Counselling - Adolescents and Young Adults
(12ish to 25ish years old)
Dr Matt O'Connor
Clinical Psychologist
Dr Matt has over a decade of experience working with adolescents, young adults, adults and parents, across diverse settings, including schools, psychiatric units, and with organisations like Defence and Queensland Police. He balances care and compassion with humour and is well-regarded for his ability to build rapport. Matt also regularly provides presentations and training to schools, parents and businesses
Lauren Keating
Psychologist & Educational and Developmental Psychologist Registrar
Lauren Keating is a joyful and down-to-earth psychologist passionate about fostering connection and growth. With experience across rural Queensland, she supports clients through mental health, perinatal care, and psychoeducational assessments. Lauren uses a strengths-based, attachment-informed approach, drawing on ACT, CBT, DBT, and COS to empower individuals of all ages.
Erin Wilson
Psychologist & Educational and Developmental Psychologist Registrar
Erin Wilson is a psychologist and Educational and Developmental Registrar, dedicated to creating a safe, collaborative space for clients. She supports children, adolescents, and adults with anxiety, life transitions, and neurodivergence. With experience across schools, hospitals, and private practice, Erin integrates creative, strengths-based approaches to enhance wellbeing, self-acceptance, and meaningful personal growth.
Debbie Green
Psychologist
Debbie Green is a psychologist dedicated to supporting individuals, particularly those who are neurodivergent. She brings experience from schools, palliative care, and equine therapy, using evidence-based approaches like CBT, ACT, and DBT to tailor her practice to each person’s needs. She values building trust and collaboration with clients and their support networks to achieve meaningful, personalised outcomes.
Tracey Beck Gude
Psychologist (and works with Dobby)
Tracey Beck Gude is a compassionate psychologist with over a decade of experience in education and mental health, including roles in schools, youth detention, and drug and alcohol counselling. She works creatively with clients to build confidence and achieve personal goals, often incorporating animal-assisted therapy with her certified therapy dog, Dobby.
Dobby
Therapy Dog and Good Girl (works with Tracey)
Dobby is a certified therapy dog, working with handler Tracey since 2021. A registered Good Girl with P.A.A.T.S and a member of Animal Therapies Ltd, Dobby supports children and young people in counselling, offering comfort, reducing stress, and encouraging engagement through play, love, and her friendly nature.
Michelle Pullen
Educational and Developmental Psychologist
Michelle Pullen is an Educational and Developmental Psychologist with over a decade of experience in schools. With a background in teaching and psychology, Michelle supports children and families facing challenges like ADHD, anxiety, and learning difficulties. Her warm, playful approach uses evidence-based therapies, including CBT and play therapy. Michelle also provides psychoeducational, ADHD and ASD assessments
Emily Locke (nee Coote)
Educational and Developmental Psychologist
Emily Coote is an Educational and Developmental Psychologist with experience supporting individuals of all ages, particularly adolescents. Emily’s approachable, empathetic style helps clients navigate challenges like emotion regulation and self-identity. She draws from therapies like CBT, DBT, and ACT to foster resilience and growth. In addition, she offers psychoeducational and ADHD assessments
Angela Bromfield
Educational and Developmental Psychologist
Angela Bromfield is an Education and Developmental Psychologist with extensive experience in schools and private practice. Originally from Canada, she has worked with children and families since 2012, helping with anxiety, depression, ADHD, and behavioural challenges. Angela is passionate about supporting children’s growth through evidence-based therapies and assessments.
Our philosophy
We love working with adolescents and young adults! We recognise that the demands on our young people are likely greater than they have ever been – the rise of competing activities and expectations, increased pressure for performance and complexity in trying to understand who you are and how you fit into this world.
Our approach to supporting you is to treat you as the unique and independent human you are, while also balancing this with making sure there is as broad a support network around you as you are comfortable with. We respect your experiences and will work with you to help develop an understanding of what is going on in your world and the next steps we can take together.
What approaches do we use?
We will use a range of strategies to help support you, including thinking- and behaviour-based (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy – CBT), exploring your identity and values (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy – ACT) and working with you to strengthen your relationships with others (Interpersonal Therapy – IPT). The most important strategy we will use though is that we will do this work as a team. How you connect with your counsellor is really important to supporting you, and we will put a lot of steps in place to make sure we make a great team!
Concerns we can support you with
- Low mood, irritability, feeling flat (depression)
- Anxiety, high stress, competition/performance issues
- Family difficulties (e.g. parent separation, conflict at home)
- School/study-related challenges (e.g. goal-setting, study skills, motivation, organisation)
- Friendships and relationships (e.g. managing conflict, repairing relationships)
- Sleep difficulties (e.g. getting to sleep, staying asleep)
- Coping with grief and loss
- Managing anger and frustration
- Life and role transitions (e.g. moving to high school, different school or out of school, new job)
- Psychoeducational assessments (see more information here)
- ADHD assessments (see more information here)