Experienced psychologist in a range of sports and performance domains.

Provider of Psychology and Career Development Services to higher education and high-performance sports sectors for over 20 years.

Rene is a Registered Psychologist and Senior TAFE Counsellor at TAFENSW where she currently works at Randwick College and EORA College, Redfern. With a career spanning more than twenty years in higher education, Rene is a skilled provider of personal, educational and vocational/career counselling. Rene also has specialist expertise in working with clients from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Island backgrounds, clients with disability and clients from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

As well as working in the higher education sector, Rene also works in private practice as a Psychologist assisting clients to identify and draw on their strengths, overcome barriers, and realise their potential so they can meet their personal goals.

In the high-performance sports sector Rene works with athletes, assisting their holistic development in life/sport balance, wellbeing and career longevity. Rene is also an Accredited Mental Health First Aid Instructor. In all her work as a Psychologist, Rene empathically connects individuals with the difficult and challenging issues that lead to personal insight, behavioural change and the achievement of significant sporting and life outcomes.

"The Mental Health Referral Network is a wonderful addition to the support services available to athletes. Above all, the Network provides the right support at the right time, ensuring that athletes are able to be supported at any point throughout their sporting and life journeys. Within the athlete’s world there is still a lot of stigma around mental health. However, the referral pathways to the Mental Health Referral Network are seamless and athletes are also able to self-refer, enabling the Network to effectively facilitate help-seeking behaviours in athletes who are experiencing mental health or wellbeing challenges."