*Please note, Kate is located at our Gold Coast Office. She continues to accept ACT clients via telehealth.

Kate is a psychologist with a special interest in working with mothers and their families in the perinatal period. She has a 18+ years of experience working in various settings, having worked for many years in Mental Health, Justice Health, Alcohol & Drug Services. She has worked for the Perinatal Mental Health Consultation Service, the Adult Mental Health Day Service as well as within the Maternity Unit at Calvary Public Hospital. She brings to the practice experience working in both public and private inpatient psychiatric settings and has previously worked in private practice.

Kate founded Brighter Beginnings as she holds a particular interest in supporting women and families experiencing perinatal mood disturbance (depression, bipolar disorder), birth trauma, anxiety, issues with parent- infant bonding and attachment, adjustment to parenting and perinatal grief and loss.

In addition to working with clients in the perinatal period, Kate is experienced in providing assessment and support to those clients undertaking weight loss journeys, including bariatric surgery..

Kate is experienced in a range of therapeutic modalities including Emotional Focussed Therapy, Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Schema Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapies. She is also trained in the Circles of Security Parenting program, is a trained Marte Meo practitioner and is trained in the use of Eye Movement Desensitisation Therapy (EMDR Therapy) with select clients.

As a mother, Kate brings an awareness of the impact of perinatal distress and its effects, not just on the mother-infant relationship, but on the wellbeing of the entire family. She has also undertaken doula training and is able to provide birthing education and planning.