Brigette (she/her) is a neurodivergent clinical psychologist who enjoys working with teenagers and adults aims to use a trauma-informed, neurodivergent-affirming, and gender-affirming approach. Brigette aims to be a respectful, compassionate, authentic and knowledgeable clinician who walks alongside people to meet their goals.

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, chronic pain, Functional Neurological Disorder, anxiety and mood disorders, disordered eating, grief and loss, and post-traumatic stress.

Brigette aims to provide evidence-based therapy using a formulation-driven approach informed by Pain Neuroscience Education (PNE), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Unified Protocol (UP), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Brigette also draws on knowledge of Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), motivational interviewing, trauma-informed CBT, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Eating Disorders (CBT-E), Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), and attachment-based interventions in her practice.

Brigette graduated with a Masters in Clinical Psychology from the Australian National University (ANU), and has experience working in hospitals across Canberra Health Services, as well as in community-based settings including in ACT Education, ANU e-therapy clinic, and ACT Pain Centre.

Please note, Brigette does not provide assessments for neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., ADHD, ASD) and does not provide capacity assessments for accessing medical gender-affirming care. Brigette also does not provide forensic assessments (e.g., court-ordered Family Report under the Family Law Act, parenting capacity assessment, recommendations regarding parenting arrangements and/or custody such as in context of Children's Court ACT matters).

To get a sense of how Brigette understands trauma-informed care, consider listening to this podcast episode with Australia Anaesthesia's Dr Suzi Nou:

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/e7b380b0-8c91-479a-a9c4-e18155d9f5c6/

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Brigette is also a board-approved supervisor. Her supervision style aims to be collaborative, informative and reflective, and tailored to the professional stage of development of the supervisee.

She believes in creating a supportive supervisory environment where supervisees feel safe to explore their strengths and areas for growth. Brigette enjoys focusing on the process of therapy and applying a systemic lens to formulation of client- supervisee and supervisor-supervisee relationships.

Brigette aims to use a range of techniques in supervision (with client consent only) including role play, video-feedback , case discussions, treatment planning, objective and subjective feedback from the supervisee on our supervisory relationship, and observation if logistically possible.

I expect supervisees to be open to feedback, sufficiently organised, respectful, and to demonstrate self-reflection in sessions.