Adult and Child Psychologist
TeamIt’s important to match you and your child with the Child Psychologist that can offer appointment days and times that work around your family’s commitments in order to ensure sessions are sustainable. We like ensure that the Adult or Child Psychologist is a good match for you or your child based on their practice approach, skills and experience to best meet your needs and current challenges.
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Steve Rushton
Brisbane Northside -
Michaela Ward
Brisbane Northside -
Rob Pearce
Ipswich Area -
Bianca Eastman
Brisbane Northside -
Julie Paton
Brisbane Northside -
Michael Keates
Brisbane Northside
Steve speaks fluent Minecraft, Skylander and Peppa. He likes to help kids explore their creative sides and learn to use devices in helpful ways. He works with families with children from 2 upwards and has a special interest in developing practical parenting skills. Steve uses a mix of therapeutic approaches with the general aim of skill building during or before challenging times
Michaela is passionate about seeing families and young people achieve their best life. With a relaxed and fun approach to therapy she works alongside individuals, couples and families utilising their strengths and values to overcome challenges and develop resilience for the future.
Rob uses a warm and practical approach to supporting children and families through traumatic events and stressful times. He is particularly skilled in the use of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), interpersonal therapy, narrative therapies and enjoys teaching emotional regulation strategies to both adults and children (including those with limited verbal capacity).
Bianca enjoys working with families with children in infancy through to early adolescence. Raising her own family helps Bianca relate to the joys and challenges of parenting. Bianca makes use of practical strategies from Cognitive behaviour Therapy (CBT) and mindfulness approaches that are backed up by research and flexible enough to be adapted to individual children and families. She loves the opportunity to be creative and playful in sessions with children and is often seen carting around Lego, craft, board games, puppets and an iPad.
Julie has a warm and practical approach to helping families with life challenges and enjoys supporting people of all ages. She uses strengths-based approach to develop positive relationships with all her clients.
Michael believes the role of a Child Psychologist is to empower and up-skill families and children in their homes. Michael has extensive experience supporting clients with Autism, ADHD, intellectual impairments and other disabilities in addition to helping children and families experiencing adjustment issues and anxiety in relation to life challenges, family separations and blended families.