Susan has an undergraduate degree in a Bachelor of Psychological Science from Griffith University and a Post Graduate Diploma from Queensland University of Technology. Susan has over 11 years of practice experience both provisionally and as a generally registered psychologist.
She has worked for Queensland Corrective Service with experience as a psychologist, senior psychologist, senior advisor, senior practitioner, practice lead positions and in program delivery.
Susan has knowledge of a wide range of risk management, assessment and intervention strategies for specific offending behaviours, as well as a broad knowledge of mental health presentations and treatment strategies. Susan’s style is casual and client lead with a passion to see people thrive. Susan is also a STAP approved supervisor with the Psychology Board of Australia.
Victoria Cullity
Clinical Psychologist
Assessment
BPsycSc(Hons), MClinPsyc
Victoria is a registered Clinical Psychologist who has worked in public child and youth mental health services in both community and acute settings for over ten years, where she supported young people with severe and complex mental health needs.
Victoria works with children, adolescents, parents, families and their support systems in a collaborative and non-judgmental way to better understand and respond to the difficulties that brought them to seek support. She adopts a relational approach to therapy, utilising an integrative framework informed by attachment (Circle of Security), cognitive-behavioural, schema therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and psychodynamic models.
Victoria provides cognitive, educational, and psychological assessments for children, adolescents and adults. From these assessments Victoria enjoys providing an evidence based and comprehensive understanding of one’s ability – to inform decision making, supports and treatment options moving forward.