Welcome to East Maitland Holistic Psychology Clinic

DIRECTOR | PSYCHOLOGIST 

Sara is the Director and Registered Psychologist at East Maitland Holistic Psychology Clinic and has been working in the field of psychology for more than 20 years. Over this time, she has worked extensively with individuals, couples, families and groups across a broad range of ages, backgrounds and life circumstances.

Sara is a warm, caring, compassionate and transparent psychologist who believes that feeling genuinely understood and safe is an important part of effective psychological treatment. She takes the time to understand each person as an individual and works collaboratively with her clients to develop treatment that is practical, personalised and suited to their needs. Sara is particularly passionate about helping people improve their relationships, whether this involves strengthening a couple relationship, navigating family difficulties, improving communication, developing healthier boundaries or healing from past relational experiences.

Sara has extensive experience working with a broad range of psychological presentations, including anxiety, depression, stress, panic attacks, social anxiety, trauma and PTSD, complex and childhood trauma, relationship and interpersonal difficulties, family conflict, grief and loss, low self-esteem, emotional regulation difficulties, anger, burnout, adjustment and life transitions, parenting difficulties, separation and divorce, OCD, phobias, sleep difficulties, addiction and substance-related concerns, and difficulties associated with neurodiversity. She is also experienced in working with clients experiencing complex and co-occurring mental health difficulties.

Sara’s therapeutic approach is integrative and eclectic, drawing on a broad range of evidence-based psychological therapies. She is experienced and skilled in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Schema Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Emotion-Focused Therapy, mindfulness and relaxation-based approaches, Motivational Interviewing, self-compassion approaches and trauma-informed therapy. Sara carefully considers each client’s individual circumstances and goals rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach.

In addition to her private practice, Sara has experience providing psychoeducation and therapeutic group treatment to both inpatients and outpatients at Maitland Private Hospital. She enjoys working with individuals, couples and families and is particularly passionate about helping people understand themselves and their relationships, overcome patterns that may be holding them back, and develop healthier and more fulfilling ways of living.

As Director of the clinic, Sara is also passionate about creating a practice where clients feel welcomed, respected, cared for and confident that they are receiving high-quality psychological support. She genuinely cares about the people she works with and considers it a privilege to support clients through some of the most challenging periods of their lives.

Sara’s goal is to help people move towards greater emotional wellbeing, healthier relationships and a more rewarding, meaningful and fulfilling life.

PSYCHOLOGIST 

Emma graduated with a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) in 2019 from Western Sydney University. Emma is passionate about helping people achieve their personal goals and improve their overall lives. Emma takes a compassionate, non-judgmental, and person-centred approach to treatment and works with clients to achieve their therapy goals. She has experience working with a range of presentations including trauma, depression, anxiety, panic, relationship issues, addiction, eating disorders, neurodiversity and self-esteem issues.

Emma believes in a personalised and holistic approach to mental health and wellbeing, focusing on the whole person. Emma incorporates evidence-based interventions most suited to clients’ individual needs including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Dialectal Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), Motivational Interviewing, Self-Compassion, Schema Therapy, Enhanced CBT (CBT-E) and trauma-informed therapy. Emma enjoys working with adults and older adolescents (16+). Emma works with individuals and couples. 

NOTE:

Emma will be returning from maternity leave in early October. Appointments are already available to book. If you wish to commence and/or continue treatment with Emma, we recommend scheduling at least three sessions between now and then to ensure continuity of care.