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.

Morrison McQueen is an experienced AHPRA registered psychologist and board approved supervisor. Morrison brings a wealth of practical and professional experience and insight into his practice of psychology and is passionate about helping all humans across the lifespan – children, adolescents, and adults – as individuals, families and groups. He specialises in supporting clients with chronic pain, depression, anxiety, autism, learning difficulties, child and adult ADHD, and complex developmental trauma.

 

Morrison is a mature individual with a diverse range of life experiences who creatively draws on his extensive background in mindfulness traditions, philosophy, and psychology to help his clients create meaningful and value directed changes in their lives through building their self-awareness and practical life skills.

 

While he is trained in a range of therapies, Morrison has a particular fondness for mindfulness-based cognitive approaches that build acceptance, willingness, and the psychological flexibility needed to live a rich, full, and meaningful life. Morrison also has a niche interest in exploring the therapeutic benefits of plant medicines and how to creatively reintegrate altered states of consciousness to expand his client’s capacity to work with distressing experiences and build real life resilience.

 

Morrison commenced his professional training in the 1980’s with a focus on Zen and Thai Forest (Theravada) traditions. He then went on to complete his bachelor’s degree in religious studies and philosophy while training and teaching Ashtanga Yoga. Over the next 18 years, Morrison opened his own practice where he taught yoga and mindfulness practices, ran teacher training programs, workshops, and intensives across Australia and internationally.

 

After completing his bachelor’s degree in psychology, Morrison tapped into his strong social conscience and pivoted towards helping students at risk, and struggling teachers and families within the dynamic school psychology setting while delivering more intensive therapy to his clients in the clinical setting.

 

In addition to seeing clients at The Expansion Point, Morrison is also collaborating with Curtin University’s psychology department to deliver the clinical protocols in a ground-breaking clinical trial using psychedelic assisted psychotherapy in the treatment of chronic (neuropathic) pain.

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!