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Our passion is to facilitate improvement in the well-being of young people.
We use research-based strategies that facilitate positive gains across cognitive, emotional, social and behavioural domains. We encourage parental involvement as requested. Our focus is to help clients and those around them to develop greater capacity in being able to help themselves. You could say our job is to “help without getting in the way”.
We have considerable experience and understanding across a range of educational settings, knowing first-hand the sorts of challenges that sometimes pop up in these contexts. We can assist with ideas and strategies for behavioural, social or emotional concerns, learning issues and assessments, diagnostic assessments and questions relating to both assessment and diagnosis. We can also provide individualised therapy for clients who have a specific diagnosis.
Peter has many years experience supporting children, adolescents and families across Brisbane and rural Queensland. Before practicing Psychology, Peter’s roles included Primary Teacher, Teaching Principal, Behaviour Support Teacher, Special Education Teacher and Developmental Guidance Officer.
Peter is registered with the Psychology Board of Australia (PBA), is an Associate Member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) and is a fully registered Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA). Peter is an endorsed provider of psychological services through Medicare, and provides psychological services to NDIS recipients.
Peter is passionate about helping children and families to develop resilience by learning to cope with and manage life challenges such as anxiety, emotional regulation, low self-esteem, relationship difficulties, bullying, grief, impulse control, school issues, life transitions, goal setting, and family change. His approach to intervention is tailored to the individual and is strengths based.
Peter utilises Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, The Method of Levels and Mindfulness techniques, depending on client age, needs and goals. When working with younger children, Peter uses play-based approaches to ensure a positive rapport is established and meaningful engagement is maintained. Children have fun as part of therapy.
Peter has an interest in sports, music, health, fitness and nutrition, comedy, nature, animals, history, travel, genealogy, live shows, listening to people’s stories and food from around the world.
Lisa has over 20 years’ experience working with children and adolescents across schools, community health, paediatric hospital outpatient services, and private practice. Her philosophy is that all little humans are unique and deserve the opportunity to thrive and be their best, true self.
Lisa is driven to foster understanding, where toddler, children, teens, and their families, feel seen, connected, safe, supported, and celebrated, regardless of individual difference and need. Her diverse experience means she recognises that the path to achieving this is not always smooth. It also means she has a good understanding in ways to navigate the journey when challenges and barriers emerge along the way.
Through her work with Queensland Health and Education Queensland, Lisa has extensive experience in assessment, particularly Anxiety, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism, and Learning Differences. Because all children are unique, Lisa individualises the assessment journey for each child, therefore assessments may also include measures such as WIAT-III, Conners-4, CBRS, SCAS, and ASRS.
Lisa is only available for assessments by arranged appointment.
Lisa is registered with the Psychology Board of Australia (PBA), is a member of the Australian Association of Psychologists Inc (AAPi) and is a fully registered Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA). She is also endorsed as a provider of Focused Psychological Services through Medicare and provides services to NDIS and ECEI recipients.
Being passionate about life-long learning, Lisa is currently studying Master of Clinical Psychology – Advanced Entry (MCPA) at University of Southern Qld.
Lisa and her beloved Lagotto dog, Zita, are working on offering animal-assisted therapy in the future, having recently completed the Therapy Dogs Australia Clinical Course Therapy Dog and Handler Training.
Lisa loves spending time with Zita, gardening, yoga, sunshine, fine dining, aromatherapy, roller blading, and Ferris wheels.
We provide a relaxed, comfortable and supportive environment in which young people and their parents can safely navigate life challenges. Support ideas and strategies are devised in consultation with parents and young people. We take the view that you are the experts in your own life and that our role is to help you to help yourself.
We listen very carefully, providing individualised and negotiated intervention that has the capacity to evolve as the client does. We speak with the parent and the child / teen each session, ensuring there is regular feedback and clarity of needs and goals while still respecting the sensitivities and confidential nature of psychological intervention.
Helping parents with early childhood challenges most often relates to struggles with anxiety, developmental concerns, friction with / between parents and siblings, meltdowns, self-regulation, impulse control, managing parent separation, issues in educational settings and questions regarding behaviour patterns that may lead to a diagnosed condition. We use play based approaches for this age group, ensuring attention is maintained.
Helping parents and clients navigate the terrain of the adolescent years is something we do regularly. This phase of the lifespan brings new challenges we can help you to navigate. Ares of concern tend to include, anxiety, low mood, resistance to boundaries / structure, device usage, social media, peer issues, conflict with and between parents, disengagement with learning, stress related to learning and assessment, time management and organisation, negative self-talk, self-harm, sleep, exercise and diet concerns, risk-taking behaviour and transition to life after school.
