BPsych (Hons), MPsych (Clinical) MAPS
Clinical Psychologist
Professional Memberships and Registrations:
Australian Psychological Society (Member)
Psychology Board of Australia
Medicare Provider (Clinical Psychologist)
Karen is a senior clinical psychologist with 14+ years’ experience working in adult community mental health and private practice settings. Karen provides a collaborative and empathic approach using evidence-based treatments to improve the well-being of her clients, with psychological strategies introduced to practice between sessions to learn to cope independently with life stressors in the longer-term.
Karen has lived experience of neurodivergence and offers formal assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) with screening for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) to adults.
Karen’s specialty is cognitive-behavioural therapy or CBT (understanding and changing unhelpful ways of thinking and behaving) for clients with presentations, including:
- Adjustment difficulties associated with workplace stress and bullying
- Anxiety including agoraphobia, death anxiety, generalised anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic, social anxiety and specific phobias
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and neurodivergence
- Depression including post-natal depression (and post-natal anxiety)
- Perfectionism, low self-esteem and assertiveness
- Sleep difficulties
- Study concerns including procrastination and time management
- Work-life imbalance
Karen sees clients aged 18 and above under funding from Medicare, TAC, Workcover and Private Health Insurance. Karen works at Mind Health Care Monday to Thursday.
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS:
Reducing parental anxiety using a family-based intervention for youth mental health: A randomised controlled trial.