Louise Hanna, Psychologist

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 Louise Hanna

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 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.
  • 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. 

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