Nikki, the founder and co-Director of The Mind Clinic, enjoys working with adults of all ages to improve their emotional wellbeing. To meet her clients' needs and goals, Nikki uses a combination of evidence-based therapeutic approaches based in attachment, trauma and interpersonal frameworks to enhance her client's awareness, understanding and personal growth.

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Treatment approaches include Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing and Mindfulness techniques for the treatment of life adjustments, grief, anxiety disorders (including generalised anxiety, social anxiety, perfectionism, obsessive-compulsive disorder and phobias) and depressive disorders. To assist people who have experienced trauma and the associated distressing psychological and physical symptoms, Nikki is trained to deliver Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing therapy (EMDR). Nikki is also qualified to deliver the Circle of Security Parenting Program which is based on the principles of attachment theory. This program can be utilised with parents who have children of any age to effectively improve family relations.

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Nikki has a Master of Clinical Psychology and PhD in Psychology. Her research, which focused on parental hardiness, child sleep behaviour and the development of emotion regulation has been published in a number of international peer-reviewed journals.

 

Nikki holds a clinical psychology endorsement with the Australian Psychology Board and is a full-member of the Australian Clinical Psychology Association (MACPA) and Australian Psychological Society (MAPS). Nikki is also an AHPRA Board-approved supervisor in the area of Clinical Psychology.

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Nikki works face-to-face at the North Sydney Clinic on Wednesdays and Fridays and sees clients via Telehealth on Thursdays.