Carmen works alongside her clients to help them achieve real changes in their lives by learning new coping strategies, self-compassion and resilience. Everyone deserves to live a happy, fulfilled and peaceful life and sometimes we all need a little support to overcome obstacles in order to thrive and flourish.

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Carmen has been a fully registered psychologist since 2010 and has experience in working with children, adolescents, adults, older adults, couples and families across a variety of clinical settings.

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Carmen has facilitated various group programs including CBT for depression, mindfulness stress reduction and the Triple P Positive Parenting Program.

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She has been trained in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and a range of other modalities such as Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness Meditation, Solution Focussed Therapy, Emotion Focussed Couples Therapy, Schema Therapy, and Behavioural Family Intervention.

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In working with her clients, she does not believe that one therapy approach fits all. In collaboration with her clients and centred around their goals and values she draws from a range of evidence-based modalities to create an individually tailored therapy program.

Carmen has worked with clients who have experienced a range of presenting problems including: depression, general anxiety, social anxiety, phobias, grief and loss, relationship difficulties, self-esteem difficulties, chronic health issues, substance use disorders, learning disorders and parenting difficulties.

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To ensure that she uses the latest approaches to psychological support, Carmen spends a substantial amount of time attending workshops, seminars, conferences as well as reading and peer support groups.

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Carmen completed her doctoral thesis in 2013 examining the effects of a parenting intervention to promote a successful transition to parenthood. She has a special interest in the area of parenting, in particular the psychological adjustment to parenthood, including antenatal and postnatal depression and anxiety, relationship adjustment, early parenting, infant care and work-life balance.

In addition to her clinical practice at New Directions Psychology she also holds a position as Research Fellow at The University of Queensland and is juggling work and family as a mother of two young children.