Brisbane's leading child and adolescent psychology clinic
Leadership Team
Philip Gosschalk
Director
Clinical & Educational Psychologist
Psychology Board Approved Supervisor
BA(Psych), GradDipEd, MEdSt, PGDipPsych, MPsychClin
Philip is the founder 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.
Dr Katie Thompson
Consultant Clinical Supervisor
Clinical Psychologist
Psychology Board Approved Supervisor
BPsycSci(Hons), DPsyc(Clin)
Katie provides clinical supervision and professional development to psychologists as part of our practice's commitment to high quality psychology services. She has completed a Doctorate of Clinical Psychology and has over 13 years’ experience working with clients experiencing anxiety and other mental health issues. She has worked in both private and public settings as a Senior Clinical Psychologist
Sarah Dunstone
Lead Psychologist
Psychologist
BPsycSci(Hons), MPsych
Sarah is experienced in working with children, adolescents and their families across a range of mental health issues, including as depression, anxiety, as well as neurodevelopmental disorders such as Autism Spectrum Disorder and AD/HD. She offers Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), general counselling and a range of other therapeutic interventions to support her clients.
Curtis Cavanagh
Operations Manager
Provisional Psychologist
BPsycSci(Hons)
Curtis manages the day-to-day operations of the practice, marketing campaigns, implementing industry leading platforms for communication and works to ensure the highest quality of client experience. He is also currently completing a degree in Psychological Science.