Team Members | Think Mental Health

Meet our team

Who you might see

Psychologist

Our team of psychologists are mental health professionals who have studied human behaviour, thoughts, emotions, and cognitive processes.

Clinical Psychologist

Our clinical psychologists are professionals specialising in assessing, diagnosing, and treating mental health conditions and behavioural disorders.

Psychiatrist

A psychiatrist is a medical doctor who specializes in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health disorders. Psychiatrists may prescribe medication.

General Practitioner

Our general practitioner provides continued, comprehensive assistance with a range of physical, mental and emotional illnesses with varied complexities.

Role
Psychologist
Clinical Psychologist
Psychiatrist
General Practitioner

Speciality
ADHD
Adjustment to Injury and Illness
Adolescence
Adults
Alcohol Use
Anxiety
Autism
Binge Eating
Bipolar
Body Image Concerns
Bulimia Nervosa
CALD populations
Children and Their Families
Depression
Developmental Disorders
disordered eating
Eating Disorders
Emotional Dysregulation
Family Therapy
Gambling
General Practitioner
Grief
insomnia
Interpersonal Issues
Late Adolescents
Medically Unexplained Symptoms
Men
OCD
Panic
Parenting Issues
Perinatal Mental Health
Psychiatry
Psychotic Disorders
PTSD
Relational Issues
Relationship Counselling
Relationship issues
Specific Phobias
Stress
Substance Use
Trauma
Women and Their Families in the Perinatal Period
Women’s Health
Women’s Mental Health
Workplace Issues

Age Range
Adolescent (12-18)
Adolescent (15-18)
Adolescent (16-18)
Adult (18+)
Adult (24+)
Children (under 12)
Older Persons

Vanessa Hamilton

Vanessa is a director and founder of Think Mental Health and has over 25 years of experience working with children, adolescents, adults and families as a clinical psychologist.

Jason McCrae

Jason has nearly 20 years of expertise in various clinical psychology roles and is a director and founder of Think Mental Health.

Ana Diaz

Ana is a registered psychologist, is fluent in English and Spanish, and works primarily with adults with a special interest in alcohol and drug dependence abuse, interpersonal relationships, and adjustment and stress-related disorders.

Bec Meagher

Bec Meagher is a registered psychologist who has experience working across the lifespan and with varied clinical presentations, including anxiety, depression, stress, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and disordered eating.

Caitlin Hammond

Caitlin is a clinical psychologist and is passionate about working with clients who are experiencing a range of mental health issues, including anxiety, depression, stress and interpersonal issues.

Caitlin Rees

Caitlin is a clinical psychologist who was drawn to working in mental health while practicing as a registered nurse.

Emma Dunstone

Emma is a clinical registrar who has experience working across the lifespan and with varied clinical presentations, including anxiety disorders, depression, trauma, developmental disorders, and relational issues.

Louise Hurley

Louise is a clinical registrar who is passionate about taking a strength-based, person-centred approach to working with clients as they navigate mental health challenges such as anxiety, depression, stress, grief, and interpersonal issues.

Joanna Maning

Joanna is a clinical registrar undertaking the clinical registrar program. Jo is passionate about connecting with clients from a person-centred perspective.

Melissa Nihill

Melissa is a clinical psychologist that enjoys working with people of all ages but with a specific interest in young people (particularly ages 12-25), and supporting parents, including new parents in the perinatal period, and those with young children and primary school-aged children.

Michelle McRae

Michelle is registered psychologist who has experience in a broad range of psychological areas. Her experience is primarily with adults, older persons and older adolescents (16+) and she has a strong interest in trauma management, including the use of eye movement desensitisation and reprogramming (EMDR) therapy.

Miranda Morrissey

Miranda is a clinical psychologist who works primarily with adults, however, also has an interest in assisting older adolescents (15+) and their families.

Monika Fridgant

Monika is a registered psychologist who has experience working across a range of life-stages and with varied clinical presentations, including anxiety, depression, trauma, and relational issues.

Monon Tarannum

Monon is a clinical psychologist who has experience working across a range of different clinical presentations such as anxiety, depression, stress, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), binge eating, bulimia nervosa and relationship difficulties.

Natalie Menezes

Natalie is a registered psychologist who enjoys supporting people of all ages but is particularly passionate about working with young people and their families and treating anxiety, depression, stress, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), eating disorders and trauma-related difficulties.

Natalie Taylor

Natalie is a registered psychologist undertaking the Master of Clinical Psychology (Post-Registration). She has a particular interest in longer-term patient care across the lifespan.

Sean Dicks

Sean is a clinical psychologist with over 20 years’ experience. He enjoys working with individuals across the lifespan with varied clinical presentations but has a particular interest in working with adults, and has particular experience, training and interest in working with couples undertaking relationship counselling.

Joshua Wood

Josh is a provisional psychologist undertaking his final year of the Master of Clinical Psychology program at the University of Canberra.

William Smith

William is a provisional psychologist undertaking his final, 6th year professional training with Think Mental Health, after completing his tertiary education in Psychology at the Australian National University.

Dr. Emma Adams

Dr Emma Adams is a psychiatrist specialising in perinatal and infant mental health. She also sees general adult psychiatry, in particular anxiety disorders, mood disorders and trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in first responders and other situations.

Dr. Judy Clarke

Dr Judy Clarke is a consultation liaison psychiatrist with an interest and expertise in mental health conditions that occur alongside or are caused by physical health problems, including medically unexplained symptoms.

Dr. Meredith Whiting

Dr Meredith Whiting is a consultant psychiatrist with a particular interest in working with survivors of trauma, including Complex PTSD, perinatal work and longer-term patient care.

Dr. Louise Stone

Dr Louise Stone is a general practitioner (GP) with extended skills in mental health, who works with patients across the lifespan, with a particular interest in working with young people.

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