Our Team

As an AHPRA registered psychologist, Naomi’s goal is to help you reach your potential.  Naomi received her Honours Degree in Psychology from Murdoch University and her Graduate Diploma in Education (School Psychology and Special Needs Teaching) from UWA.  Since 2012, Naomi has worked with schools and in private practice.

 

Naomi is a passionate and energetic psychologist who is particularly proud of her ability to help others build the skills they need to develop positive relationships, find meaning in their experiences and to face life’s challenges with courage, confidence, and self compassion.

 

Naomi supports individuals and couples, children, adolescents and adults experiencing a range of learning difficulties, developmental delays, very challenging behaviours and mental health concerns — including clients from non-English speaking backgrounds, and families who have experienced significant trauma.

 

While Naomi is trained in a range of counselling techniques, she is particularly fond of using third wave therapy approaches such as Acceptance & Commitment Therapy and Collaborative & Proactive Solutions.  Moving away from a deficit model of the human experience — with its emphasis on diagnostic labels and symptoms — ACT and CPS appreciate that we would all do well if we could but the human brain is naturally hardwired to produce psychological pain and suffering.  Naomi does not interpret her client’s difficulties with living as a sign they are broken, or in need of fixing.  Instead, she marvels at the adaptive capacity of the human brain to keep us safe—even though it hurts!

 

With energy, warmth, compassion and care, Naomi supports her clients to foster a sense of willingness to experience what it means to be a real live human being — including all the ups and downs they will inevitably experience throughout life.

 

Through building their psychological flexibility, resilience and problem solving, Naomi’s clients gain personal insight and most importantly, the essential skills and strategies they will need to cope better and achieve a rich, full and meaningful life.  Naomi finds the ACT and CPS approaches extremely refreshing, and personally satisfying — and she thinks you will too.

Sophia is a creative and collaborative problem solver with a passion for helping people thrive – she also has a genuine social conscience too. For the past five years, she’s been empowering kids, teens and young adults through various professional roles in Youth Justice, Child Protection and local government youth services. More recently, she became a mother, and at long last, embraced her ADHD superpowers! Sophia also has a keen interest in applying Acceptance & Commitment Therapy in coaching and skills training.

 

Now, have you ever been on a wild ride in one of those ‘choose your own adventure stories’? Did you get a bit distracted? Did you take a few detours and got off track a bit? Maybe you’re feeling frustrated at home or school or work – and you want to make some changes in your life. Of course, you have the best of intentions, but you don’t know how, when or where to start?

 

So, would you like a personalised road map to get yourself back on track? Seriously though, who wouldn’t, right? At The Expansion Point, Sophia will work with you to build your psychological flexibility skills – so you can step back and reflect on your experiences – and uncover what really, truly matters to you.

 

We will further develop those very necessary (and sometimes tedious) life skills you know you’re going to need:

• effective communication
• setting boundaries
• collaborative problem solving
• goal setting
• prioritizing
• organizing
• decision making
• scheduling, etc, etc, etc.

Sophia is ready and waiting to help you harness your passions and direct your energy, so you can be more productive and purposeful … for now and on your adventures beyond! She could be that delightfully energetic and fully equipped side-kick for your own life adventure.  Like you, she’s already taken a few well intended wonky detours and can compassionately help you find your way through (not out…you can’t get out of it!) to finally get unstuck and start living your life!