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”.