PRACTITIONERS
Junior Clinicians
Ms Molly McVean, Provisional Psychologist
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Molly is an AHPRA-registered Provisional Psychologist who has completed her Masters in Professional Psychology at La Trobe University, who is finishing her final internship at Maple Leaf Psychology & Allied Health.
Molly has many years' experience working within the mental health and wellness sectors, with both adolescents and adults. Molly values the uniqueness of each client, tailoring treatments to address a range of emotional and developmental concerns across the adolescent to older adult lifespan. She values forming genuine therapeutic connections with her clients and assist them in meeting their goals.
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Molly primarily utilises Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) but also incorporates elements of other third-wave modalities. She works with clients presenting with depression, anxiety and stress.
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Molly sees clients aged 16 years and over, privately and through NDIS-funding.
Ms Chantelle Boucher, Provisional Psychologist
Chantelle is an AHPRA-registered Provisional Psychologist who has completed her Masters in Professional Psychology at La Trobe University. We are so excited to have Chantelle working with Dr Claire Milligan (Clinical Psychologist) for her final (!) Internship at Maple Leaf Psychology & Allied Health.
Chantelle has many years of experience as a Mental Health Support Worker, working with both children and adults. She is a warm and compassionate Provisional Psychologist who endeavours to form a friendly and authentic therapeutic alliance with her clients and in assisting them in finding a path through their struggles.
Chantelle provides an evidence-based therapeutic approach which predominately stems from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
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Chantelle currently sees clients aged 10 years and over, privately and through NDIS-funding.
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Ms Heather Litchfield, Accredited Mental Health Social Worker
Heather is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker under the Australian Association of Social Work, with thirteen years in practice alongside young people, adults, and families, within child protection, public mental health and private practice.
Heather provides a space for a genuine authentic connection based on compassion, where you are the expert on your experience. Heather walks alongside her clients through their journey of self-discovery assisting them to make meaningful change.
Heather specialises in collaborating with her clients experiencing a range of challenges within their lives such as anxiety, depression, body image, disordered eating, emotional eating, relationships, carrying the mental load of modern life, experiencing a negative inner critic, poor boundaries, low self-esteem and eating disorders among others.
Heather validates her client’s experience of modern life, mental health, and well-being by allowing them to have a safe space to explore their experience with the use of a range of frameworks such as narrative therapy, acceptance commitment therapy, compassion-focused therapy, mindfulness and specialist supportive clinical management.
Heather sees clients aged 12 and over (17 and over for clients with Eating Disorders), via Mental Health Care Plans, Eating Disorder Treatment Plans and privately.
Senior Clinicians
Ms Di Buckley
Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, Graduate Diploma of Counselling
Di worked in the community sector in homelessness, crisis services, foster care, and family services for twenty years before transitioning to counselling services. Within these roles she has gained significant experience in addressing the mental health needs of women, men, adolescents, children, and relationship issues within families.
Di prioritizes the relationship and trust required for people to feel comfortable in the counselling space, enabling clients to explore issues that are creating distress or difficulties within their lives. Di focuses on the strengths of the person and their capacity to overcome the challenges they have experienced, with support and connection.
Dependent upon the identified issues, Di uses strategies drawn from trauma theory, grief counselling, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, crisis interventions, narrative techniques, cognitive behavioural therapy, and other modalities.
Di sees clients from the age of ten years, through adolescence and adulthood, under Mental Health Treatment Plans and privately.
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Di is also experienced in providing clinical supervision and reflective practice
for individuals and groups.
Ms Jade Cox, Clinical Psychologist
Jade is a registered clinical psychologist with experience in private, community and hospital mental health settings. She has experience working across the lifespan and has worked with a broad range of mental health difficulties. She enjoys working with a diverse range of clients and her areas of interest include but are not limited to depression, anxiety, health related concerns, relationship and adjustment issues and self-esteem.
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Jade sees clients aged 16 and over, via Mental Health Care Plans and privately.
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Clinic Director & Principal Psychologist
Dr Claire Milligan, Clinical Psychologist
Dr Claire Milligan is a Clinical Psychologist and founder of Maple Leaf Psychology & Allied Health. Claire has over 10 years experience in both the public and private sectors. She sees adolescents and adults who are struggling with depression, anxiety, grief and trauma issues, amongst other issues. Claire is trained in CBT, ACT, Schema Therapy and practices Internal Family Systems-informed care.
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Claire sees clients aged 15 and over, via Mental Health Care Plans and privately.
As an endorsed Clinical Supervisor, Claire is also available for clinical supervision.
