Professional Supervision
We are so fortunate to have an incredible team of supervisors at ConnectEd. All of our supervising psychologists bring a wealth of experience, insight and perspective, but importantly, all balanced with a practical and tailored focus to best suit your needs.
We have a special interest in supporting school staff – counsellors and psychologists, as well as pastoral carers, through our mentoring – and also support others working in private practice or with young people. Some of what we can support with:
- School-based counselling and wellbeing – Supporting psychologists and counsellors to manage the complexity of school settings, including how to clarify roles, set boundaries, and make the most of limited time.
- System and process development – Helping schools and practitioners design structures and workflows that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of support services.
- Early intervention and prevention – Designing and implementing population-level approaches to wellbeing and mental health within schools.
- Assessments in schools – providing and interpreting assessments, as well as working with students with diverse needs to support their adjustments
- Engaging young people in therapy – Thinking through the ‘how’ of our work with young people, including process issues and creative engagement strategies.
- Pastoral care frameworks – Assisting schools to create and refine whole-school wellbeing systems, with a focus on sustainability, clarity and team engagement.
Professional supervision
We can provide supervision for a range of mental health professionals, and all our supervisors are Board-registered. We have a special interest in providing the following supervision:
School psychologists
Psychologists in private practice
Registrar supervision for Clinical Psychology endorsement and Educational and Developmental endorsement
Psychoeducational and ADHD assessments
Each of our supervisors brings their own unique focus and experience, but all provide a consistent approach that focuses on enhancing your strengths and skills and supporting you to grow in the areas that are important to you
You can see the cost for supervision here
Supervisors
Read their brief bio below or find out more here
Dr Matt O'Connor
Clinical and School Psychologist
As a supervisor, Dr Matt O’Connor is particularly interested in the real-world complexities of working in schools and education systems. His supervision draws on years of experience as a Clinical and School Psychologist and is grounded in both practice wisdom and a systems-focused lens.
He is especially passionate about supporting practitioners who are navigating the unique dynamics of school counselling—where competing priorities, layered relationships, and limited resources can often get in the way of good work. His areas of interest include:
School-based counselling and wellbeing – Supporting psychologists and counsellors to manage the complexity of school settings, including role clarity, boundaries, and making the most of limited time.
System and process development – Helping schools and practitioners design structures and workflows that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of support services.
Policy and procedure development – Crafting clear, practical frameworks for schools and organisations that align with best practice and are usable on the ground.
Early intervention and prevention – Designing and implementing population-level approaches to wellbeing and mental health within schools.
Applied research – Supporting professionals to engage in meaningful, practice-informed research projects that have real-world impact.
Engaging young people in therapy – Exploring process issues and creative strategies to meaningfully connect with young people in therapeutic work.
Presentation and communication skills – Building confidence in content design, delivery, and logistics for both online and face-to-face presentations.
Pastoral care frameworks – Assisting schools to develop and refine whole-school wellbeing systems that are sustainable, clear, and engaging for staff.
Mentoring school-based professionals – Providing supervision and mentoring to school psychologists, counsellors and pastoral care staff, supporting them to feel clearer, more confident, and better resourced in their work.
Michelle Pullen
Educational and Developmental Psychologist
Michelle Pullen is an Educational and Developmental Psychologist, supervisor, and registered teacher with over a decade of experience working to support the wellbeing and learning of students, staff, and families in schools. Michelle has provided supervision for both provisional and fully registered psychologists working in schools. She has also supported Teaching staff and staff on Wellbeing and Pastoral Care teams to tap into their strengths and resources in their roles to problem solve for their students’ holistic needs while managing their energy to avoid compassion fatigue or burnout.
Michelle has experience and a passion around advocating for and supporting students (and their Teachers) who find the traditional classroom social and academic setting challenging due to life circumstances, mental health or behavioural concerns (Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, ODD, Autism Spectrum, intellectual disability or specific cognitive strengths and weaknesses). She does this through:
- Individualised Interventions
- Behaviour assessments,
- Learning assessments,
- Tailored individualised behaviour support plans,
- NCCD documentation,
- Verification applications and reviews,
- Planning and executing whole-school wellbeing initiatives, and
- Delivering and promoting education for staff around understanding the behaviours of students with disabilities, learning, or emotional needs; trauma impacts; and research backed strategies for managing relationships with these students and promoting their learning.
Michelle has also worked with school parents and carers groups on a range of topics including behaviour management strategies, supporting children with anxiety, school reluctance, and supporting the transition to Prep.
Michelle enjoys translating research into practical strategies for teachers and parents and finding (new) ways to use (new) tools in the educational context to support students with learning, behavioural, or emotional needs.
She currently works out of ConnectEd Counselling and Consultancy, a Brisbane-based clinic which provides assessment and therapeutic services to families and consultancy services to the education and corporate sectors. To find out more about Michelle please see the consultancy page at ConnectEd or to book in for supervision, consultation, or mentoring go to her Bookings page here. Reach out to Michelle at ConnectEd to discuss Professional Development or presentation solutions and requests for families, education professionals, or allied health or medical professionals.
Emily Coote
Educational and Developmental Psychologist
Emily Coote is an Educational and Developmental Psychologist (and Board-approved Supervisor) with over a decade of experience, primarily within the education sector.
Emily’s professional experience is working across the lifespan, in particular with young people through school-based roles (School Psychologist & Guidance Counsellor), crisis management, intervention and support (Child and Youth Mental Health Services and disability support) along with roles in rural and remote communities (educational, medical and hospital settings). Her expensive work within complex trauma and crisis support has enabled a calm and relational approach when supporting emotion regulation, safety, and help-seeking.
Emily has a passion and skillset for psycho-educational assessments and provides psycho-educational assessment support, upskilling and report writing assistance. Emily has extensive experience with working with educational systems allowing her to support school teams and provide appropriate recommendations and support regarding learning, vocational, and environmental adjustments.
Emily is Brisbane-based and offers supervision to a wide array of psychologists across Australia including those pursuing endorsement (Educational & Developmental). Find out more about Emily on our consultancy page or on LinkedIn
Tracey Beck Gude
Psychologist
Tracey Beck Gude is a Psychologist and Board-approved Supervisor. Tracey has worked in health and Education systems and as a School Psychologist for the past 10 years. Tracey offers supervision to provisional psychologists to develop their knowledge, skills, interests, and strengths with their psychological practice with an emphasis on cultural awareness. She is passionate about strengthening supervisees and school staff knowledge and awareness around migration and settlement support.
Tracey’s professional experience includes working with children, adolescents, and adults, in school settings. Tracey has regularly facilitated workshops for students on healthy relationships, resilience and referral pathways for parents and trauma informed and mental health workshops with teaching staff. Professional development is key for Tracey’s learning and providing support to supervisees, clients, families, schools, and relevant stakeholders.
Tracey continues to enjoy her own supervision and values the strengths, knowledge, and interests of her supervisors and peers at different stages and settings. She also holds professional memberships with APS and Animal Therapies Ltd.
School Psychologist & Counsellor Group Supervision - 2026
2026 expressions of interest are now open!
Join our unique group supervision for school psychologists and counsellors! Led by some of our team from the ConnectEd School PD series, all of whom have significant expertise within their area of school practice. These group supervision sessions are focussed on what is important to the supervisees that attend, and include a mix of case discussions, troubleshooting/problem solving, exploration of unique school-based issues and collaboration. This will be our 3rd year running these groups and the rate of people who want to stay on gets higher each time, which shows us how useful they are to the folks who attend.
Benefits:
- Tailored Professional Learning: Receive professional development specifically tailored to the unique demands of your role as a school psychologist/counsellor (because really, there is no role quite like it!)
- Cross-Collaboration: Engage in meaningful exchanges of ideas with other school psychologists/counsellors from various systems and states, broadening your understanding and approach
- Cost-effective: this is a low-cost option for accessing supervision (compared to individual supervision) to meet your CPD needs, and especially if you are undertaking the registrar program and have additional supervision requirements
Group 1 – Primary school – systems, processes, practical issues and therapeutic work (Dr Matt O’Connor)
Focussing on systems, processes and practical aspects of your school role (as well as general topics e.g. student concerns)
Group 2 – High School/Secondary – systems, processes and practical issues and therapeutic work (Note – there are two groups open due to popular demand) (Dr Matt O’Connor)
Focussing on systems, processes and practical aspects of your school role (as well as general topics e.g. student concerns)
Group 3 – Assessments in schools (Michelle Pullen)
Assessments in schools, including practical aspects of completing a range of assessments, score interpretation, report writing and case discussions. Please note – many of the assessments that will be discussed are only able to be administered by psychologists (due to restrictions by the test-developers). If you are a counsellor thinking of joining, please consider whether it will be relevant for you.
- School psychologists an d counsellors
- Those completing registrar program for Clinical endorsement or Educational and Developmental endorsement. Note – we can only sign on as a secondary supervisors
- It will run 2 times per term for 1 hour per session, through the year (starting from Term 1)
- All sessions will be online
- You sign up for the year (to keep it fair in terms of numbers and consistency)
- There will be a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 10 people
- Each session will be a negotiated balance between topics raised by supervisees for discussion and topics of shared interest
- $80 (+GST) per session – 2 sessions x 4 terms =$640 (+GST)
- Payment is required to confirm your spot
Dates TBC