Nicole Burattin is a clinical psychologist and member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS). Nicole has worked with children and adults in various settings including employment services, schools, hospitals and private practice. She has experience working with anxiety, depression, workplace stress, perfectionism, personality disorders, physical health problems and stress management and has a particular interest in anxiety disorders and animal assisted therapy.
Nicole is interested in using her knowledge and expertise as a psychologist to develop mental health resources and educate individuals about wellbeing and mental health related matters on a wider context. Outside of work, Nicole enjoys spending time with her dog, Clifford, drinking coffee and watching 90’s sitcoms.
Josh is a Clinical Psychologist who has worked primarily with adolescence and young adults. He has worked in private practice and schools and has experience working with depression, anxiety, sports performance and burnout. Josh has a keen interest in solution focussed therapy as well as cognitive behavioural therapy. He has also worked with local sporting clubs around Victoria to help promote and build mental health education.
Josh is interested in educating and developing the mental health knowledge and skills of athletes, and as a result enjoys running workshops with athletes and high-performance staff. Outside of work, Josh loves all things sport, with a strong passion for Hawthorn (AFL) and the Winnipeg Jets (NHL). He also enjoys going to the movies and is obsessed with all things Batman.
David is registered psychologist and a member of AAPi with over 10 years of experience supporting people through a wide range of mental health challenges. He has worked across a variety of sectors including Disability, Education, Youth and Family Services and Community Mental Health. Concurrent to his role as a Mental Health Advisor with the AIS, David works in private practice, where his main areas of interest are working with depression, anxiety, stress, trauma, addiction, grief/loss, ADHD and Men’s, Adolescent and LGBT2SQIA+ health. He also works as a Psychologist Facilitator for Tackle Your Feelings.
David is intent on compassionately connecting with people and ensuring that they are linked with the right support as well as delivering initiatives that build the capacity of the Australian Sports System to deliver sustained cultures of mental wellbeing, psychosocial safety and diversity, equality and inclusion which enhance both personal and sport performance outcomes. In his spare time, he loves connecting with family and friends, fitness, being in nature, music and learning about different cultures!
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.
“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.
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.
“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 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.
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.
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”.
Dr Adam Martin has worked as a consultant psychiatrist in Sydney since 2006. He graduated as a doctor in London in 1994 and moved to Sydney in 1999, where he trained in psychiatry at Prince of Wales Hospital Randwick, and at Long Bay Hospital, Malabar. He has a particular interest in sports psychiatry, and consults to professional sports teams and athletes at The Stadium Clinic, Moore park (next to SCG). Through the Australian Institute of Sport, he is providing an on-call service for the Australian Olympic and Paralympic teams. He works closely with sports physicians and psychologists, seeing athletes for management of mental health disorders including anxiety, depression, substance use disorders, problem behaviours and relationship issues.
Dr Amy Joscelyne is a clinical psychologist who believes that warmth and empathy are essential to developing a good therapeutic relationship. She works with a wide range of issues including anxiety, low mood, trauma, grief, drug and alcohol and relationship issues. She uses several therapeutic approaches including schema therapy, CBT, acceptance and commitment therapy and attachment informed approaches. Amy discovered a passion for working with athletes through working with the NRL and understands the unique pressures of high-performance environments, and challenges related to injuries and career transitions. When she’s not working, Amy loves reading thrillers and walking her dog, Hudson, who frequently makes an appearance at her office, too.
Director of The Talbot Centre, a large multidisciplinary service in Northwest Sydney, and in 2018, she was awarded Australian Psychologist of the Year. Dr Amy Talbot has worked across a wide range of settings including inpatient and day patient hospital programs; and specialist outpatient services. She has also held multiple research, teaching and supervisory positions in the area of clinical psychology. She has a particular interest in working with eating, feeding and body image concerns; anxiety disorders; obsessive compulsive and related disorders; academic, mindset and performance issues; and child and family concerns.
A world-leading neuropsychologist with over a decade’s worth of experience working with elite athletes in both a clinical and research setting.
Andrew is a clinical neuropsychologist, and an Associate Professor with the School of Medicine & Public Health at The University of Newcastle. He is also a Co-Director of the Hunter New England Local Health District (HNE LHD)'s Sport Concussion Clinic, an Executive Committee Member of the Priority Research Centre for Stroke and Brain Injury and has served as the concussion consultant to Rugby Australia. He is a member World Rugby's concussion working. Andrew received first class honours in Psychology (University of New England) in 2005 and subsequently completed a Doctor of Psychology (Clinical Neuropsychology) degree at Macquarie University, Sydney, where he conducted research examining the acute and cumulative neuropsychological consequences of sports concussion in semi-professional rugby union players.
His thesis received the prestigious award for the Most Outstanding Dissertation for 2011 from the National Academy of Neuropsychology (USA); the first, and still the only, time this award has been bestowed upon a student who studied outside of North America. Following this, Andrew completed his PhD in the School of Medicine and Public Health, at the University of Newcastle, studying the potential long-term consequences of participation in collision sports.
In 2015 Andrew was awarded the Discovery Award from Research Australia as the national early career researcher of the year for 2015. He was made a 2017 AMP Tomorrow Maker to support the clinical and research work within the HNE LHD Sports Concussion Clinic. In 2018 Andrew received a Fulbright Postdoctoral Award and travelled to Harvard Medical School.
Performance and General Psychologist supporting individuals to live a rich, full and meaningful life.
Dr Edel Langan is a psychologist with experience across both Olympic and professional sport settings. Edel currently works as a psychologist with the Australian Sailing Team, Cricket NSW and Table Tennis. In private practice, Edel supports individuals from the general public, sport and performance arts industry, with a range of life matters.
Edel previously worked at the New South Wales Institute of Sport, providing psychological support to scholarship athletes across a variety of sports.
Edel has also worked in community mental health. Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom – Victor Frankl The MHRN is a fantastic initiative to support athletes in their choice making of how to navigate the highs and lows of high-performance sport.
Harris Anasson is a registered psychologist with AHPRA and a full member of the Australian Association of Psychologists. She has a breadth and depth of experience spanning 20 years, assisting individuals and groups in clinical, forensic and private practice settings.
Harris currently operates her own private practice in Sydney’s Northern Beaches, treating individuals with a variety of presentations including adjustment, anxiety, depression, substance misuse disorders and post-traumatic stress. She has a special interest in emotional dysregulation, deliberate self-injury and suicidal risk. Harris can also assist in the management of stress, grief/loss, interpersonal difficulties and can provide specific skills training in areas such as healthy communication, assertiveness and effective problem solving.
Harris is educated and trained in a number of evidence based therapeutic modalities, however, considers herself eclectic in her approach, applying the modalities that are best suited to an individual’s unique needs and preferences. Her practise philosophy is focused on the importance of an authentic therapeutic relationship and genuine compassion for individuals.
With her own background in sport and experience working with representative athletes in private practice, Harris has an awareness of the multifaceted challenges that can impact both health and performance. Harris is passionate about working collaboratively with athletes, assisting them to optimise their wellbeing and achieve their personal goals.
Jessica is an Accredited Practising Dietitian currently working in private practice at The Talbot Centre. Jessica is committed to helping her clients in an empathetic manner and provides individualised support through a Non-Diet/Health at Every Size (HAES) approach. With kindness and compassion always front of mind, guiding individuals to feel as comfortable as they can is at the forefront of Jessica’s practice.
Jessica has a special interest in eating disorders, disordered eating (emotional and compulsive eating), and body image concerns. She has experience working with people in private outpatient care, medical centre settings and has also been involved in NDIS related dietetics work. Jessica is a member of Dietitians Australia and enjoys keeping up to date with the latest nutrition research.
Kristy is a warm, intuitive, and empathic Clinical Psychologist. She is dedicated to supporting her clients as they better their mental health, pursue their full potential, and live more satisfying lives. She has over 20 years of experience working as a psychologist and her clients tend to find her gentle, sensitive demeanour both reassuring and encouraging.
Kristy's qualifications are a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology and a Bachelor of Psychology with Honours both from the University of New South Wales. Kristy has experience working with a range of individuals with diverse psychological difficulties such as, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, personality difficulties, poor self-esteem, post-traumatic stress, depersonalisation and derealisation symptoms, eating disorders, relationship issues, grief and loss, psychosis, self-harm and difficulties coping with emotions. She enjoys working both with individuals and couples and has a special interest in helping clients with challenging childhoods develop their self-worth and establish more healthy relationships with others. She has extensive training in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Schema Informed therapy approaches and Mindfulness-based therapies. She also has an appreciation and fondness for Psychodynamic treatment models. Kristy has consulted in community health settings and both public and private hospitals. For the last 17 years has been the Director and Principal Psychologist of her psychology private practice based in St Leonards on Sydney’s North Shore.
Kristy is registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (APHRA) and a SIRA WorkCover provider. She is a member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS), the APS College of Clinical Psychologists, and an ANZAED Accredited Eating Disorder Clinician. Kristy is a Board Approved Supervisor and enjoys supervising psychologists completing the Clinical Psychology Registrar Program. She offers in person and telehealth appointments Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Kim has extensive business management and sport experiences with high performance teams at the state and national level. She has been instrumental in driving national change in learning and development frameworks and career management programs. Kim has a diverse background; inclusive of sport, coaching and clinical psychology, tertiary and secondary education, career counselling and in business and services management.
Kim has experience working in the Australian Institute and Academies of Sport, in University Sport and Education, in government and private enterprise and at the Australian Sports Commission.
Lead psychologist with the Australian Olympic Team at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games and the Australian Paralympic Team for Tokyo 2020.
Lyndel completed her Doctorate of Clinical Psychology at the University of Sydney in 2005. Since then she has had extensive experience in both the sporting and clinical domains. Clinically Lyndel has worked in university settings as well as community mental health, inpatient units, drug and alcohol facilities, and is now in her own private practice in St Leonards, Sydney.
Lyndel has been able to apply her clinical training and experience to the world of sports first through her role as Residential Athlete Counsellor at the AIS, and as a Psychologist with the Australian Olympic Team at the London 2012 Games, and as the Lead Psychologist at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games and the 2020/1 Tokyo Paralympics. Lyndel also consults to a range of sporting organisations.
Michael is an experienced clinical psychologist with over a decade of counselling and psychology experience in various settings, including public hospitals, universities, and private practices. Currently most of his work involves providing clinical and performance psychology support to high-performance athletes, coaches, and support staff in professional and Olympic/Paralympic sports. Michael holds a Master of Clinical Psychology and several postgraduate qualifications in counselling and psychology. He is also currently pursuing a PhD in chronic pain and digital health at the University of Sydney's Pain Management and Research Institute.
Michael has extensive experience in supporting clients with mental health issues such as depression, anxiety (including performance anxiety), stress, OCD, and bipolar disorder. He also helps clients with problematic substance use and other addictive behaviours, such as issues with alcohol, illicit drugs, gambling, sex, and pornography. Additionally, he enjoys working with clients to improve the areas where physical health overlaps with psychology, such as sleep issues, diet, pain management, and chronic illness.
Michael is passionate about providing psychology support to improve mental health, performance, relationships, and quality of life. He uses evidence-based psychological strategies such as CBT, ACT, Schema and Narrative Therapies to collaboratively explore the issues clients bring to sessions. He works with clients from diverse backgrounds and communities, valuing their unique histories and identities, and believes that everyone deserves access to high-quality psychological support. Michael strives to understand each individual's unique background and how it may influence their current situation, making sure to provide a supportive and non-judgmental environment.