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Nicole Rowan
Principal Clinical Psychologist
Psych(Hons) – MPsych(Clin)
Nicole offers in person and telehealth appointments and is a Board-Approved Supervisor. Nicole offers supervision for early career psychologist, clinical registrars working towards endorsement and general psychologists.
Prior to working solely in private practice, Nicole had over 11 years experience across both public and private mental health services working with adults, children, adolescents and their families.
Nicole specialises in supporting clients through periods of major life transitions and significant life events along with relationship and interpersonal issues. This includes working with people who have experienced trauma, both earlier in life and recent.
Nicole also has a strong interest in attachment theory and perinatal psychology. She employs relational and attachment-based therapies in her practice, to help clients in understanding how their past relationships may impact on their current ones. Incorporating a range of evidence-based interventions including trauma informed attachment-based therapy and Eye-Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR).
Nicole has a warm and relaxed style, placing value on creating a strong therapeutic relationship. Her therapeutic style uses curiosity, openness, humour and empathy to help clients feel comfortable and focuses on helping individuals to develop a healthy sense of self.
Areas of Interest
Adjustment difficulties and major life transitions
Anxiety
Attachment issues
Behavioural issues with children and adolescents
Childhood trauma
Difficulties managing emotions
Family conflict including separation, divorce, co-parenting and blended families
Infant, child and adolescent mental health
Interpersonal issues
Low self-esteem
Parenting support
Perinatal psychology
Personality and mood disorders
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Relationship and attachment trauma
School issues
Evidence-Based Therapeutic Approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Attachment-Based Therapy
Cognitive Analytical Therapy (CAT)
Couples and Family Therapy
Eye-Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR)
Schema Therapy
Registrations & Rebates
Australian Clinical Psychology Association (ACPA)
Australian Association of Psychologist Inc (AAPi)
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (APRHA)
EMDR Association of Australia (EMDRAA)
Medicare rebates
Private health insurance rebates
WorkSafe Victoria
Dr Collin J. McDonnell
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
BASc(Hons), MBBS, MPM, FRANZCP (Advanced Certificate of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Collin is a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist with particular interests in infant and child mental health, attachment theory, and psychodynamic approaches to working with children, parents, and families. His clinical work spans anxiety, mood, trauma-related, neurodevelopmental, and behavioural difficulties including complex presentations.
Collin has worked across a broad range of Victorian public child and adolescent mental health services and is also the psychiatrist for the Austin Hospital Child Inpatient Unit, a specialist service for children aged 0-12 and their families experiencing significant emotional, social, and behavioural problems. This background shapes his holistic and individualised approach to understanding children within their family and systemic context, and to working collaboratively with the other professionals involved in a young person's care. Collin draws on a range of theoretical perspectives, including developmental, systemic, trauma-informed, and psychodynamic frameworks, to tailor his approach to each child and family's unique situation.
Collin sees infants, children, and adolescents up to age 18 for assessment and ongoing treatment. Collin is available Wednesdays and Fridays for both in-person and telehealth consultations. After hours and weekend appointments available by individual arrangement and may incur an additional fee.
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