services

Key NOTE SPEAKING

Michaela is available to deliver key note speeches for your next conference or event on a broad range of topics in mental health. In addition to her training and public speaking experience, Michaela has provided more than a decade of therapy for clients with a broad range of mental health concerns including depression, anxiety, addiction, grief and loss, parenting and relationship skills as well as complex trauma.

Psychologist Supervision

I now have availability to provide supervision for early career psychologists. I am a board approved supervisor and experienced in supporting provisional psychologists through the 5+1 and 4+2 programs to successfully attain registration. Having grown a large private practice I am also available to provide business mentoring across a broad range of areas.

I can provide supervision online or face-to-face in my home office in Mullumbimby in the Northern Rivers of NSW. I am experienced in working with a broad range of mental health conditions and have a strong background in complex trauma. I have supported clients across the lifespan including individual, couple and group therapy. I have experience in the workers' compensation arena for those working in the rehab space (also with EAP, critical incident debriefing and providing organisational mental health training and consulting). My therapeutic approach is client-centred and includes CBT, DBT Skills, Interpersonal Therapy, Schema Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solutions Focused Therapy, Emotion Focused Therapy, Mindfulness and Somatic Therapies.

Mental Health Training Possibilities

Having fully trained and competent staff increases workplace efficiency, reduces incidents and improves workplace morale. Michaela is able to assist with a broad range of mental health training and development needs. As a qualified workplace trainer and psychologist, she can deliver off-the-shelf training packages or work with staff and managers to unearth the underlying competencies or training needs and create tailor made training packages.

Michaela is available to provide training to local organisations in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales as well as on the Gold Coast, in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne on a broad range of topics such as: 

  • Creating a Mentally Healthy Workplace – for Managers

  • Understanding Vicarious Trauma and Building Resilience

  • Self Care Planning and Work/Life Balance

  • Building Resilience Through Change

  • R U OK – Having the Conversation

  • Managing Competing Demands

  • Managing Stress and Pressure in Everyday Life

  • Handling Difficult People and Interactions

  • Building Empathy

  • Conflict Resolution Skills

  • EQ (Emotional Intelligence) in the Workplace

  • Mindfulness at Work

  • Psychological First Aid

  • Caring for Others and Mental Health Crisis Management at Work

  • Anti-Harassment and Anti-Bullying Skills for Manager and Staff

Michaela can also create training packages and train your management team to deliver the programs (i.e. Train-the-Trainer).