We have over twenty professionals covering a range of mental health care fields.

Below is a list of the specific practitioners grouped in their fields, with some additional information about each practitioner. If extra information is available on a particular person you can select “Read more…” at the bottom of that practitioner’s summary to find out more about their background, interests, achievements and accreditations. This list is current as of January 2012.

Lakeside Rooms Managing Directors

  • Judy Robinson - Managing Director Lakeside Rooms. Clinical and Counselling Psychologist specialising in evidence based treatment of children, young people and adults. Principal and secondary supervisor of provisional psychologists, and provides supervision for higher degree placements. Offering individual, family and group programs.
  • Terri Sheldon – Managing Director Lakeside Rooms. Psychologist specialising in assessment and treatment of children, adolescents, adults and women’s health. Specialist training in EMD-R, NLP and EFT. Read more…
  • Tina Cicolini - Managing Director Lakeside Rooms. Clinical Psychologist providing assessment and treatment of adults with Depression, Anxiety, Adjustment to Health issues, Addiction, OCD and OCD Spectrum (Trichotillomania & Body Dysmorphic Disorder), and Borderline Personality Disorder. Tina has specialist training in CBT, DBT and ACT. Read more…

Psychiatrists

  • Dr Nigel Collings – Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist specialising in assessment and treatment of children and their families.
  • Dr Sigrun Gutjahr – General Adult Psychiatrist specialising in psychotherapy and with an interest in patients who suffer from psychiatric complication secondary to a physical illness.
  • Dr David Furrows – Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist specialising in assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and their families. (Books are Closed)
  • Dr Chris Stapelberg – General Adult Psychiatrist specialising in Organic Psychiatry, Heart Disease and Depression and complex patients with general medical conditions as well as mental illness.

Psychologists

  • Judy Robinson - Managing Director Lakeside Rooms. Specialising in evidence based treatment of children, young people and adults. Supervisor. Clinical and Counselling Psychologist offering individual, family and group programs.
  • Terri Sheldon – Managing Director Lakeside Rooms. Psychologist specialising in assessment and treatment of children, adolescents, adults and women’s health. Specialist training in EMD-R, NLP and EFT. Read more…
  • Tina Cicolini - Managing Director Lakeside Rooms. Clinical Psychologist providing assessment and treatment of adults with Depression, Anxiety, Adjustment to Health issues, Addiction, OCD and OCD Spectrum (Trichotillomania & Body Dysmorphic Disorder), and Borderline Personality Disorder. Tina has specialist training in CBT, DBT and ACT. Read More…
  • Rebecca Dale – Psychologist providing assessment and therapy to children, adolescents and adults. Her areas of interest include depression, developmental issues, anxiety and straa, alcohol and drugs, grief and loss, relationship difficulties, pain management and adjustment to life events.
  • Taryn Grace – Psychologist offering assessment and treatment for children, adolescents, adults and couples. Her areas of interest include the treatment of depression, anxiety, eating disorders, relationship difficulties, behavioural difficulties, anger management, and IQ and learning achievement assessment.
  • Beate Harvey - Clinical Psychologist providing assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and adults suffering from a wide range of mental health issues, including anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, grief, loss, chronic pain, anger, addictions, sleep disturbance and poor general health. Beate specialises in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) as well as Mindfulness based interventions.
  • Leanne Jones – Psychologist with 15 years experience in the assessment and diagnosis of a wide range of childhood developmental, behavioural and emotional difficulties. Leeane works to support children and families, as well as completing educational, psychometric, neuropsychological and diagnostic assessments. Leanne has received specialised training in art and play therapy and behaviour managemnt techniques and provides therapeutic intervention to children and adolescents. Leanne also offers professional supervision to provisional psychologists.
  • Dr Ella Milliner – Clinical Psychologist providing assessment and treatment for children and adolescents with emotional, social and behavioural difficulties. Ella specialises in phobias, OCD and anxiety disorders.
  • Dr Ian Platt – Clinical Psychologist offering assessment and treatment for children, adolescents, and adults. Specialising in phobias, anxiety, depression, grief / loss, IQ testing and relationship difficulties.
  • Dr Rashmi Prakash – Psychologist with extensive experience in assessment and treatment of a wide range of mental health issues of adolescents, adults, couples and pregnant women.  Her area of interest includes depression, anxiety, stress, PTSD and addiction.  Rashmi also has expertise in providing counselling to couples dealing with relationship difficulties. She also provides pregnancy support counselling for pregnant women and women for a previous pregnancy in the past 12 months, individually as well as in groups.
  • Valerie Priekulis – Psychologist providing a broad range of assessment and treatment for children, adolescents and adults with a special interest in anxiety, depression, grief/loss, adjustment and coping difficulties. Valerie also offers several group treatment programs.
  • Shelly Read – Clinical Psychologist with over 13 years experience working with children, adolescents, adults and families.  She offers evidence based treatment for behavioural, social and emotional problems.  For the past five years Shelly has been working with children and adolescents presenting with eating disorders.  She also provides professional supervision.
  • Jude Robb – Jude is a Psychologist offering assessment, therapy and psychoeducation for individuals and couples. Jude also specialises in professional supervision, life coaching and training / workshops.Read more…
  • Donn Tantengco – Psychologist providing assessment and therapeutic interventions to adolescents, adults, families and couples. He uses an eclectic approach to help clients with issues such as depression, anxiety, family conflicts, assertiveness training and self-esteem building.
  • Jodie Watkins – Psychologist offering a full range of psychological assessment and treatment services for children, adolescents, and families. Includes assessment and treatment of behavioural, social, and emotional problems; learning and developmental issues; child and family counselling. Jodie has specialist training in parenting education and eating disorders and also provides professional supervision.

Social Workers

  • Naomi Ramsdell - Mental Health Social Worker specialising in Borderline Personality Disorder. Naomi primarily uses Mindfulness based techniques, DBT, CBT and Solution Focused Therapies. She also sees families of people with a mental illness, adults with depression, anxiety, other personality disorders and difficulties adjusting to life events. She is available for professional supervision.

Speech Pathologists

  • Zoe Curtis – Speech Pathologist who specialises in the assessment and treatment of childhood communication disorders. Offers speech, language, fluency, and some literacy services for children 0-9 years of age. Zoe is experienced at working within a developmental and family focused framework and has a special interest in early intervention.
  • Erin More - Speech Pathologist who specialises in the assessment and treatment of childhood communication disorders. Offers assessment and intervention services for children aged three and a half to twelve years of age presenting with difficulties involving speech, language, literacy and fluency. Erin has experience working in a developmental, educational and family focused framework.
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