Colette McKenna

Colette has worked as a school psychologist with primary and high school students, parents and teachers. With a background in education, Colette understands students’ learning issues and the challenges students face.

Colette has worked for three years, specifically with young people aged 12- 25, helping young clients with stresses young people face, including anxiety, depression, navigating career and life choices and dealing with difficult relationships. She also works with adults and mature adults facing major life crises, illnesses and life transitions.

Colette’s areas of expertise include:

• Anxiety
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Learning Issues
• Behavioural and emotion regulation problems
• Bullying
• Depression
• Friendships/relationships
• Self-esteem
• Support clients in achieving life goals

Colette uses evidence-based therapeutic interventions including:

• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
• Psychodynamic Therapy
• Humanistic client-centred therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Emotion-Focused Therapy
• Mindfulness
• Psychoeducation

The number of therapy sessions clients engage in will reflect the complexity of the presenting issues and the length of time the issues have been ongoing. Therapy is also dependent on the client goals, risk factors and supports. Collette will advise on the number of sessions each individual client can expect to have.

Collette runs her own independent practice and engages Clear Health Psychology to provide administrative and other business services to enable her to provide assessment and treatment to her clients.

Appointment duration:  51 minutes

Sessions rates:

Individuals: $220.00 per appointment

Medicare rebate is available with a Mental Health Care Plan for individual appointments. 

Cancellation Policy: Please give at least 24 hours (preferably 48 hours) notice of a cancellation. Cancellations made with less than 24 hours’ notice will incur a fee of 50% of the session rate without a Medicare rebate. A cancellation made at the time of appointment or a non-attendance without a cancellation may incur 100% of the fee without a Medicare rebate.

Please note: Colette does not accept bookings for clients under the age of 6 years old, couples or family sessions. For children up to the age of 16 yrs the first session is conducted with the parent alone with the psychologist.