Our Psychologists
Our team of general, clinical, and health psychologists bring together deep expertise across mental and physical health. Whether you're navigating a chronic illness, recovering from injury, working through trauma, or simply ready to make a change, we'll help you find the right support.
Qualified Psychologists
Telehealth available
Medicare rebates
WorkCover registered
Areas of focus
Chronic pain · Fatigue · Chronic illness adjustment · Return to work · Sleep difficulties · Anxiety & depression
Sees Adults Only
Tahlia Baumann
Health Psychologist
Helping people with chronic illness, pain, and injury reclaim their quality of life - and lead it on their own terms.
Chronic pain
Chronic illness
WorkCover
Sleep
Tahlia holds a view of health and wellbeing that encompasses all aspects of a person’s life - the interplay between biology, psychology, and the relationships around us.
She has a special interest in chronic health conditions and the gut-brain connection, supporting people to recover from or adjust to changes in their health and circumstances. Her background in rehabilitation, public health, and outpatient hospital care has given her a deep understanding of how personal experiences sit within the wider context of our life roles, relationships, and the systems we are part of.
Tahlia is experienced in working with pain, fatigue, stress, anxiety, depression, and the emotional responses that often accompany changes in physical health, including anger and grief. She draws on evidence-based approaches tailored to each person, integrating a variety of therapeutic methods depending on what matters most to you.
Tahlia will work alongside you with clarity and calm to support you to live a meaningful and fulfilling life of your choice, even in the presence of health challenges.
Booking takes 2min - select Psychology Session then create an account to manage appts
Areas of focus
Trauma · Emotional regulation · Anxiety & mood disorders · psychological injury · Grief & loss
Sees Adults Only
Dr Manuela Francesca Russo
General Psychologist · PhD
Supporting people through trauma, emotional overwhelm, and psychological injury - with a grounding in how the brain actually works.
Trauma
Anxiety
Grief & Loss
Manuela is a general psychologist with a research background in cognitive neuroscience — which in practice means she brings a deep understanding of why we feel, react, and get stuck the way we do. She specialises in trauma and emotion regulation, working with people who feel overwhelmed by their emotional responses, struggle to feel safe, or are navigating the aftermath of psychological injury.
Her approach is person-centred and evidence-based, drawing on ACT, CBT, and DBT skills to help clients build a steadier relationship with their thoughts and feelings. She creates a warm, non-judgmental space where complex experiences can be explored at your own pace.
Manuela can offer appointments in English and in Italian.
In her spare time, Manuela loves exploring Australian nature and spending quality time with her loved ones.
Booking takes 2min - select Psychology Session then create an account to manage appts
Areas of focus
Burnout & stress · Perfectionism & self-compassion · Anxiety & depression · Identity & life transitions · Career & role change · Athletes & performers · Adjustment to change
Sees Adults Only
Laura Clemesha
General Psychologist
Helping people who are tired of running on empty, and those navigating who they are outside of what they achieve.
Burnout
Perfectionism
Identity
Transitions
Laura works with people who are struggling under the weight of high expectations — their own or others'. Her particular focus is burnout, perfectionism, and the kind of anxiety that lives underneath relentless striving. She also works with people in the middle of meaningful transitions: leaving a career or sport they've built their identity around, stepping into new life roles, or simply feeling like who they've been isn't quite who they want to become.
Her approach is collaborative and genuinely warm - she takes time to understand your world before working with you to find a way through it. Laura draws on CBT, ACT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing, and tailors her practice to each person rather than applying a formula. Her background spans elite sport and five years as a leadership development consultant and executive coach, which gives her an unusually clear understanding of high-performance environments, and what it actually takes to thrive in them sustainably, rather than just survive.
Booking takes 2min - select Psychology Session then create an account to manage appts
Areas of focus
Trauma & PTSD · Chronic illness & pain · Anxiety & depression · Complex presentations · Mind-body health · Grief & loss · Social & environmental factors in health
Sees Adults Only
Louise Samways
Clinical and Health Psychologist · Author
For people who want to understand the full picture: how their body, history, and circumstances are all part of the same story.
Trauma
Chronic illness
Complex issues
Louise is a very experienced Clinical and Health Psychologist and bestselling author. Her holistic approach is especially helpful when physical and mental health have become deeply entangled as a consequence of trauma and/or chronic illness.
When relevant this approach explores the external factors (environment, relationships, work, and life circumstances) that can be affecting how we feel and function. This can be especially helpful for people living with ADHD or who are Neurodiverse.
Louise incorporates a range of evidence based therapies and modalities (including mind-body therapies, gut-brain research, cross-lateral stimulation) and teaches practical strategies to help create a personal “wellbeing tool kit” for the future.
Her professional practice has been shaped by a career that spans remote Aboriginal communities in the Central Desert, international study in Sweden and the UK, and working in urban, rural, and very remote settings.
What that means for her clients is a Practitioner with the experience and knowledge to identify, and clarify, the issues that need to be addressed so that treatment outcomes are maximised.
Louise sees clients via telehealth only, which means she's accessible from anywhere in Australia.
Booking takes 2min - select Online - Psychology Session then create an account to manage appts
Not sure who to see?
Choosing a psychologist can feel overwhelming, especially when you're already dealing with a lot. You don't need to have it figured out before you reach out. Send us a message with a little about what's going on and what you're looking for, and we'll help match you with the right person. There's no pressure and no commitment involved - just a conversation to point you in the right direction.
We aim to respond to all enquiries within one business day.