Medication Assisted Psychotherapy

Clara holds an honours degree in Psychology and a master's degree in Clinical Psychology, both from Macquarie University. She is in her final years of a PhD at the Matilda Centre, University of Sydney, with her thesis examining people’s experiences of therapy while engaged in the NSW Drug Court Program, using both qualitative and quantitative methodology. Clara is registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and is a member of the Australian Clinical Psychology Association (ACPA). She is a registered supervisor with AHPRA and provides supervision to both provisional psychologists and clinical psychology registrars. Clara has a 20-year history of clinical work within the forensic, clinical and substance misuse fields of psychology, working in both public and private facilities. She has worked extensively with children and adults, specialising in the assessment and treatment of complex presentations where a person may have multiple comorbidities and have endured traumatic experiences. For the past 14 years, Clara has worked privately providing psychological therapies to adults experiencing clinical mental health disorders. She has also been providing psychological assessments and reports to the Courts specialising mainly in drug use disorders. For the past two years, she has been consulting with Ngaoara providing psychological interventions and support to Aboriginal children with a history of trauma and limited social support. Clara utilises several clinical interventions in her work, including Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Radically Open Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (RO DBT), Schema Therapy and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. She is particularly interested in relational psychodynamic approaches to therapy.

Angela graduated with a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) and a Master of Professional Psychology both from Macquarie University. She is a provisionally registered psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia and has been counselling, assessing, and treating adults and young adults for 2 years. Angela is passionate about improving her client’s quality of life and is experienced with adults from late adolescence through to the very elderly. Angela is trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and has experience working with a broad range of clinical presentations, including alcohol and other drugs, depression, anxiety, PTSD/C-PTSD and ADHD.

She has worked in a number of public and private settings in the UK and Melbourne, initially as a nurse and advocate and then as a psychologist in both group and individual therapy settings. Hannah is trained and experienced in a number of therapies including ACT, DBT, EMDR and Schema therapy. She uses parts work informed by IFS and ego state therapy. She has had her own solo private practice for nearly 5 years working predominantly with people with PTSD and complex PTSD. Hannah is passionate about working with individuals in a collaborative way. Over the past 18 months she has developed a special interest in psychedelic-assisted therapy and is enjoying absorbing all she can about this approach. She is a volunteer research therapist on a number of clinical trials. Hannah is down to earth and enjoys nature, books, tea and weight lifting!

She excels at creating supportive, relaxed spaces that facilitate healing and growth. Her expertise is highly valued within The Australian Psychedelic community. In her professional roles, Antanika has served on the Monarch Mental Health Group Consumer Advisory Board since 2023 and is the President of the Australian Psychedelic Society (APS), where she has been a dedicated volunteer since 2018. She is also a student of Health Sciences (Psychology) at Flinders University. Antanika's focus includes integration, drawing from her extensive experience in both therapeutic and recreational settings. Antanika co-leads APS women's groups for peer support and integration and facilitates her own online peer-led integration groups. Additionally, she has worked with community disability and CALD groups and is a co-founding member of the Ethical Psychedelic International Community (EPIC).