Ariella has been practising psychotherapy since 1990. She has worked with individuals and couples coping with life transitions, parenting, relationships, separation, stress, loss and illness.

Ariella is a registered psychologist, and her work is influenced by dynamic and cognitive approaches, promoting self-knowledge and self-development.

Torrey has M.A.’s in Philosophy and Education from Yale University, and has worked in training & development for 30 years in China, Europe, North America, and Australia. With additional qualifications in organisational change and as a registered psychologist, he has line management experience in performance management, large group consultation, IT systems building and management, and management development.

Melissa has been a psychologist for 23 years. She is currently a Clinical psychologist and specialises in cognitive behavioural psychology, but also has a keen interest in working with relationship and interpersonal issues. Melissa is also very experienced in writing legal reports and assessments. And she is a great dog lover!

Melissa obtained her first class honours and her PhD from the University of Newcastle and has spent two sabbaticals at Trinity College in Dublin. Melissa has published in the areas of aviation, interpersonal, and cognitive psychology.

Darryl Hodgson is certified in the application of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT).  He also works in the field of Mindfulness including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). 

Ann-Marie has joined our team as a specialist in delivering our training program of seminars and classes. With a background in Human Resources, Communications and Project Management Ann-Marie brings a wealth of corporate experience to her approach.

Esther Takac (Masters in Psychology) has worked for 20 years with children and adolescents, parents and families, and women’s issues. She has expertise in the assessment of emotional, learning and developmental difficulties, and in helping children, adolescents and adults cope with anxiety, depression, anger, grief and loss, relationship issues and life transitions. She has worked as Senior psychologist on a Children's Assessment and Therapy Services team, at Alfred CAMHS, at the Developmental Disabilities Clinic at Monash Medical Centre and in private practice.

Mary Ditchfield is a highly experienced psychologist and clinician. She is an experienced individual counsellor and a very skilled with couples. She is also a trained hypno-therapist and relationship counsellor. 

Daniella is a child and family psychologist, who works with children’s behavioural problems as well as the issues related to grief and loss. She is particularly experienced in problems associated with parental separation and adjustment after divorce.

John Davison is a registered psychologist who specialises in cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT) with adults and older adults. He works primarily with people struggling with depression, anxiety, anger, grief and loss, and relationship issues. He integrates mindfulness and psychodynamic approaches into his therapy and has enjoyed running psycho-educational and therapy groups.

David Conti is a registered psychologist who has been in the counselling profession for the last 16 years. He works with substance use and addictions, clients involved in the legal justice system, parents and families, people with career transitions issues and people with challenging behaviours.

Andi Green has a Masters in Psychology and has been working for over 10 years in a variety of settings including local government, Monash University, and more recently at Crisis Support Services.