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Philip Gosschalk MAPS
BA, GradDipEd, MEdSt, PGDipPsych, MPsychClin
Director and Psychologist
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Philip is the Director of childpsych. He is a full member of the College of Clinical Psychologists and College of Educational & Developmental Psychologists. He has extensive experience with children as a teacher, school psychologist and child psychologist. Philip has advanced training in clinical psychology and education. His particular expertise is with the treatment of anxiety and mood disorders in children and adolescents, assessment of learning and developmental problems and the management of behaviour problems. He has conducted research on the nature of anxiety and personality in children and published research about children who refuse to attend school because of anxiety. Philip has a particular passion about the involvement of parents as co-therapists in treating their child's problems, which is reflected in the practice's core value of interdependence.
Annemari de Korte MAPS
BA, BA(Hons), MA(CounPsych)
Psychologist
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Annemari began and completed her training in psychology in South Africa. Annemari has extensive experience as a psychologist with children. She is an accredited supervisor for probationary psychologists in Queensland and has supervised psychologists-in-training over the years. Annemari’s particular expertise is working with children and adolescents who have experienced grief and loss, are suffering from depression and anxiety and with the behavioural problems of young children. Annemari is also an accredited Triple P Level 5 provider (parent training). Annemari has completed research on emotional intelligence and has particular interests in childhood obesity and parent-child interaction therapy (strengthening parent-child relationships in difficult to manage children).
Dr. Kerry Badenhorst MAPS MCCP
BSc, BA(Hons), DPsyClin
Clinical Psychologist
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Kerry has extensive experience in child and adolescent mental health and behavioural problems. She has worked at various levels in government as a psychologist and management / Principal Clinician. Kerry has worked as a research assistant on projects investigating foster care as well as worked therapeutically with children-in-care as part of the EVOLVE team and with child and youth mental health services. Kerry completed her doctoral dissertation on young children's understanding of death and treating grief and loss issues in children and adolescents. Kerry’s particular interest is in working with children and adolescents with eating disorders, depression, anxiety or trauma. Kerry is a full member of the College of Clinical Psychologists.
Lisa Lynn MAPS
BBehSc, BPsych(Hons), MPsych(Ed&Dev)
Psychologist
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Lisa specialises in the area of developmental psychology and educational psychology. She studied psychology as a mature age student where she took a strong interest in the mental health problems of children as well as the learning problems in children. Lisa has worked with children-in-care, children with autism and general developmental problems of childhood. In addtion, Lisa specialises in assessing children with learning problems and is interested in the learning and developmental problems of children born premature. Lisa is a full member of the College of Educational & Developmental Psychologists.
Susie Turner AMAPS
BPsych(Hons)
Psychologist
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Susie completed her training in psychology with First Class Honours. She has extensive experience with adolescents and children. She was worked with a range of children and youth including disadvantaged youth, young mothers and children with autism.
Matthew Simmond MAPS
BA(Crim), GradDipPsych, BPsych(Hons), MPsychClin
Psychologist
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Matthew has experience with a wide range of boys issues having worked with behaviourally challenging children as part of the EVOLVE team. Matthew has worked as a child Safety Officer and within a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility.
Belinda Lequertier MAPS
BSc, BPsych(Hons), MClinPsych
Psychologist
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Belinda has considerable experience with working with emotionally and behaviourally challenging children as part of the EVOLVE team. She has a particular interest in working with children who have been maltreated and adult-child bonding issues. Belinda has researched suicidal behaviour in children of all ages and the thought processes that cause over anxiousness.
Joanne Grimes
Practice Manager
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Jo comes from the United Kingdom where she worked in various administrative and secretarial roles. Jo has over 15 years experience working as a Personal Assistant and providing clerical and reception support in legal, retail and counselling environments. Jo provides reception and administrative support for childpsych as well as oversees the running of the practice.
Administration Assistants
Michelle Ah You
Alleshia Miller
