I most commonly work with children in the following areas:

• Anxiety and avoidance challenges – supporting children to feel confident in daily life.

• Managing big emotions – helping children understand, regulate, and express their feelings in constructive ways.

• Executive functioning difficulties – addressing challenges commonly associated with ADHD, such as organisation, impulse control and planning.

• Social skills – improving friendship-building, communication, and peer interactions.

• Family and sibling relationship challenges – guiding children and caregivers to strengthen positive connections at home.

In most instances, therapy with children is brief, targeted, and undertaken with a high level of parent or caregiver involvement. Unlike adults attending therapy, children typically need support with setting goals and practising skills between sessions. More importantly, effective intervention usually requires changes within the family and home environment rather than focusing on the child in isolation.

I work in a flexible way and tend to do well with children who are anxious, highly active, oppositional, or reluctant to engage in therapy, as well as children who struggle to talk about their difficulties. I aim to deliver interventions through practical tasks, games, and tailored exposure or skill-building activities, rather than relying solely on discussion.

Children can attend sessions under their own Mental Health Care Plan, with Medicare rebates available. Under a child’s plan, caregivers may also attend up to two parent-only sessions.