Consults at Bluff Road Psychology on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.
Myra Jennings is an endorsed Clinical and Counselling Psychologist with over 20 years of experience supporting individuals, families, and organisations through meaningful psychological growth and change. Myra provides therapy and assessment services for clients across the lifespan, while also guiding the clinic’s professional standards and clinical direction.
Known for her calm, warm, and evidence-informed approach, Myra works collaboratively with clients to explore emotional, behavioural, and developmental experiences, supporting them in building insight, capacity, and self-understanding.
Since beginning her career in 2002 with the Victorian Department of Human Services, Myra has worked across government, private, educational, and community settings including Headspace, Monash University, and with First Nations communities across Australia. She has also consulted in the corporate sector on leadership, workplace culture, and behavioural strategy.
Since 2010, she has worked in private practice alongside roles in government and not-for-profit agencies, integrating clinical expertise with a strengths-based and outcomes-focused approach. Myra is a Fellow of both the APS College of Counselling Psychologists and the APS College of Clinical Psychologists. She is also an accredited member of the Australia & New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders (ANZAED).
Areas of Practice
Therapeutic Support
Myra works with children, adolescents, and adults across a wide range of presentations. Her trauma-informed and neuroaffirming practice draws on evidence-based approaches to support:
- Anxiety and mood concerns
- Emotional and behavioural regulation
- Obsessive–compulsive presentations
- Perfectionism and self-esteem
- Parenting and family challenges
- Sleep difficulties in children
- Social and communication issues
- School attendance difficulties
- Stress, adjustment, grief, and loss
- Neurodevelopmental conditions including ADHD and Autism
- Eating Disorders
She integrates Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), Play Therapy, EMDR, Schema Therapy, and DBT. Myra tailors each intervention to the individual, with attention to psychological flexibility, emotional regulation, and developmental context.
Her dual training informs a holistic style: from the counselling psychology tradition, she emphasises therapeutic relationships and strengths-based meaning-making; from clinical psychology, she brings depth in assessment, diagnosis, and structured intervention for complex mental health concerns.
Psychological Assessment
Myra conducts psychological assessments for both children and adults aged 6.5 years and above, providing insights into:
- Attention and concentration (ADHD)
- Neurodevelopmental profiles (e.g., Autism)
- Learning difficulties (e.g., dyslexia)
- Intellectual and cognitive functioning