Emily Powell

Registered Psychologist

Emily is a psychologist with general registration, currently undertaking the Clinical Registrar program. Emily adopts a warm and gentle approach to supporting clients, and aims to understand what works for each individual and adopting her approach based on this.

Emily is passionate about working with children, adolescents, and their families and has experience working across public (including inpatient and community settings), private practice, and school settings. 

Emily’s clinical interests include anxiety, depression, stress, perfectionism, attachment concerns, emotion regulation difficulties, OCD, ADHD, and situational mutism.

Emily is committed to adopting a neurodiversity-affirming approach to her practice, and has a particular interest in supporting young Autistic people.

Emily is trained and experienced in working with Eating Disorders and is trained in first-line treatment approaches, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Enhanced (CBT-E) and Family Based Treatment (FBT).

Emily incorporates a range of evidence-based therapies, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT).

Masters of Psychology

Bachelor of Psychology (Hons) 

Bachelor of Social Science

Registered Psychologist – Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA)

Emily sees children, adolescents, and parents

Emily consults the following hours:

Tuesdays 11am - 6.30pm 

Adjustment and life transition challenges

Attention Deficity Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Anger and Impulsivity issues

Anxiety, worries and fears

Attachment 

Autism
Behavioural problems and discipline
Body image concerns

Boundary settings

Bullying

Conflict resolution
Cognitive assessment

Eating disorders
Emotion regulation difficulties
Educational assessments

Family stress, separation and divorceIdentity

Interpersonal skills

Learning and motivation issues

LGBTIQA+

Low mood and mood disturbance

Low self-esteem

Mixed and blended families

Neurodivergence

OCD

Parenting support 

Relationships

Resilience

Self harm / suicidal ideation 

Separation and adjustment concerns

Sexual behaviour
School refusal

Sibling rivalry 

Sleep

Social challenges

Tantrums 

Trauma