I am a Clinical Psychologist & Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist with extensive training in evidence-based psychological therapies and contemporary psychoanalytic approaches. My professional memberships include:

• Member, Australian Psychological Society (MAPS)
• Fellow, APS College of Clinical Psychologists (FCCLP)
• Member, Victorian Association of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists (MVAPP)

Before establishing a private practice in 2010, I worked for several years in public and private hospital mental health settings in Melbourne. Prior to that, I spent over a decade in corporate human resources roles in Brisbane and Sydney. These experiences deeply shaped my understanding of emotional life — not only in personal relationships but also within workplaces, leadership dynamics, work-identity, sense of purpose and meaning within one’s career and the pressures people carry into their professional lives.

I currently work with adults and couples navigating a wide range of experiences, including anxiety and mood difficulties, complex trauma, relational struggles, questions of identity and belonging, grief and loss, sexuality, self-esteem concerns, workplace stress, and the emotional impact of migration and displacement.

A Therapeutic Approach Shaped by Depth, Curiosity and Emotional Truth

My work as a Clinical Psychologist & Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist is grounded in the belief that emotional life is complex, nuanced, and shaped by a personal history that often lives quietly inside us.

People seek therapy for many reasons. Sometimes something in life has become too difficult to navigate alone; at other times, there is a sense of an inner conflict that is hard to articulate — persistent anxiety, a heavy depression, a repeating relationship pattern, or a feeling of being emotionally “stuck” despite many attempts to move forward.

At Manas Psychology, therapy becomes a reflective, steady space where these deeper layers can be explored with care and honesty.

This work is not about correcting thoughts or applying techniques.It is an invitation to explore the emotional world beneath symptoms — the patterns, histories and unconscious experiences that shape how you feel today.

My Path Into Depth Psychology

My interest in depth work began long before I became a psychologist. In my years working in the corporate and organisational sector after originally completing an MBA,  I became increasingly curious about the emotional forces shaping workplace life — the patterns behind leadership challenges, conflict, burnout, self-doubt and identity.

What I discovered was that professional struggles were rarely about competence. They often reflected:

• Early roles a person had internalised
• Relational pressures carried from childhood
• Fears of inadequacy or exposure
• Unconscious patterns influencing relationships at work
• Unresolved emotional conflicts shaping decisions
• Responsibilities that had been carried — quietly — for far too long

These insights led me toward formal training culminating in a Masters in Clinical Psychology, and later, further post-graduate studies involving five years of training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. My formal education has led me into the deeper and more reflective work of psychoanalytic psychotherapy as the mainstay of my therapeutic approach. It continues to shape how I understand emotional life in all its complexity — personally, relationally and professionally.