Australian Capital Territory (ACT)

Guy Little

Psychologist

Guy is an experienced psychologist who has worked across a range of settings including community mental health and high performance sport.

Guy runs a private practice in Barton, Canberra. Here he works with the general population, as well as those in high performance contexts including business executives, medical practitioners, performing artists, military personnel, and elite athletes and coaches.

Guy works with people to develop and grow in their performances as well as assisting them with mental health challenges such as anxiety, depression, PTSD and life struggles (e.g., relationship difficulties, grief and loss). He is also experienced in working with athlete specific presentations such as injury rehabilitation, career transitions, managing coach-athlete relationships, managing motivation and confidence, and developing performance routines.

He is passionate about assisting people to build high quality relationships and working with people to thrive in life. He is experienced in treatments including, but not exclusive to: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance Commitment Therapy, EMDR, Schema Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy and Interpersonal Therapy.

Guy understands sport. He gets the pressures and stresses associated with sport through his work in mental health and performance psychology with professional, Olympic and Paralympic athletes. These roles include currently working as the performance psychologist for Brumbies Rugby and previously working in the mental health team for the AFL Players Association and as the Athlete Psychologist at the AIS.

Jacquie Davies

Psychologist

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better” by Maya Angelou. I am passionate about assisting you in your journey and creating a range of tools for life.

Jacqueline is a registered Psychologist who has experience working with Adolescents and Adults in both public and private health settings. She is trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Advanced Interpersonal Therapy and Trauma Therapy. She takes a very practical approach to educating and teaching individuals to address concerns with anxiety, phobias, grief and loss, post-traumatic stress disorder, pain, and adult attachment issues.

Jacqueline has experience in drug and alcohol use, couples counselling, self-harming, anger and mental health issues, stress and work related factors, such as time management, bullying, critical incidents and mediation.

Jacqueline has a passion for assisting adults to recognise the mechanics of their relationship/s, their physical and emotional responses and develop effective communication and resilience building skills.

It is an enormous commitment to enter to world of the sporting elite, to test your limits, expand and adapt and arrive at places you never felt possible! It is a great privilege to support both the athletes and the coaches.

Lisa Olive

Psychologist

Experienced clinical psychologist working with athletes and national sporting organisations across a variety of sports.

Lisa completed her Masters and PhD in Clinical Psychology at the Australian National University, where she specialised in stress-related mental disorders. Lisa has significant experience in the area of elite sports mental health over the last 15 years, first through her role as a live in Residential Athlete Welfare Supervisor at the AIS and then as a Clinical Psychologist with the ACT Academy of Sport.

Lisa has further clinical experience working in community mental health, drug and alcohol rehabilitation and hospital settings. Lisa now runs a private practice, where she is committed to providing a non-judgmental, nurturing and inclusive service for all clients. She strives to be an industry benchmark for innovation, client outcomes and delivery of service.

Lisa acts on the core values of safety, trustworthiness, collaboration, growth and empowerment. She works with athletes of all levels ranging from Paralympian/Olympian and professional through to junior development pathways. In addition to her clinical practice, Lisa is actively engaged in research and training in her role as Senior Research Fellow at Deakin University and as part of the Elite Sports and Mental Health Unit at Orygen, University of Melbourne. In this role, Lisa contributes to developing new interventions, therapist training and undertakes research and training consultancies, including to the Australian Institute of Sport, the Australian Football League, Cricket Australia, Gymnastic Australia, and Tennis Australia. Lisa currently co-leads the AFL Mental Health and Wellbeing Study, a flagship project seeking to maximise the mental health and wellbeing of young athletes.

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“Responding to mental health in sport - like other areas of health – should be based on the best-available evidence, to maximise the efficient use of limited resources. The MHRN is an innovative system to support mental health and enhance wellbeing across high performance sport by providing access to quality psychological care as its needed”

Rachelle Dawson

Psychologist

Rachelle is a clinical psychologist who has predominately worked with adults, in university and private practice settings. Rachelle completed her clinical training and PhD at the Australian National University.

Rachelle works with adults from many backgrounds who are experiencing a wide range of difficulties. She has particular strengths and interest in: trauma (including PTSD, complex trauma, dissociation), depression, anxiety-related difficulties (worry, stress, panic, OCD), relationship difficulties, psychosis, and eating and body image challenges.

Rachelle draws from a range of therapeutic approaches depending on a person’s goals and current challenges. Her primary approach to therapy is through the lens of psychodynamic psychotherapy, which is a depth-oriented and relational-focussed psychotherapy.

Rachelle has also been trained in, and draws from, cognitive behavioural therapies and EMDR.

Rohan Schlesinger

Psychologist

Clinical Psychologist and member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS), and APS College of Clinical Psychologists. Rohan holds a Master of Clinical Psychology degree.

Rohan has worked with people of all ages and all life stages. He has experience working within both the public mental health sector and private practice settings.

Rohan works in a warm, genuine and compassionate manner. He uses a range of therapeutic approaches including (not limited to) the following:

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
• Interpersonal Neurobiology

Rohan has a keen interest working with young people aged 15 years – 30 years, with special interests in athlete mental health and wellbeing, and ADHD.

He is passionate about working across a range of difficulties, including depression, anxiety, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, attention and focus skills, adjustment and transition issues, resilience building, and identity development.

Rohan is motivated to support the development of resilience, mental health and wellbeing in youth and adult athletes, recognises the unique challenges of those balancing their sport, with school, work, and family commitments.

Ross Calear

Psychologist

Using respectful curiosity to encourage recovery and growth

Ross is a Registered Psychologist brings over ten years’ experience working with people from a wide range of backgrounds.

His work experience includes working with victims of crime, perpetrators of crime, people with major mental illness, and in crisis support situations. Ross is interested in working with adults who are having difficulty with; anxiety, depression, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), relationship issues, workplace stress and coping, hallucinations, delusions, and Bipolar Disorder. He uses evidence-based therapies including; Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Schema therapy.

Ross is passionate about his work and highly respects people who are working towards positive psychological change, as he remains mindful of the tremendous commitment people make to achieve this goal. He works toward bringing energy and respectful curiosity into each session. Being an outsider to the sports world, Ross provides a fresh perspective to people living and working within this environment.

Ross can work with anyone in Australia, as he is available for both face to face and Telehealth consultations on a number of teleconference platforms.

“People within in elite level sports work incredibly hard. Out of respect of that work ethic, I will work to provide a safe and comfortable space for people to recover and grow into a life of thriving, not just surviving”