Meet your therapist

Candice is a psychologist known for her deep clinical insight, warmth, and down-to-earth presence. With a background shaped by lived experience of grief and loss, she brings both expertise and genuine empathy to her work with individuals and couples. Candice has contributed to national conversations on grief, trauma, and mental health through podcasts, public speaking, workshops, webinars, and published works.

Her clinical interests include prolonged and traumatic grief, disenfranchised grief (such as miscarriage, IVF, and pet loss), body image and bariatric psychology, obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, and mood and anxiety disorders. She is especially passionate about supporting clients navigating complex emotional experiences that are often misunderstood or overlooked.

Candice’s therapeutic style is collaborative, compassionate, and grounded in evidence-based care. She creates a safe and affirming space where clients feel seen, supported, and empowered. Her work is person-centred and trauma-informed, drawing on a range of modalities including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), Schema therapy, EMDR, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), cognitive processing therapy, and psychodynamic approaches.

Above all, Candice feels privileged to walk alongside people in their healing journeys and values the trust placed in her with deep respect.

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Qualifications and Training

• Doctorate of Psychology (Clinical), Cairnmillar Institute (awaiting conferrment)
• Bachelor of Psychology (Honours), Cairnmillar Institute
• Bachelor of Psychological Science (majoring in Advanced Psychology and Criminology), Swinburne University
• EMDR Training through EMDR Academy of Australia
• Eating Disorders essential training and CBT-E through InsideOut
• Schema Therapy training through Schema Therapy Training Australia
• Trauma-informed care, vicarious trauma and specialist training for mental health professionals through Phoenix Australia
• Specialist training in grief, loss and trauma through Griefline
• IAR-DST trained
• Mental Health First Aid
• Psychological First Aid

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Experience

• Grief counsellor for a not-for-profit organisation Griefline (adults)
• Private practice (adolescents and adults)
• Community health (adolescents and adults, CALD and refugee people)
• Public hospital inpatient psychiatric unit (adults)
• Private hospital inpatient psychiatric unit (adults)
• Facilitation of inpatient, outpatient and community health support groups (adults)
• Graduate psychology Research Supervisor
• Sessional academic