Our Team
Kelly Cubis-Higgs
Registered Psychologist
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Kelly does therapy on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays
Kelly is a neurodiversity-affirming and trauma-informed therapist who uses a warm, kind, and engaging approach with her clients. She is a board approved supervisor and has over 10 years of experience supporting adults, children, teens and families therapeutically, both in clinic and school-based settings.
In the past, Kelly has also worked in ADHD assessment for children and adults, and in supervisory roles in organisations supporting children and families. She currently provides therapy to adults 18+ via telehealth.
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​She is a passionate advocate for her clients, and draws from a range of evidence-based frameworks, including ACT. She uses deliberate practice skills, which means that she is deeply committed to a collaborative approach and ensures that your therapy experience with her is best suited to your needs.
She enjoys learning about clients’ unique strengths and interests, and creating flexible individualised therapeutic supports. By doing this, she supports clients to build capacity to manage life’s challenges and adversity.
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Outside of her work, you will find Kelly enjoying time in the ocean and at the beach, reading or getting creative with arts and crafts.
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Lauren Zannettino
Registered Psychologist
she/her
Lauren assesses adults (18+) for Autism and ADHD via Telehealth, utilising a neurodiversity affirming and trauma-informed lens.
Lauren is a Psychologist who values empathy, authenticity, and trust. Alongside her warm and friendly personality, Lauren creates a non-judgmental space for her clients to freely express themselves. She welcomes and values all identities, genders, & neurotypes.
Lauren is extremely passionate about helping people to explore and understand their unique neurotype. Lauren has loved providing therapy to Autistic clients and ADHDer’s over the last three years. She feels incredibly privileged to work with and to be trusted by her clients.
When Lauren is not at work, she loves getting creative through art and music, collecting trinkets, spending time with her dogs in the sun, or exploring new restaurants with family and friends.
Lauren does assessments on Fridays
Esther Fidock
Registered Psychologist
she/her
Esther does assessments on Tuesdays
Esther assesses adults 18+ for Autism via Telehealth, through a neurodiversity affirming and trauma informed lens. She is passionate about creating a space that is welcoming of all identities, and views the assessment process as a collaborative exploration of an individual's life narrative.
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She believes that warm, trusting relationships are integral to good health and wellbeing, and feels privileged to be able to develop connections with clients and describe their life journeys.
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Her work is influenced by the neurodiversity affirming movement, Circle of Security principles, and ACT. She welcomes members of the LGBTQIA+ community and enjoys supporting a diverse range of clients, using flexible, adaptive, and evidence based research to inform her assessments.
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Outside of assessments, Esther enjoys consulting in the autism research space. She also facilitates training for professionals relating to autism and ADHD, including how to facilitate an affirming assessment experience for adults.
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Through her work with children and families, she has observed a common pattern of adults realising their children are neurodivergent, then realising they too present with autistic and/or ADHD characteristics. She's particularly interested in supporting these individuals to understand their neurology so they can work with their brain rather than against it.
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When she's not working, you can find Esther in her garden, going for a walk, or curled up with a good book and a coffee.
Sally Speed
Registered Psychologist
she/her
Sally does therapy on fortnightly Thursday and Fridays
Sally is a warm, neuroaffirming, and trauma-informed psychologist who is passionate about creating a safe, inclusive, and empowering space for her clients. She brings a transparent and collaborative approach to therapy, working alongside clients to explore their strengths, navigate challenges, and build meaningful change.
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With experience across the lifespan, Sally has worked with both children and adults in therapy and assessment, and provided consultation and training to schools and community service agencies. Sally is a board approved supervisor, enjoying supporting early career psychologists develop their confidence and professional identity. She takes an eclectic and flexible approach to intervention, tailoring her work to the unique needs of each individual. Her practice draws from a range of evidence-based modalities including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), and techniques informed by Schema Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) principles.
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A strong advocate for neurodiversity and an LGBTQIA+ ally, Sally values authenticity and understands and honour the diverse ways people experience the world.
Outside of work, she enjoys beach days, time with her cat, family and friends and dabbling in arts and crafts (even if the results don’t always match the Pinterest inspiration).