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Kathryn Monaco is an Educational and Developmental Psychologist with a focus on children and adolescent mental health, learning and behavioural concerns.
Kathryn also works with parents who wish to develop an understanding of how to support their children and adolescents through learning, behavioural and emotional difficulties. Kathryn uses a number of engaging therapy techniques to encourage the child and adolescents in growth and skill development, so that they can learn to help themselves to manage and navigate through life’s challenges.
Daniel is a Clinical Psychologist who takes a collaborative, compassionate and evidence-based approach to therapy. He values building a strong therapeutic relationship and understanding each person’s unique experiences and challenges. He is passionate about helping people develop greater self-awareness, explore longstanding emotional and interpersonal patterns, and make meaningful changes in their lives.
Daniel has extensive experience in public mental health services, working with adolescents, adults and older adults across community and hospital settings. He has provided individual and group therapy and currently maintains a part-time position with the health department. His approach draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Schema Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), and mindfulness-based approaches, tailored to each person’s individual needs and goals.
Lavina is a Clinical Psychologist who takes a warm, down-to-earth and collaborative approach to therapy. She believes therapy should be a safe space where people can make sense of their experiences and explore difficult thoughts and emotions without judgement. Her work focuses on helping people better understand themselves and their experiences, build practical skills to navigate difficult emotions and life challenges, and move towards a life that feels meaningful and aligned with their values.
Lavina has worked across a range of public health settings, including adult acute inpatient mental health, perinatal mental health, and child protection and family services. She has supported people from diverse backgrounds experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma and complex trauma, difficulties with emotions and relationships, voice hearing, neurodivergence, and significant life transitions. She also has experience supporting women and parents during pregnancy and the transition to parenthood, including postnatal depression and anxiety, and parent–child relationship difficulties.
Lavina tailors therapy to each person, drawing on evidence-based therapeutic approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR). She incorporates trauma-informed and attachment-focused approaches and is also a trained facilitator of the Circle of Security Parenting (COSP) program.
Dr. Carol Smith is the founder and director of WestHealth Psychology, bringing over 25 years of clinical expertise to help individuals and families achieve meaningful change. With postgraduate qualifications in both clinical psychology and child and adolescent psychology, plus a PhD specialising in childhood eating disorders, Carol has dedicated her career to providing accessible, evidence-based care through her experienced team of clinicians.
Carol works with clients across all age groups, drawing from a comprehensive range of therapeutic approaches tailored to each person’s unique needs. She believes that collaborative, trusting relationships—combined with skilled application of proven therapeutic techniques—form the foundation for successful outcomes.
Her particular expertise lies in supporting children and adolescents facing complex challenges, including behavioural difficulties, anxiety, depression, self-harm, eating disorders, and trauma recovery. Carol also provides specialised support for families navigating Family Court processes, helping to address the emotional impact of family conflict on children and guiding families towards healthier dynamics.
What sets Carol apart is her commitment to making quality mental health care accessible to the community. Through WestHealth Psychology, she has created a practice where clients can access a diverse team of experienced clinicians, ensuring the right therapeutic match for every individual and family seeking support.
Laurissa is an accredited practicing dietitian (APD), and has considerable experience working with individuals in different stages of life. She currently holds a position at Perth Children’s Hospital Eating Disorder Service, working with inpatients and outpatients, namely adolescents with complex eating disorders including Anorexia-Nervosa, Bulimia-Nervosa and ARFID. Laurissa is constantly upskilling in the latest evidence base in the nutrition and mental health spaces. Of note, she is trained in Family Based Therapy (FBT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for ARFID (CBT-AR). She is confident in working with families and young people in moving through eating disorder recovery. Prior to this, Laurissa has worked in various roles in rural Western Australia, as well as in the United Kingdom, working across various specialties including paediatrics (e.g. cow’s milk protein allergy, faltering growth, and coeliac disease), renal disease and various other conditions including diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), congestive heart failure and malnutrition.
Laurissa is strongly committed to social justice and acknowledges that eating disorders and disordered eating occur across all body sizes. Hence, in work with clients Laurissa is curious to understand and validate their unique story of challenges with food and body image, in order to individualise care in a way that feels meaningful. This may also include supporting clients to advocate for themselves to friends, family and other health professionals, to protect and promote their chance of being at peace with food and their bodies. She is passionate about helping clients break free from a lifetime of diet cycling, and enjoys supporting clients to move into a new space in their lives, where they no longer feel ‘crazy’ around food. Laurissa has a flexible approach and plenty of practical strategies and tips to offer, that will be tailored to each client and ‘meeting them where they are at’. Frameworks referred to may include Health at Every Size® and Intuitive Eating.
Dr Craig Harms PhD is registered as an endorsed Clinical Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia. Craig has experience working with adults in mental health settings (government and private), helping them to manage problems associated with mood (e.g., low mood associated with depression) and anxiety disorders (e.g., coping with panic attacks and generalized worry) as well as complex psychological concerns. Craig is also registered as a Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) provider.
Craig’s current work as a Clinical Psychologist is mainly influenced by Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Schema Therapy, and therapeutic approaches linked with the understanding of emotions.
Craig has previously worked at the Western Australian Institute of Sport and is an honorary lecturer at Edith Cowan University. Craig has also worked with children and their parents on developmental concerns, as well as counselling adolescents when he worked for a number of years as a school teacher.
Karen has worked for over 20 years as a psychotherapist. She has extensive experience providing services to children, adolescents, and adults with severe and complex mental health difficulties. Karen specialises in mood management, dealing with trauma, anxiety, management of loss and grief, eating disorders and relationship issues.
Her warmth and relational approach to therapy mirror a deep respect for people and the unique life challenges faced by her clients. She enjoys working with parents and caregivers around communication, and attachment related challenges related to their young person.
Based on need, her therapeutic approach is tailored toward the individual.
Karen is also specialised in working with adolescents and adults who have eating disorders. She has worked across public and private sectors in both inpatient and outpatient settings, with previous positions held at Alma Street Centre, Fremantle Hospital. Karen is a current ANZAED Credentialed Eating Disorder clinician and was a longstanding staff member of Perth Children’s Hospital under the Eating Disorders Service.
She works across the spectrum from disordered eating to severe and enduring anorexia nervosa; bulimia and binge eating disorders.
Karen prefers a psychodynamic and family systems orientation, though is trained in a diverse range of therapeutic modalities and styles. Treatment approaches include FBT, CBT-E, family of origin and interpersonal individual therapy work. Karen’s original training as an Occupational Therapist enables a holistic lens when considering the needs of her clients.
Sophie is a Registered Psychologist experienced in working with adolescents and adults. Sophie enjoys working with a range of presentations including mood and anxiety disorders, adjustment/stress, relationship issues, workplace issues, trauma, low self-esteem, and life-stage and identity issues. She is particularly passionate about fostering self-awareness to enrich clients’ relationships with themselves and with others.
Sophie aims to bring humour into her practice and enjoys the wisdom she gains from clients, firmly believing we are all experts of our own lives.
Sophie works predominantly from psychodynamic, attachment, and cognitive behavioural therapy frameworks. She takes a comprehensive and collaborative approach to therapy, promoting long-term meaningful change.
Lois is a Clinical Psychologist who specialises in working with children, adolescents, families and young adults. She has worked in a range of hospital and community settings, including Royal North Shore Hospital in New South Wales and the Eating Disorders Program at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children in Western Australia.
Lois has experience in the assessment and treatment of a wide variety of mental health issues including anxiety, depression and self-harm, body image concerns and eating disorders, emotion dysregulation and interpersonal problems. Lois’ therapeutic orientations include Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Mindfulness. Lois works collaboratively with clients by focusing on the therapeutic relationship, helping clients to understand their problems and enhancing their coping skills to bring about positive change. In her work with children, adolescents and families she employs a systemic family therapy approach which focuses on the interactions and relationships within a family unit as opposed to the individual on their own.
Lois has also published and presented research at an International Eating Disorders Conference and is trained in Family Based Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa.
Cath is a Clinical Psychologist with experience working with children (0-12 years) and their caregivers and adults. She has worked in a variety of government and non-government clinical settings over the past 17 years, with previous positions held at Child Development Service, Parkerville Children and Youth Care, and UWA University Counselling.
Cath adopts a nurturing, neuro-affirming and strengths-based approach, motivated by genuine care for her clients to provide individually tailored, evidence-based therapeutic approaches to help you and/or your child to overcome life’s challenges, support development and mental health. Cath offers a family-centred practice, for parents and their children who may be experiencing distress (e.g. anxiety) or find the relationship is disrupted due to developmental delay/s and/or neurodevelopmental differences. Cath provide a range of psychological services including parent coaching, parent training, counselling, child and parent therapy, individual child therapy, and support for neurodevelopmental diagnostic assessments (including Autism and Attentional/Impulsive differences).
She enjoys working with children and adults experiencing a range of concerns, including difficulties with mood, anxiety, emotions and behaviours, interpersonal relationships, impulsivity, family of origin, low self-esteem and those wanting to explore their neurodivergent profile. She also enjoys working with parents and caregivers seeking to increase their understanding of how to best support their children during difficult times and developmental stages.
Cath is a trained facilitator of group programs including Circle of Security Parenting (COSP) and Tuning Into Kids (TIK). Cath draws from theory and practices from a range of approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Collaborative and Pro-Active Solutions, attachment theory, poly-vagal theory, evolutionary psychology, Child-Centred, Non-Directive Play Therapy that are integrated based on you/your child’s individual needs and goals.
Passionate about early intervention, supporting children up to age 12 & their families.
Ashley is a Clinical Psychologist who is passionate about creating a space where children and their families feel heard, supported, and empowered. She knows that reaching out for support can feel overwhelming, and she approaches each family with curiosity, empathy, and compassion.
She works collaboratively with children, adolescents, and parents, using developmentally appropriate and strengths-based approaches to support emotional wellbeing, regulation, resilience, and life transitions, while strengthening family relationships. Her practice is grounded in attachment- and trauma-informed frameworks, drawing on CBT, DBT, ACT, and play-based approaches tailored to each young person’s individual needs and goals.
With experience across school settings, public mental health, and private practice, Ashley is especially passionate about early intervention and helping families build on their strengths.
Dr Michelle Trowse graduated from medical school at the University of Adelaide in 1993. She trained in psychiatry in South Australia and has worked as a Consultant Psychiatrist since 2002. After moving to Western Australia she completed further training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, being awarded Advanced Certificate in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Dr Trowse is an experienced psychiatrist and she has worked in perinatal, child and adolescent psychiatry in a range of settings in public and private practice. She takes a holistic approach with young people and their families. Dr Trowse has a particular interest in the impact of trauma and early intervention.
Jerome is a friendly and attuned therapist who works to develop a client-centred approach to assist clients to feel supported, heard, and understood. He aims to provide a safe collaborative space for clients to explore their unique challenges using evidenced based psychological practices. He believes that a strong therapeutic relationship based on empathy and trust underpins meaningful and lasting change. Jerome also understands that reaching out for support is an important step, but it’s often the most difficult.
He works with adolescents and adults from a range of backgrounds for assessment and therapy. Jerome’s areas of expertise include; depression, anxiety, eating/food, mens mental health, performance psychology, stress-reduction, life transitions, burnout, relationship and work/school issues and sleep problems.
Jerome also conducts ADHD assessments (8yrs +) and Cognitive and Learning assessments (8yrs – 16yrs 11mnths). A learning assessment is designed to explore the presence of specific learning disorders, such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia. This comprehensive assessment is used to identify learning challenges that may be impacting academic performance and provides valuable insights for educators, parents, and professionals to assist in tailoring support strategies for learning and development.
Jacinta is a Clinical Psychologist who has experiences working with children, adolescents and their families, and adults with psychological or psychiatric disorders across the community-based and public health settings in Australia and Singapore. She has experience in working within a multidisciplinary team with other medical and allied health professionals.
Her journey as a psychologist began at Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore working with individuals diagnosed with Intellectual Disability with mental health disorders and/or neurodevelopmental disorders (ASD). She continued practicing at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) and was part of the Adult Neurodevelopmental Service (ANDS), the first service in Singapore providing in and outpatient mental health services to Adults with Intellectual Disability and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder. Jacinta continued to gain further experience in Australia and had the opportunity to work with burn victims at Fiona Stanley Hospital experiencing trauma, voice hearers at Perth Voices Clinic, and children and adolescents experiencing relational trauma from Department of Child Protection. She continues to practice and works with a diverse range of clients with presentations such as mood disorders, personality disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders (ASD, ADHD), trauma, interpersonal difficulties, relational issues, and voice hearers.
Jacinta takes on a non-judgmental, empathic stance in understanding her clients presenting difficulties while providing them with a safe space to work through challenges through self-reflection and assisting them in understanding their difficulties. She has a keen interest in working with issues related to attachment, interpersonal difficulties, and difficulties with emotional regulation, which may be exhibited in mood, anxiety, and personality disorders. She provides individualised therapy by adopting and integrating evidence-based modalities to address her clients’ needs. These include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Schema Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization Response (EMDR), Emotion-Focused Therapy, and Attachment-based approach. A keen advocate for the parent-child relationship, Jacinta is a registered Circle of Security Parenting (COS-P) facilitator with the Circle of Security International.
Luke is a child and adolescent psychiatrist specialising in working with children, adolescents, young adults, and their families. Dr Somerville-Brown has a fellowship from The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists and the sub-specialist Advanced Certificate in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Since 2021, he has worked as a consultant psychiatrist in a range of settings in public and private practice, inpatient, and child and adolescent subspecialty areas such as eating disorders. He continues to work part-time for the public Child Adolescent Mental Health Service.
Dr Somerville-Brown takes a holistic approach with young people and their families. He looks to work collaboratively with young people and their parents on recovery using psychotherapy techniques and medical treatments.
Emily is a Clinical Psychologist with more than a decade of experience working in public and private settings. She concurrently works in the Health Department at the Sexual Assault Resource Centre in a senior management role. Emily is a Board Approved Supervisor and enjoys supporting and mentoring other professionals. She provides guest lectures to clinical psychology trainees in the area of responding to sexual assault disclosures and is passionate about advocating for systemic change related to sexual trauma and how victim-survivors are treated.
Emily is a warm and attuned therapist who works to develop a close therapeutic alliance with her clients. Having seen the benefits of engaging in her own therapy in early adulthood, she understands the importance of providing both a nurturing and productive space for her clients to explore their concerns. She provides LGBTQIA+ and neurodivergent affirmative psychotherapy and works with adults. Emily values ethical practice and consequently employs evidenced-based modalities. Her primary treatment frameworks are Schema Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. Emily is experienced in the assessment and treatment of mood disorders, personality disorders, acute and complex trauma, family of origin issues, low self-esteem, gender identity related distress and emotion dysregulation. Emily also works with individuals who might not be experiencing clinical mental health issues but are wanting to better understand themselves, improve their relationships and enhance their wellbeing.
Sarah is a Clinical Psychologist experienced in working with children, adolescents and adults, as well as with parents and families. She has worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings, with previous positions held at Perth Children’s Hospital Eating Disorders Service, Community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, and Community Adult Mental Health Services. Sarah continues to work in the public mental health system, providing specialist individual and group therapy for adults experiencing difficulties related to borderline personality disorder and disorders of over-control.
Sarah is a warm, empathic and curious therapist who cares deeply for her clients. She enjoys working with children, adolescents and adults experiencing a range of concerns, including difficulties with mood, anxiety, emotions, trauma, interpersonal relationships, impulsivity, family of origin, low self-esteem, eating and body image concerns. She also enjoys working with parents and caregivers seeking to increase their understanding of how to best support their children and adolescents during difficult times.
Sarah works collaboratively with her clients, to help them understand their individual experience, and how it has played a part in forming who they are today. She focuses on developing a strong therapeutic alliance with her clients and works with them to build their insight, awareness, and capacity, to support themselves to make positive changes in their lives. Based on the needs of her clients, Sarah integrates theory and practice from a range of approaches, including mentalisation based therapy, dialectical behaviour therapy, schema therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, psychodynamic therapy and attachment theory.