Kate Rooney

Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychologist

BPsych (Hons), MPsych (Clin)

Kate is a dedicated Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years of experience working with children, adolescents, and families in both private and public mental health settings. She completed her Master of Clinical Psychology and Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) in Adelaide, South Australia. Kate has recently relocated to Melbourne with her family.

Kate is passionate about supporting the emotional wellbeing of children and young people. She focuses on strengthening meaningful connections and relationships with friends and family to promote healthy development. Her goal is to help young people and their families understand their emotional struggles, build on existing strengths, and develop new skills to manage the challenges of childhood and adolescence.

Specialising in a wide range of emotional, social, behavioural, developmental and relational difficulties, Kate has extensive experience working with issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma, interpersonal and family relationship difficulties, grief and loss, life stress, neurodivergent conditions (including autism and ADHD), school issues, and behavioural challenges.

In addition to her clinical work, Kate is an accredited supervisor, providing clinical supervision to other psychologists and mental health clinicians.

Kate’s warm, empathic, and collaborative therapy style is tailored to meet the individual needs of her clients and their families. Her work draws from a variety of evidence-based therapeutic approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Attachment Theory, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) and trauma-informed therapies.

Kate accepts referrals for psychological therapy for children and adolescents aged 3-18 years old.

Kate also offers clinical supervision for other health or educational child mental health professionals, including psychologists completing the clinical registrar program.

For enquiries or to make an appointment, please contact Kate at [email protected]

Phone: 0425 154 318

 

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