Madeleine began her journey towards becoming a psychologist studying her Undergraduate Bachelor of Psychology at the University of Newcastle. Upon completion of her 4 years of study she undertook an internship, via the 4 + 2 pathway to reach her goal. During her 8 years she has worked in a variety of settings including a Not For Profit NDIS multi-disciplinary service, Occupational Rehabilitation, a Mental Health Unit of a private hospital and in private practice.

These work places have enabled Madeleine to gain experience working with people across the lifespan, from toddlers through to the elderly, through multiple funding streams, with a variety of mental health presentations and doing both individual and group therapies.

Importantly she has spent time over the years engaging in further study and training and uses therapies that have an evidence-based framework including Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Interpersonal Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Schema Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT).

Madeleine has gained experience in the use of a range of assessments to help informed treatment of mental health concerns, including cognitive assessments, learning assessments, Autism Spectrum Disorder assessments and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder assessments. Assessments have become a particular area of interest for her over the years and she enjoys getting to put all the pieces together to assist someone to understand themselves better and how they and those around them can better support the individual.

Knowing from personal experience that the path to becoming a psychologist is rewarding but hard, Madeleine decided to complete the training to become a Board Approved Supervisor so that she could assist and support up and coming psychologists reach their own goals.

Madeleine is caring and compassionate towards her clients and whilst she holds empathy she also tries to push individuals to help themselves become the best version of themselves. She prides herself in providing a service to all her clients that is personalised and professional and meets the needs of the clients as well as considering what is best practice.