Jess is a Senior Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AMHSW) who specializes in child and adolescent mental health, trauma, mood, and anxiety disorders, personality disorders, risk management, and family therapy. Jess also sees adults for individual and couples therapy. Jess also holds a diploma in psychotherapy and is in the process of completing her master's in psychotherapy. Jess is an accredited practitioner under the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)

 

Jess has been working in the mental health profession since 2011 in the public and private sectors. Over the last six years, Jess has primarily been working in a private practice pediatric clinic where she is a senior therapist who is part of the current leadership team. Jess also works privately seeing clients from home. Jess specializes in mood and anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), personality disorders, risk, and behavior management, emotional regulation, school-refusing behaviors, and family therapy. In addition, Jess works in primary and secondary school settings, offering individual counseling, group programs, behavior management, family interventions, and high-risk student management. Jess also clinically supervises other mental health practitioners who require support with case management and high-risk client presentations.

 

Jess is an intuitive empath who works from a strength-based perspective to help children, young people, adults, and families achieve their goals. Jess strongly believes in practicing within a holistic framework, so Jess has blended her clinical practice with a holistic approach. Jess is trained in Reiki energy healing and has completed her level one and two Reiki qualifications. Jess is also a qualified tarot and oracle card practitioner.