About Vanessa
Vanessa is a registered psychologist with extensive experience supporting adults through meaningful personal and professional change. Her approach is grounded, collaborative and evidence-based, with a focus on helping people build psychological flexibility, reconnect with direction and restore the deeper “colour” in their lives — the sense of clarity, energy and meaning that often fades during periods of stress or difficulty.
Vanessa brings a warm, steady and thoughtful presence to therapy. She works with adults experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, burnout, relationship stress, complex life transitions and challenges with identity, direction and self-worth. Her clinical work draws on ACT, CBT, EMDR, Interpersonal Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy and neuroscience-informed practices, selected intentionally to support the individual needs and goals of each person she works with.
Vanessa’s background spans both clinical and corporate roles, which she has worked in consecutively throughout her career. This dual pathway gives her a unique professional advantage: the ability to understand people not only in the context of their internal world, but also within the systems they move through — workplaces, relationships, teams, families and organisational structures. This creates a systemic, whole-person lens that integrates emotional wellbeing, workplace dynamics, leadership pressures and identity development. She has supported leaders and professionals across diverse industries to strengthen resilience, navigate conflict, manage burnout, communicate more effectively and grow in ways that feel genuine rather than performative.
This combined experience deeply informs her clinical work. Vanessa is skilled in supporting clients who are navigating the intersection between personal wellbeing and professional demands — including role overload, burnout, workplace trauma, competing expectations, people-pleasing patterns, perfectionism and self-worth tied to achievement. She brings a balance of clinical expertise and real-world insight to help clients rediscover clarity, re-establish stability and restore the “colour” and meaning that heavy workplace expectations can diminish.
Vanessa is committed to culturally responsive, safe and ethically grounded practice. She works collaboratively, inviting clients to understand their values, strengthen psychological flexibility and take steps toward a life that feels more aligned and fulfilling. She believes therapy is most effective when it is authentic, relationship-focused and shaped by the person’s strengths, lived experience and unique goals.
Outside the therapy room, Vanessa is dedicated to continual learning, reflective practice and ongoing professional development — modelling the same principles of flexibility, curiosity and growth that underpin her therapeutic work. She remains committed to maintaining high ethical standards, staying current with research and delivering care that is thoughtful, responsible and genuinely helpful.
This combined experience deeply informs her clinical work. Vanessa is skilled in supporting clients who are navigating the intersection between personal wellbeing and professional demands — including role overload, burnout, workplace trauma, competing expectations, people-pleasing patterns, perfectionism and self-worth tied to achievement. She brings a balance of clinical expertise and real-world insight to help clients rediscover clarity, re-establish stability and restore the “colour” and meaning that heavy workplace expectations can diminish.
Vanessa is committed to culturally responsive, safe and ethically grounded practice. She works collaboratively, inviting clients to understand their values, strengthen psychological flexibility and take steps toward a life that feels more aligned and fulfilling. She believes therapy is most effective when it is authentic, relationship-focused and shaped by the person’s strengths, lived experience and unique goals.
Outside the therapy room, Vanessa is dedicated to continual learning, reflective practice and ongoing professional development — modelling the same principles of flexibility, curiosity and growth that underpin her therapeutic work. She remains committed to maintaining high ethical standards, staying current with research and delivering care that is thoughtful, responsible and genuinely helpful.