Services Offered 

• Adult and child assessments for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism

• Learning assessments (using WPPSI, WISC, WIAT, WAIS)

• Therapy for children through to adults

• Parenting coaching

• Lego-based therapy intervention (autism)

• Training to school teams and parents e.g emotion coaching, behaviour management

• Ecological assessment for children using the SCERTS framework (autism)

• Clinical/practice supervision to psychologists and teachers (1:1 and group).

Experience

Rachel is an Educational and Developmental Psychologist who prefers working in partnership with parents/caregivers, teachers and other professionals to get the best possible outcomes for children, young people and adults. She considers how multiple environments interact and affect learning, behaviour and wellbeing. These environments include homes, learning spaces, community and wider society. Rachel has an interest in culturally responsive practice, incorporating child voice and drawing on the strengths of the individual and their family. 

Rachel is a New Zealand trained Psychologist who is endorsed as an Educational and Developmental Psychologist. She has 22 years experience, working in social services, education, health, and Government consultancy. She is also employed within an indigenous health setting and an academic marker for Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors. Rachel is currently undergoing training as a yoga teacher and hopes to combine her love of psychology with her interest in restorative yoga.

Rachel is available for appointments from our Bulimba clinic on Tuesdays.