Our Team
Dr Nina Cook - Director
Clinical Psychologist (BPsych Hons; DPsych Clin[Child Specialisation])
Nina’s 15-year career began as a psychologist working with young people in public mental health clinics before moving into private practice, where she works with people across the life span. She is skilled in several evidence-based therapies, used interchangeably depending on a person’s needs, including Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Schema Therapy, and Eye-movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR). Nina values the opportunity to hear clients’ stories and reach a shared understanding of what causes their distress. She believes in the power of the therapeutic relationship as the foundation for change, providing the secure base from which a person can challenge themselves to think and behave differently. Her interests are broad and varied but her training and clinical experience have prepared her to work particularly well with people whose difficulties have their basis in unresolved childhood issues.
Ms Jordana Edwards - Director
Clinical Psychologist (BPsych Hons; MPsych Forensic)
Jordana’s 14-year career began as a psychologist in the Mental Health Diversion Courts within Correctional Services, before moving into private practice 10 years ago. She has extensive experience working across the life span, treating the full range of psychological problems. She is highly skilled in evidence-based therapies, including Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Schema Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR). Jordana is committed to developing a deep understanding of each person’s needs. She has a proven ability to build strong, compassionate therapeutic relationships, which enables her to help people develop a greater understanding of themselves, improve their mood, or challenge the way they think and behave. Jordana enjoys working with all people but has a special interest in helping people to effectively manage trauma.
Dr Alexandra Osborn - Director
Clinical Psychologist (BHSc Hons; MPsych Clinical/PhD)
Alexandra’s 12-year career as a psychologist began as a researcher at the University of Adelaide, before moving into clinical work at Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). For the past 10 years she has worked in private practice seeing people across the life span who are experiencing a wide range of mental health problems. Alexandra customises treatment to each person’s needs and is highly experienced in a range of evidence-based therapies, including Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy, Schema Therapy, and Eye-movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR). She loves to help people develop a greater understanding of themselves and their experiences, and develop new patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving. She has a special interest in working with anxiety disorders and trauma.
Dr Kathy Fogarty - Director
Clinical Psychologist (BA Hons; MPsych Clinical/PhD)
Kathy’s 10-year career as a psychologist began in private practice and for the past five years she has also worked part-time in a government adult mental health clinic. She works mainly with adolescents and adults, using a range of therapeutic approaches, including Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy, Schema Therapy, Mentalization-based therapy and Eye-movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR). She especially values helping people who have struggled over a life-time with emotional and behavioural problems with origins in earlier life, helping them change long-term patterns in order to improve their lives in the present. She brings warmth, compassion and humour to her therapeutic work.
Ms Melissa Purcell
Clinical Psychologist (BA; BHSc Hons; MPsych Clinical)
Melissa began her 10-year career as a psychologist in the child protection team at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, before working in schools, and then Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). For the last 6 years she has worked in private practice helping people across the life span with a wide range of psychological problems. Melissa sees therapy as a vehicle for self-understanding and personal transformation and works towards creating a safe and supportive space where healing can take place. Her approach is sensitive and flexible to the needs and personality of the client, and encompasses a range of evidence-based therapeutic approaches, with an emphasis on cultivating mindfulness as a basis for both acceptance and change.
Ms Bianca Tattoli
Clinical Psychologist (MPsych Clinical)
Bianca’s 11-year career as a psychologist has spanned a range of settings, including private practice, schools, child protection and the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). She is passionate about working with adults, young people and families and uses a flexible, playful approach as she engages people in evidence-based therapies, such as Cognitive Behavioural and Acceptance and Commitment Therapies. These therapies are adaptable to support people experiencing a wide range of psychological difficulties. With extensive experience in school settings, Bianca is highly skilled at helping students, and can provide formal Intellectual and Educational Assessments. She deeply values developing an understanding of each person, and how their experiences shape their thoughts, feelings, behaviours and relationship patterns. She believes that gaining insight and awareness fosters change, and works in a warm, empathic way to help people achieve this.
Ms Nyssa Brolese
BHSc Hons; MPsych Clinical
Nyssa’s 15-year career as a psychologist has given her extensive experience and skill in working with young people at Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), where she continues to work as a Senior Clinical Psychologist. In private practice, she sees people from across the life span, and is highly skilled at working with a wide range of psychological problems. Nyssa draws on techniques from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Motivational Interviewing and phase-based treatment of trauma to provide a tailored approach to each person’s needs. She values working collaboratively and compassionately to help people develop a deep understanding of their problems, goals, and the connection between current difficulties and past experiences.
