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YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH TEAM
Our team of youth mental health psychologists provide support to adolescents and adults between 13 and 25 years. Over 75% of mental health issues occur before the age of 25, so ensuring access to psychological support is critical for health and wellbeing during adolescence and early adulthood. Adolescence is a crucial period for developing social and emotional habits important for mental wellbeing and our team are dedicated to providing safe, appropriate and tailored support to help young people build these habits for life.
Dr Justin Trounson, PhD., MAPS
Board Approved Supervisor
Pronouns: He/Him
Justin is a director and co-founder of Connected Minds, a Clinical Psychologist, an adjunct lecturer at Swinburne University of Technology and Wellbeing and Community Programs Psychologist at Richmond Football Club. Justin is experienced in working with wellbeing and mental health challenges commonly experienced by young people and provides tailored support to adolescents and young adults to help them move toward a happier and more balanced life. Justin provides a culturally safe space for his clients and works with a number of evidenced-based techniques including, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Schema Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness and Narrative Therapy.
Bryan Lee, MPsych.
Pronouns: He/Him
Bryan is a gentle and good-humoured Registered Psychologist and Clinical Psychology Registrar. He is committed to promoting a safe, supportive and compassionate therapeutic space where clients feel heard and respected. Bryan focuses on developing strong collaborative relationships with clients and is passionate about helping them build an enriched life driven by their personal values. Bryan has experience working with adults and adolescents from diverse cultural backgrounds, addressing issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma, stress, grief and adjustment difficulties. He has also worked in various private and public health settings, including the Royal Women’s Hospital, where he worked with women experiencing perinatal mental health issues. Bryan has a special interest in assisting clients with health anxiety, social anxiety, interpersonal difficulties and emotion dysregulation, and is committed to working with diverse client groups.
Emily Hohnke, MPsych.
Pronouns: She/Her
Emily is a warm and thoughtful Clinical Psychologist. She is committed to a collaborative partnership with her clients and aims to help them enhance their wellbeing through a compassionate approach. She has training and experience in a range of areas, including anxiety, depression, body image issues, eating disorders and relationship difficulties. She is particularly invested in helping her clients understand and break unhelpful lifelong patterns and build an enriched life that is driven by their values. Emily draws on a number of different theories and evidence-based treatments when working with clients, including Schema Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy for Eating Disorders (CBT-E), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
Georgia Gentis, MPsych.
Pronouns: She/Her
Georgia is a Clinical Registrar who values understanding each person’s story and supporting them in building insight, confidence, and meaningful change. She strives to create a space where clients feel safe, understood, and respected, and is inspired by the courage people show in taking steps toward emotional growth. She works with adolescents and adults experiencing anxiety, perfectionism, emotional difficulties, eating and body image concerns, identity and self esteem challenges, and patterns that impact relationships or self worth. Georgia takes an integrative, collaborative approach, drawing on CBT, ACT, Schema Therapy, and mindfulness. She is guided by kindness, curiosity, and a belief in the importance of genuine human connection in the therapy process.
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Catherine Charleson, MPsych.
Pronouns: She/Her
Catherine is a warm, good-humoured and collaborative Registered Psychologist and Clinical Psychology Registrar. Catherine takes a culturally responsive and trauma-informed approach to her practice and is committed to providing a safe and non-judgmental space for her clients, and to forging authentic relationships with them. Catherine is passionate about helping people live according to their values and loves collaborating with clients to identify their goals and ways to work towards them. Catherine utilises evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Solution Focussed Therapy, and enjoys tailoring therapy sessions according to individual client needs and preferences. Catherine has a particular interest in the Social and Emotional Wellbeing model, and recently worked with young Aboriginal people and their families in the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia. Prior to becoming a psychologist, Catherine had a 15-year career in government and public policy. Outside of the therapy room, Catherine loves chasing the sun, salt water and fresh air with her partner and kids, and spends an inordinate amount of time chucking the ball to her misbehaved dog at the park.
Aliya Chalmers, MPsych., MAPS
Pronouns: She/Her
Aliya is a kind and compassionate Registered Psychologist and Clinical Psychology Registrar who grew up on Ngunnawal Country (Canberra) and currently lives in Naarm (Melbourne) on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nations. A proud Aboriginal woman with Scottish and English ancestry, Aliya is committed to improving culturally sensitive and informed mental health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse individuals and other marginalised identities who are often misrepresented within mainstream society. Aliya has worked with young people, adolescents, and adults across community organisations and private settings, supporting people experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma/complex trauma, sleep issues, identity challenges, neurodivergence, personality vulnerabilities, and relationship difficulties. Her therapeutic approach focuses on creating a culturally safe, collaborative space where clients can explore their experiences, navigate challenges, and enhance their holistic wellbeing. She takes a client-centred, strengths-based approach meeting people where they’re at and walking alongside them in alignment with their values. Aliya draws on a mixture of evidence-based therapeutic approaches, including Trauma-informed cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Social and Emotional Wellbeing model (SEWB), Mindfulness, Schema Therapy, and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT).
Dr Nicole Redlich, DPsych., MAPS
Board Approved Supervisor
Pronouns: She/Her
Dr Nicole Redlich is a Clinical Psychologist with over 16 years experience working in both private and public mental health settings and in education and training. She has an interest and experience working with clients experiencing, Trauma related conditions, anxiety, depression, stress, eating disorders, relationship and parenting issues pregnancy support and personal development. Trained in a range of psychological approaches including, Schema Therapy, Internal Family Systems, CBT, ACT, Trauma Focused therapies, and Mindfulness based approaches Nicole works with adults and adolescents. Nicole’s approach is authentic, respectful, curious and compassionate. She provides a safe space to explore clients concerns at both an immediate and deeper level. She is interested in growth and change, creativity and resourcefulness, building coping capacities, identifying and enhancing unique strengths, and helping clients feel more connected, safe and fulfilled.
Elizabeth Reilly, MPsych., MAPS
Pronouns: She/Her
Liz is a Registered Psychologist and Clinical Psychology Registrar. Working within a strengths-based and trauma-informed framework, Liz ensures the therapeutic environment is experienced as safe and supportive for clients through a caring and collaborative approach. She utilises a range of evidence-based modalities including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Schema Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy and Exposure Response Prevention (ERP) tailored to individual needs. Liz has a special interest in assisting clients with anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, panic, grief, loss, trauma, eating disorders, body dysmorphic disorder, sleep, stress and adjustment difficulties. Her experience spans clinical work with clients of all ages across both public and private health settings. Liz completed Masters level research as part of a clinical trial on body dysmorphic disorder.
Daniel Morrison, MAppPsych., MAPS
Board Approved Supervisor
Pronouns: He/Him
Daniel is a Registered Community Psychologist who practises with person-centredness and co-regulation as a foundation to provide a safe platform towards identifying and navigating individual goals. With a firm sense of hope for recovery and reclamation of self-identity Daniel has experience working alongside people with various mental health concerns including complex trauma, social withdrawal, anger and violence, and dissociative disorders. The key influences of his approach are Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Narrative therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). With respect, safety, and advocacy, Daniel is an ally to members of marginalised communities including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTQIA+ and other gender diverse persons, and any person who has experienced systemic or social adversity.
Lucy Cochran, MPsych.
Pronouns: She/Her
Lucy is a Registered Psychologist with an engaging and warm interpersonal style. She has a client-centred approach and helps people live more enriched lives based on their individual values and strengths. Lucy uses a range of evidence based therapeutic approaches including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassionate Mindfulness, Schema Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy. Lucy has a special interest in helping people with general anxiety, social anxiety, stress, perfectionism, low mood, trauma, sleep, adjustment difficulties and performance. She is particularly interested in helping people recognise their inner critic and finding a more compassionate way to thrive. Lucy conducted her Masters level research on unhelpful smartphone behaviours.
Matthew Farrugia, MProf Psych.
Pronouns: He/Him
Matthew is a Provisional Psychologist who takes a person-centred and compassion-focused approach to therapy. He aims to create a calm, collaborative, and non-judgemental space where clients feel supported to explore their experiences and move toward meaningful change. Drawing on evidence-based approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Schema Therapy, Matthew works flexibly to meet each client’s unique needs. He supports adolescents, adults, and parents in navigating trauma, burnout, anxiety, emotion regulation, and relationship difficulties. He is particularly interested in helping people improve their emotional awareness, strengthen their relationships, and move towards a more authentic and meaningful life. Matthew has a background in social psychology research, which informs his curiosity about human behaviour, social connection, and wellbeing. Outside of the therapy room, he enjoys spending time in nature and gardening, and has long been involved in sport through both playing and coaching. He brings curiosity, warmth, and authenticity to his work with clients.
Jordan Gibbs,
MPsych. (candidate)
Pronouns: He/Him
Jordan is a warm, good-humoured provisional psychologist who aims to build a safe, connected, collaborative therapeutic relationship. Jordan believes in creating safe spaces that are free from judgment and open to fun and curiosity. Jordan enjoys walking alongside his clients to find good pathways for them to live according to their values and walk in directions that meet their needs. Jordan enjoys working with clients with diverse lived experiences and is honoured to learn from every one of his clients. Jordan emphasises supporting adolescents and adults with their holistic wellbeing and healing by understanding and utilising their strengths and connections. As an Aboriginal man, Jordan is passionate about supporting members of his community and diverse communities by honouring their connections to their culture and values. When not working at Connected Minds, Jordan works in Aboriginal Health research and training, focusing on culturally safe and trauma-informed care and supporting the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce. Jordan has a particular interest in supporting clients with neurodiversity, stress, trauma, identity, and healthy relationships. Jordan utilises evidence-based therapies in a person-centred approach, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Mindfulness.