Marcus has a passion to help people move forward by actively caring for, committing to, and challenging them. His professional counselling is founded in the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Recovery approaches, including getting in touch with what people value, mindfulness and focusing on people’s strengths. Marcus has a high level of knowledge and…

Dr. Clifford and Joyce Penner are sexual therapists, educators and authors of eleven books, their most recent are ENJOY: The Gift of Sexual Pleasure for Women and Married Guy’s Guide to Great Sex. They work together as a team: counselling individuals and couples, leading sexual enhancement seminars for couples, teaching sex-education for pre-teens and their…

Shivon is employed as a School Counsellor in the Independent Education system in Melbourne. She has a broad range of experience in working with children, adolescents and their families to support young people’s educational, social and emotional development and mental health. She also provides specialised family therapy to families within her workplace in the context…

Trish Purnell-Webb is a clinical psychologist with a wealth of experience in the broad spectrum of adult mental health with specialist training and experience in relationship therapy and trauma. Trish holds a MPsych(Clin), is a Senior Certified Gottman Marital Therapist, Master Trainer and Consultant for the Gottman Institute, the first one in Austalia. Trish delivers…

Melanie Raimundo has a Diploma in Counselling, is a Facilitator and Accredited Play of Life Trainer and Coach, and Enneagram.rc Coach. Melanie is a professional member of the International Enneagram Association (IEA) and a partner of Relationship Capital, a corporate and personal consulting organisation. She has previously worked corporately with government and private organisations including…

Dr. Carlos A Raimundo, has studies in medicine, surgery, psychotherapy, psychiatry in Argentina, theology in the USA, communities in Europe & USA and management & leadership in Australia. Carlos is the author of Relationship Capital (Prentice Hall, 2002) and the creator of the 3d Visualisation and Simulation Model also known as Play of Life®, which…

Robyn became SA’s second Certified Gottman Therapist in 2019 after being introduced to the Gottman model during her Master’s degree. During these past 15 years, she has undertaken ongoing training in couples therapy according to various models, including Gottman training levels 1 to 3. In 2014, under the supervision of CCAA founder, Dr John Court,…

Donna has been working with children and young people for over 20 years in various fields. Her qualifications in midwifery, education and counselling have made a solid platform for her work, allowing her to use developmental, educational and psychological theories collectively. Donna is married to David and together they have 3 children of their own,…

Monique has a background in counselling and psychology, specialising in supporting people in crisis. She has worked in bereavement for a decade, and is passionate about bearing witness to the unbearable with her clients and walking alongside them on their path to rebuilding. To learn more about Standby, please visit the national website https://standbysupport.com.au/.   

Dr Leonie White is a Psychologist and Clinical Family Therapist with 20 years experience including work with children, adults, families, foster families, residential care providers, teachers and other therapists, in Australian and Canadian Education Systems, as well as working in Health, and Australian and Canadian Child Protection Systems. Currently Leonie specializes in Mental Health by…