General Mental Health Support
Life can feel overwhelming at times. Whether you’re facing anxiety, depression, stress, grief, or a difficult life transition, therapy offers a space to pause, reflect, and find clarity. Mental health challenges don’t define you — they signal areas where care, understanding, and healing are needed. As a psychologist, I provide evidence-based and compassionate support to help you build insight, strengthen coping skills, and improve emotional wellbeing. Together, we’ll work toward restoring balance, confidence, and hope.
“Seeking support is an act of care — for your wellbeing, your relationships, and your future.”
Psychological Support for Mental Health
Life can become overwhelming for many different reasons—ongoing stress, anxiety, low mood, grief, trauma, or patterns in relationships that are difficult to navigate. These experiences can affect a person’s sense of self, their confidence, and the way they engage with everyday life. Mental health support from a psychologist provides a safe and steady space to slow down, make sense of what has been happening, and receive support that is respectful, confidential, and grounded. The focus is on understanding what is contributing to distress, developing ways to manage and respond to challenges, and supporting a return to clarity, strength, and wellbeing.
Mental Health Conditions that I Treat:
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Anxiety and Stress
Persistent worry, tension, rumination, or difficulty relaxing, particularly during times of change or uncertainty. -
Depression and Low Mood
Feelings of sadness, flatness, loss of motivation, or difficulty experiencing enjoyment or energy. -
Burnout and Exhaustion
Emotional, physical, and mental fatigue linked to sustained stress, caregiving, ministry, work, or high responsibility roles. -
Grief and Loss
Adjusting to significant change or bereavement, including ambiguous grief, loss of identity, or life transitions. -
Trauma and Complex Trauma
Past experiences that continue to influence how a person feels, responds, and relates, including relational or developmental trauma. -
Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Intrusive thoughts, uncertainty, and repetitive behaviours or mental rituals used to reduce distress. -
Scrupulosity / Religious OCD
Intense fear of doing the “wrong” thing morally or spiritually, accompanied by compulsive reassurance seeking, confession, or checking. -
Relationship and Interpersonal Difficulties
Patterns of conflict, disconnection, miscommunication, people-pleasing, or feeling unseen or misunderstood in important relationships. -
Self-Esteem and Identity Concerns
Challenges related to self-worth, confidence, internal criticism, or feeling “not enough.” -
Emotional Regulation Difficulties
Intense emotions that feel hard to manage, including overwhelm, shutdown, irritability, or emotional numbness. -
Faith and Spirituality-Related Concerns
Navigating questions of meaning, values, belonging, or experiences of harm within religious contexts (faith-sensitive approach). -
Adjusting to Life Transitions
Changes in work, study, relationships, health, parenting, or stage of life.
What Support Can Look Like
Therapy can help you:
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Manage anxiety, panic attacks, and overwhelming emotions
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Work through low mood, grief, and hopelessness
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Understand the impact of past trauma, including spiritual abuse and coercive control
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Navigate religious OCD (Scrupulosity) and constant guilt around morality or belief
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Heal from childhood sexual abuse or adult clergy sexual exploitation in faith contexts
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Reconnect with a healthy sense of self and spiritual identity
Whether your struggles are faith-related or not, this space is designed to be safe, compassionate, and non-judgmental. Sessions are tailored to your individual needs and values, and you are always in control of the direction we take together.
"Many people who seek support are carrying more than others realise—responsibility, exhaustion, unanswered questions, or the quiet grief of things that haven’t gone as hoped. I value each person’s story and work alongside them toward greater clarity, resilience, and wellbeing".
Kylie Walls, Psychologist REFUGE PSYCHOLOGY
Frequently Asked Questions about Therapy for Recovery from Clergy Perpetrated Sexual Abuse
Do you offer Medicare rebates with a Mental Health Treatment Plan (MHTP)?
Yes. If you have a current Mental Health Treatment Plan from your GP, you may be eligible to receive a Medicare rebate for up to 10 individual psychology sessions per calendar year. These rebates help reduce the out-of-pocket cost for each session. You’ll need to provide a copy of your referral letter and MHTP prior to your first appointment.
Can I see you if I have more complex mental health challenges?
Yes. I work with individuals experiencing a range of mental health concerns, from mild anxiety or low mood through to more complex challenges such as PTSD, dissociation, religious trauma, and OCD. If your presentation is more complex, I will work collaboratively with your broader care team (e.g., psychiatrist, GP, or support worker) where appropriate, to ensure you receive safe and effective care.
Online therapy is offered as long as it is deemed clinically appropriate and safe for your specific needs.
Is online therapy effective?
Yes. Research shows that online therapy can be just as effective as face-to-face sessions for a wide range of concerns, including depression, anxiety, trauma, and relationship issues. It also offers convenience, privacy, and access to support regardless of location. All sessions are conducted via a secure telehealth platform.
