Our Team

Annette is a Clinical Psychologist and Board Approved Supervisor.  She has been working as a Clinical Psychologist in public and private settings for over 25 years and sees clients aged 16 and above.  

Annette has a special interest in eating disorders, body image and helping people heal their relationship with their body, food and eating.  Annette is a Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician through ANZAED and works within a Health at Every Size (R) framework, is size-inclusive and trauma-informed.  Annette has a strong social justice lens through which all of her work is considered.

Annette also helps people with a range of other mental health conditions and life transitions, including mood, anxiety and personality disorders, grief, relationships, perinatal and menopausal concerns and complex trauma.  Annette has completed training in many therapy approaches over the 25 years she has been practising, but works mainly within a Psychodynamic framework, while also incorporating elements of Schema Therapy, Dialetical Behaviour Therapy, Acceptance Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, among others.  Annette is happy to discuss which of these approaches might be most useful for each individual client and welcomes all and any feedback her clients offer.  She hopes to work with her clients to address whatever the concerns are, through a collaborative, committed and mutually respectful relationship.

Gurpal is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, with specialised training in Infant Mental Health and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.

She has extensive experience working with infants, children and adults who have experienced psychological distress and trauma, and recognises the deep and lasting impact of early relational experiences. Integrating a psychodynamic and attachment-based approach, Gurpal works with careful attention and sensitivity to each client’s individual experience and needs.

She offers a calm and reflective space where clients can feel deeply heard and supported to make sense of their inner world. Gurpal is committed to long-term, insight-oriented work that fosters emotional growth and meaningful change.

She works with a wide variety of psychological presentations, with a special interest in:
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• Relationship and interpersonal difficulties
• Trauma and emotional injury (childhood trauma)
• Complex Post-Traumatic  Stress Disorder (C-PTSD)
• Anxiety and Stress
• Depression and mood dysregulation
• Adjustment difficulties
• Grief and loss
• Disordered eating and body image concerns
• Perinatal mental health (mental health during pregnancy and early parenthood)
• Adrenal Fatigue and/or Burnout
• Study/Workplace Stress