Consults at Bluff Road Psychology on Monday to Thursday

Client age range (4yrs – 18yrs)

Myra is a Counselling Psychologist, Member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS), and Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society College of Counselling Psychologists. Myra completed her post-graduate training at Monash University.

Myra has over 15 years of experience working with children, adolescents, and their families in clinical, educational, and private settings. She takes a friendly and pragmatic approach to therapy and recognises that each client is unique, which enables her to customise treatments for a variety of emotional and developmental concerns.

Myra integrates knowledge from the fields of child development, neuroscience, and emotion regulation into her therapeutic work to aid young people in gaining insight into their inner world, developing resilience, and communicating effectively. She accomplishes this by integrating strategies best suited to the individual and by utilising a variety of therapeutic modalities, including Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy, Play Therapy, Interpersonal Psychotherapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, to mention a few.

Myra believes in the importance of working closely with parents and carers, as well as collaborating with schools, to provide the best outcomes for young people. She has expertise assisting children, adolescents and parents with a range of concerns, including:

• Mood and anxiety disorders
• Emotional and behavioural regulation
• Social challenges
• Obsessive thinking and compulsive behaviours (OCD)
• Paediatric sleeping issues
• Perfectionism
• Parenting support and family functioning
• Stress and coping
• School refusal
• Neurodevelopmental differences including ADHD and Autism
• Adjustment to life changes (including divorce transitions)
• Grief and loss