Neo adopts a multi-disciplinary team-based approach: Hand-picked, Doctoral & Masters trained Clinical and Educational Psychologists* work closely with a complementary mix of talented, highly experienced professionals from Social Work, family therapy, education, youth work, outdoor education & other specialist fields.
*Please be aware that - unlike our team of Psychologists - not all other Psychologists are highly trained. The majority of Psychologists in private practices DO NOT have accredited professional Masters or Doctoral level training in Psychology and therefore - by law - are not endorsed to practice Clinical or Educational Psychology (or any other field of Psychology). Dr Crisp has been working with the Australian Psychological Society's Professional Practice Advisory Group and has lobbied the Psychology Board of Australia to require all Psychologists to advertise their qualifications and expertise transparently, accurately and truthfully (click here to see Dr Crisp's detailed submission). |
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Director
Dr Simon Crisp MAPS
BA DipEdPsych MPsych(Child & Ed.) DPsych(Clinical Child Adol & Family)
Clinical Psychologist School of Psychology & Psychiatry Monash University Churchill Fellow |
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Registered Psychologist - Psychology Board of Australia No. 1119246
Founding Member of the Australian Clinical Psychology Association
Member of the Australian Psychological Society (20 years)
Member of the APS College of Clinical Psychologists (1993-2010)
Member of the Australian Research Alliance for Children & Youth
Email: simon@neopsychology.com.au
Simon has been working with people of all ages for nearly 30 years, and has been a practicing Clinical Psychologist for over 20 years. As well as extensive experience working with adults, he has advanced specialist qualifications and expertise in child, adolescent and family psychology, including a broad training that includes Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), psychodynamic psychotherapy and family therapy. Simon has an international reputation for pioneering Wilderness Adventure Therapy® in Australia, as well as developing the nation's first, and highly acclaimed adolescent mental health day-program: The Brief Intervention Program (BIP) at the Austin Hospital, Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service. Here he held the position of Senior Clinical Psychologist and Director of Adolescent Day-Patient Services. He was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 1996 to study other innovative therapy approaches overseas. Through his career, he has worked intensively with a variety of many hundreds of young people, their parents and families.
In his commitment to constantly improving services for young people, Simon has researched the innovative crisis counselling model he developed in 2002 - Psychological First Response® – for teachers and youth professionals at Monash University. Simon has been a lecturer in post-graduate Counselling and Ethics & Professional Issues at Monash University and at the School of Business at La Trobe University. Simon is a frequent conference presenter nationally and internationally, and runs courses, professional development and supervision for mental health professionals and teachers. A past columnist in the national Teacher Magazine, he also regularly appears for expert comment in print media and television.
Simon's personal assistant is Millie Holmes who can be contacted on Tel: 0430 059 859 or Email: intake@neopsychology.com.au
Consultants
Emma Lund MAPS
Senior Consultant Psychologist
Registered Psychologist - Psychology Board of Australia No. 1124199
Member of the Australian Psychological Society
Member of the APS Division of Independently Practicing Psychologists
Member of the Australian Guidance & Counselling Association
Email: emma@neopsychology.com.au
Emma has over 12 years experience counseling and coaching individuals of all ages. With a broad background in health and mental health, she has expertise in stress management, relationship issues and treating anxiety, depression, and health-related behaviours, including weight management and insomnia using the Sleep Better® program. Emma is also an accredited Hypnobirthing® practitioner, childbirth educator, and offers pregnancy support counselling.
Emma has specialised qualifications in child, adolescent & family Psychology and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). She has worked as a School and Educational Psychologist at St Kevins College, Toorak, and has been instrumental in developing Neo's innovative Psychological First Response® intervention. She has many years experience in facilitating adolescent and parent programs, and is accredited as a Positive Parenting Program (Triple-P®) facilitator and a Wilderness Adventure Therapy® Assistant.
Dr Gerke Witt MAPS
BSc(Hons) DPsych(Clinical)
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Registered Psychologist - Psychology Board of Australia No. 1124673
Member of the Australian Psychological Society
Member of the College of Clinical Psychologists
Email: gerke@neopsychology.com.au
Gerke has doctoral training in clinical psychology and has been a consultant on professional issues for the Australian Psychological Society. Gerke specialises in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and has a broad experience in psychological practice and research in medical and counselling settings, and with an extensive range of adults and young people. She has a special interest in therapy with children with Autism.
Dr Laura Raniere MAPS
BBSc(Hons) PostGradDipApplPsych DPsych(Clinical)
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Registered Psychologist - Psychology Board of Australia No.
1126374
Member of the Australian Psychological Society
Member of the College of Clinical Psychologists
Email: laura@neopsychology.com.au
Laura has doctoral training in clinical psychology with a specialisation in child and adolescent clinical psychology and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Laura has experience in the psychological treatment of a wide range of child and adolescent mental health issues, with a specialisation with those whom have experienced trauma or abuse. She also has experience with adults, including parent counselling and support.
Dr Tammy Tempelhof MAPS
BA BApplSc(Hons) DPsych(Clinical)
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Registered Psychologist - Psychology Board of Australia No. 1126392
Member of the Australian Psychological Society
Member of the College of Clinical Psychologists
Email: tammy@neopsychology.com.au
Tammy has doctoral training in clinical psychology with a specialisation in child, adolescent and family clinical psychology and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Tammy has experience in the psychological treatment of a wide range of child and adolescent mental health issues, with additional expertise in relationships, and anxiety disorders of children. She also has wide experience with adults, including parent counselling and support.
Amelia King MAPS
BSc GradDipApplPsych MPsych(Clinical)
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Registered Psychologist - Psychology Board of Australia No. 1120938
Member of the Australian Psychological Society
Member of the College of Clinical Psychologists
Email: amelia@neopsychology.com.au
Amelia has been a practicing psychologist for over 10 years and brings extensive experience in counselling with a wide range of clients and issues. She has practiced in out-patient, day-patient and in-patient mental health settings, taking on senior clinical supervision roles. In particular, she has specialised expertise in child, adolescent and family clinical psychology, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, family therapy and psychotherapy.
Ben Callegari MAPS
BPsych(Hons) MPsych(Clinical)
Consultant Psychologist
Registered Psychologist - Psychology Board of Australia No. 1130175
Member of the Australian Psychological Society
Associate Member of the Australian Clinical Psychology Association
Email: ben@neopsychology.com.au
Ben has a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology with a specialisation in mental health disorders, including anxiety in children, adolescents and adults. He has expertise in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and experience in the psychological issues that can arise in medical conditions. Ben has experience in the treatment of a wide range of child, adolescent and mental health issues, and a special interest in the diagnosis and treatment of problematic thought processes.
Ruth Boydell
BSocWk, MSocWk, Clin.Mem.VAFT, AASW
Consultant Social Worker & Family Therapist
Clinical Member of the Victorian Association of Family Therapists
Member of the Australian Association of Social Workers
Email: ruth@neopsychology.com.au
Ruth has 25 years experience as a Social Worker and Family Therapist and holds a Master’s degree in Social Work and post-graduate qualifications in Family Therapy. She trained at the Tavistock Institute in London and Bouverie Clinic, Melbourne and has been the Co-ordinator of Student Counselling at Methodist Ladies College for the last seven years. Ruth specializes in counselling and therapy with young people, their parents and families, and has an interest in long-term health issues faced by young people and their families.
Tena Davies MAPS
BA PGDipPsych MEdPsych
Consultant Psychologist
Registered Psychologist - Psychology Board of Australia No. 1126432
Member of the Australian Psychological Society
Email: tena@neopsychology.com.au
Tena has a master’s degree in Educational Psychology and specialises in child and adolescent psycho-educational assessments, cyber safety, internet bullying and addiction, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Tena has experience in counselling and psychological treatment of a range of mental health issues in children, adolescents and young adults, including depression, anxiety, body-image and self-esteem. Tena also offers workshops on a range of areas relevant to students and parents. She is currently conducting doctoral research into internet use and family relationships at Swinburne University.
Jodie Valpied
BA BTeach GradDipPsych PostGradDipPsych MEd(Special Needs)
Educational Consultant
Member, Victorian Institute of Teaching
Member, World Council for Gifted and Talented Children
Member, Australian Association for the Education of the Gifted & Talented
Member, Victorian Association for Gifted and Talented Children
Member, Aust. Infant, Child, Adolescent & Family Mental Health Assoc.
Email: jodie@neopsychology.com.au
Jodie is an experienced Teacher having taught both primary and secondary students. She has specialised Masters level training in special and gifted education, as well as post-graduate training in Psychology, and has established and worked in various student support services in schools. Jodie has consulted to government and school leadership bodies and lectures on the special needs of the intellectually gifted nationally and internationally. Jodie has a long commitment to intellectually gifted young people through her involvement in organisations such as Mensa Australia and various gifted childrens support associations. Jodie has a particular interest in the social and emotional needs of special needs and gifted children, and the personality attributes and neuroscientific bases of intellectual giftedness.
Victor Sant
Consultant Adolescent Mental Health Clinician
Email: vic@neopsychology.com.au
Vic is a widely experienced adolescent mental health clinician with over 2 decades of experience with young people, parents and families. With a background in youth work and community development, he has been an out-patient clinician at the Austin Hospital, Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service for well over a decade, and has vast experience in developing and running innovative programs for youth in schools and community settings. Vic specialises in engaging and counselling young people and supporting parents of adolescents with mental health, behavioural and social difficulties. He has specialised expertise in innovative group approaches including media-arts based group interventions, such as song-writing and video production workshops (click here to listen to one of Vic's video-clips).
Bronwyn Howell
BEd GradDipOutdoorEd GradDipPsychStudies PostGradDipPsych MPsych
Senior Adventure Facilitator / Consultant Counselling Psychologist
Registered Psychologist VPRB - No. 7757
Member of the Victorian Institute of Teaching
Email: bronwyn@neopsychology.com.au
Bronwyn is a Counselling Psychologist, Teacher and Outdoor Educator. She has taught in secondary schools for 9 years and facilitated young people's development as an Outdoor Educator for a further 9 years. She has also worked in various clinical and community settings with children, adolescents and families. Bronwyn has been widely involved in the professionalisation of the outdoor education field in Australia for many years, and holds qualifications in adventure activity facilitation, and safety & risk management.
Philip Avery
Senior Adventure Facilitator
Email: phil@neopsychology.com.au
Phil is an Outdoor Educator and youth worker with vast experience. He has facilitated people's development through outdoor adventure experiences for over 2 decades, including many years experience running Wilderness Adventure Therapy® programs in clinical, community and school settings. In addition, Phil has over a decade of experience in developing and running youth services and innovative youth development programs. For the last few years, he has been teaching adventure leadership and safety management at the Gordon Institute in Geelong, Victoria. Phil holds numerous qualifications in adventure activity facilitation, is a Ski Patrol officer at Mount Buller Alpine Resort, and is an accredited Wilderness Adventure Therapy® Assistant.
Administration
Millie Holmes
Intake & Referrals Co-ordinator / Personal Assistant to Dr. Crisp
Email: intake@neopsychology.com.au
Tel: 0430 059 859
Millie is completing her Honours (fourth) year of training in Psychology at Deakin University in 2010. She is responsible for the management of client referrals and client waiting list, and liaison with referring professionals. Additionally, she is the Personal Assistant to the Director, Dr. Simon Crisp. Millie's duties are directly supervised by Dr. Crisp, working in accordance with the requirements of the Code of Practice of the Australian Psychological Society.