Working in a range of settings from primary and secondary schools, private practices, home settings and with families gives Michelle insight and experience for supporting the whole person.

Michelle works with children (6+), adolescents and adults. 

She enjoys helping diverse clients to explore what is affecting them and their relationships. 

Areas include:

Anxiety (includingworry and rumination, separation problems, panic, social difficulties), depression, coping with stress, adjustment, grief and loss, emotion regulation, PTSD, assertive communication, executive functioning, hoarding problems, insomnia and general sleep issues, positive parenting and positive behaviour support, school issues, along with body-focused repetitive behaviour (e.g., skin picking, hair pulling).

Michelle also conducts complex neurodevelopmental assessment assisting clients through the process from testing to diagnosis and recommendations for:

·      Specific Learning Disorders (dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia)

·      Autism

·      Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

·      Intellectual functioning (including intellectual disability, giftedness and twice exceptionality). 

Michelle has best-practice, micro-credential training in autism diagnosis from the University of Western Australia for children 6+, adolescents and adults.  She also has trained in Comprehensive
Behavioural Intervention for Tics and Tourette Syndrome from the University of New South Wales. 

She brings a range of evidence-based tools to draw on in therapy including:

Cognitive behavioural therapy and creative/CBT-informed strategies for children/adolescents, Metacognitive therapy,  Motivational interviewing, along with compassion, mindfulness and schema-based techniques.

At home, Michelle enjoys keeping active outdoors, going to theatres and artistic events, seeking out new experiences, and spending time with family and friends.