Louise is a psychologist with over 18 years of experience supporting children, adolescents, and adults affected by complex trauma and abuse. She has specialist expertise working with children, young people and families impacted by child sexual abuse, family and domestic violence, and homicide.
Louise has held senior clinical and management roles in trauma-informed therapeutic services, including leading multidisciplinary teams co-located with Western Australian Police, coordinating specialist responses for children and families affected by abuse, serious physical harm, and homicide. She has provided consultancy and professional development training for a range of agencies.
Her experience further extends to early intervention services in child-parent centres, schools, and childcare settings, delivering trauma counselling, social skills and transition programs, protective behaviours, and cognitive assessments.
In clinical work, Louise provides a safe, therapeutic environment, recognising the detrimental impact trauma can have on daily functioning. Her work is grounded in trauma-informed, evidence-based practices and is responsive to clients experiencing high distress, dissociation, avoidance, and/or complex presentations. This may also include at-risk youth, attachment difficulties, challenging behaviours, and harmful sexualised behaviours.
She also supports clients with general psychological concerns, including anxiety, mood, eating and personality disorders, suicidality, and self-harming behaviours.
Louise’s experience in working with a range of presentations includes:
Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD)
Anxiety Disorders
Attachment Disorders
Mood Disorders
Personality Disorders
Parenting and attachment issues
Homicide-related trauma and complex grief and loss
Child sexual abuse and sexual trauma
Substance abuse
Family and domestic violence issues
Pornography and Sex Addiction
Harmful sexualised behaviours;
Louise uses a variety of evidence based therapeutic interventions and has specialist training in:
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT)
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Schema Therapy
Protective Behaviours and self-regulation
Responding to Harmful Sexualised Behaviours
Louise is a Board Approved supervisor for 4+2 or 5+1 internship.
Louise’s resume is not available online at this time. Please contact reception if you wish to obtain a copy.
Louise does not have any publications at this time.
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