ABOUT
Justin is an experienced Clinical Psychologist with over 10 years’ experience working with adolescents and adults.
Following completion of his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Justin held a role within a dynamic multidisciplinary mental health service at Eastern Health for eight years, including several as a senior clinician and team leader. He worked with client’s presenting with complex, and often co-occurring, difficulties, including relationship problems, depression, anxiety, PTSD/trauma, attachment difficulties, personality disorders, eating disorders, substance use, and neurodevelopmental issues (e.g., ADHD/ASD).
Over the past five years, Justin has worked in private practice (with rooms in Hawthorn and Box Hill North) supporting adolescents and adults, offering both short-term, goal-focused treatment (e.g., those with stress, anxiety, and/or depressed mood related to work, school/university, family, or relationship stress) as well as longer-term therapy (especially for those with chronic issues and trauma) providing an opportunity for deeper work, greater insights, and lasting change.
Justin has particular interest and expertise in working with adults and adolescents who present with: depression or depressed mood, anxiety (especially generalised worry and social anxiety), low self-esteem/self-critical, relationship difficulties (e.g., rejection sensitivity, triggered easily/over-react, clinginess, passivity, and avoidant behaviours etc.), and those who also have these problems that date back to early life adversity and trauma. Justin also enjoys working with clients who have, or think they may have, ADHD.
Justin also works closely with parents of teens, assisting them to better understand, engage, and support their child with their emotional, social, academic, or behavioural difficulties.
His approach integrates thorough assessment, followed by extensive feedback, with evidence-based therapies including Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy, Schema Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, and Psychodynamic-informed therapy.
Justin is a Member of the Australian Psychological Society (MAPS).