Dr Iona Walker

Dr Iona Walker

Clinical Psychologist

Iona is a Clinical Psychologist with an interest in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy who is experienced in supporting adults with a range of psychological difficulties including depression, low self-esteem, social anxiety, generalised anxiety, trauma and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. She has a warm and compassionate manner and will work collaboratively with you to help you identify your goals in therapy. You can work together to understand the route of your presenting problems. Iona can support you to learn strategies to challenge unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviours and to cope with difficult emotions. She is passionate about supporting you to make positive changes in your life. 

Qualifications:

Iona is a fully qualified Doctor of Clinical Psychology, having completed the DClinPsy at the University of Glasgow. She also has a Masters in Clinical and Health Psychology with Distinction from Newcastle University, a  Post Graduate Certificate in low intensity CBT from Essex University and a Master of Arts with honours in Psychology from The University of Edinburgh. She is registered with The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA number PSY0002343140), The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC number PYL37941) and the British Psychological Society (301993).

Amy Palframan

Amy Palframan

Clinical Psychologist

Amy is a Clinical Psychologist who has experience working with children, adolescents, and adults in the areas of depression, anxiety, trauma, adjustment issues, relationship difficulties, work-related issues, stress, and grief and loss. Amy utilises a number of evidence-based treatment approaches, including Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (traditional and trauma-focused), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT),  Exposure Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Schema Therapy.

Clinical Experience and Background

Amy obtained her Masters degree in Clinical Psychology at Edith Cowan University and holds endorsement with AHPRA as a Clinical Psychologist. She has worked within an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) setting, as well as within the Medicare Better Access and Workers’ Compensation schemes. Amy prides herself on her ability to provide high quality psychological services, with a focus on building strong therapeutic relationships, tailoring her approach to the individual, and working with clients to achieve their best possible outcomes.

Dr Maxine Hawkins

Dr Maxine Hawkins

Principal Clinical Psychologist

Dr Maxine Hawkins is the Principal Clinical Psychologist and Managing Director of Clear Health Psychology. Maxine has endorsement as a Clinical Psychologist with AHPRA and is a member of the Australian Psychological Society.

Maxine is an experienced Clinical Psychologist who works with adults and adolescents in the areas of depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, stress management, chronic illness, self-esteem and trauma (including road accidents and WorkCover). She also has experience and knowledge with patients considering bariatric surgery.

Maxine uses her extensive clinical experience to assist in understanding complex presentations. Her strengths are in her formulation skills to determine effective and individualised plans to meet client's treatment goals.  Maxine combines components from the modalities of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Schema Therapy and psychodynamic approaches with clients.

Clinical experience and background

Dr Hawkins has 17 years experience working in Clinical Psychology. She has worked as a senior Clinical Psychologist across a number of hospitals in Melbourne and Perth in the areas of psycho-oncology, palliative care, cystic fibrosis, lung transplant, sleep disorders and chronic illness. She completed her doctorate at The University of Melbourne.  She moved to Perth in 2011 which she now calls home. Dr Hawkins was the Clinical Director of Edith Cowan University Psychological Services Centre and Senior Lecturer. She lectured in the post-graduate clinical stream and provided clinical supervision in the clinical masters/doctoral programs. She has also worked as a Professional Officer - Psychology for the Australian Regulatory Health Agency.  Maxine is passionate about evidenced based and quality mental health.  She now works full-time private practice.

Jodie Holwill

Jodie Holwill

Registered Psychologist

Jodie is a Registered Psychologist with over 20 years’ experience in psychological practice. She works with individuals, couples and children in the areas of Anxiety and Depression, Work Related Stress, PTSD, OCD, Substance Abuse and Grief. In her earlier career she worked in the field of Organisational Psychology within the public and private sector in a range of roles including human resources, psychological assessment for employment and career/outplacement counselling and across many industry sectors such as Mining, Banking, Hospitality and Health.

Jodie adopts a range of treatment interventions depending on the client’s needs – including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Mindfulness, Solution-focused Therapy, EMDR, Relaxation techniques and other psychotherapeutic approaches. Jodie’s style of counselling is warm and practical, and she values getting to the problem quickly and providing her clients with the necessary skills to move forward as well as dealing with any underlying issues. She seeks to engender a greater sense of well-being and acceptance both of self and others.

Jodie’s background in Behavioural Assessment and Analysis can offer clients from the business sector a clearer understanding of how their own behaviour can affect both their own work/leadership performance, and that of their team. With the use of individual and organisational psychometric tools (such as 16PF, DISC, Insight etc) she can advise and counsel to enhance productivity and adaptability in this time of change.   Jodie has worked in the field of Outplacement and Career Counselling for the last 15 years and is able to provide a service to those employees and individuals affected by redundancy including practical support and counselling for the grief experienced when individuals are torn from their work/career through circumstances beyond their control. Jodie is available for weekend appointments.

Dr Jacqueline Spencer

Dr Jacqueline Spencer

Clinical Psychologist

BA (Hons), MA Applied Psychology, PhD.

Dr Jacqueline Spencer is a qualified and trained Clinical Psychologist. She is registered with the Psychology Board of Australia (AHPRA).

Dr Spencer works with adults, couples and adolescents in the areas of relationship issues, complex PTSD, borderline personality disorder, adjustment issues, depression, trauma, grief and loss, addiction and other issues.

Using a warm and non-judgemental approach, Jacquie assists clients to gain insight into their present-day problems by identifying their unhelpful life patterns. Using psychodynamic principles and other modalities, she then helps clients to work on healing these experiences and to create meaningful change.

Clinical experience and background

Dr Spencer completed an honors degree in psychology in Sydney before moving to Perth to complete her postgraduate training at Murdoch University. Jacqueline Spencer completed her doctoral research project (PhD) that examines whether individuals with alexithymia (a poor ability to identify their emotions) can read the facial expressions of others.

Jacquie has many years’ experience in running group therapy programs in inpatient and outpatient psychiatric settings. She has also worked with clients with a range of presenting problems in private practice.

She has experience with Psychodynamic therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Imagery Rescripting, Schema therapy and Compassion-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).

Dr Spencer has tutored psychology and statistics at university level and taught martial arts to adults and children.

She helps her clients to cultivate a gentler and more accepting approach to experience that reduces stress and prevents the spiral of negative thoughts, feelings and behaviours.

Jon Marginis

Jon Marginis

Counselling Psychology Registrar

Jon Marginis is a Registered Psychologist with AHPRA and is a member of the Association of Counselling Psychologists (ACP).

Jon is experienced in working alongside children (from 3 years of age), adolescents and adults. Jon’s areas of interest include Anxiety, Behaviour Management, Body Image Issues, Depression, Difficulties with Emotional Regulation, Eating Disorders, Exam Stress, Identity Issues, Issues Around Sexuality, Learning Disabilities (ADD/ADHD, Dyslexia/Dysgraphia etc), Male-Dominated Issues, Parenting Children/Teenagers, Relationship Issues, School Transition/Refusal Issues, Self-Harm, Sexuality Issues and Substance Abuse.

He has been trained in several evidence-based techniques including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Behavioural Management/Therapy, Brief Solution Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Existential Therapy, Grief and Loss Counselling, Interpersonal Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Therapy, Play Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy and Solution Focused Therapy.

Clinical Experience and Background

Jon obtained his Master of Psychology (Counselling) Degree from Curtin University and also holds a qualification in Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. Jon has done a lot of work with children and teenagers but also has a keen interest in working with adults. When working with his clients, Jon enjoys walking alongside his clients to provide a safe space for them to be their true genuine selves. He aims to provide his clients with strategies that can assist them in alleviating their distress and presenting issues. At the heart of all of Jon’s work, he believes that a positive relationship with the client is essential. When working with children, Jon also commonly works with their parents to provide the best support for all individuals involved. As Jon has worked within schools, he has become accustomed to many of the issues experienced by children and adolescents. By doing so, he is aware of the guidelines and criteria for WACE and IB exams and is accustomed to accommodations that are made available to adolescents under the Schools Curriculum Standards Authority (SCSA) and the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB Diploma).

In regard to research, Jon has covered a range of topics and has written two dissertations, and in September 2019, Jon spoke at an International Conference on Men’s Health with his topic being “Why Men Don’t’ Talk”. Jon’s dissertations include The Effect of Anxiety on The Emotional Match of Mother-Child Dyads in Hearing Impaired Children (2016) and The Role of Sense of Belonging in Digital Piracy: A Qualitative Approach (2012).