The team

Kat Wyeth

Director, Senior Psychologist

Please note Kat’s books are currently closed to new clients. If you are a previous or current client who would like to enquire about the current wait time, please reach out to [email protected] or email Kat 🙂

Hi there, I am Kat.

I am the Director + Senior Psychologist of the Psych Collaborative and I so thrilled you are here.

My aim as a Psychologist is to ensure you feel completely comfortable in taking the first step to seeking support. I have been told I have a nurturing, safe and compassionate approach.

I love to learn how you came to be you.

By understanding your story, I can work with you to create change by providing practical strategies to care for your mental health.  I also strongly advocate for a holistic approach to your psychological wellbeing, such as recognising the importance of all areas of your life (relationships, work life balance, sleep, diet, exercise, spirituality), as well as utilising mindfulness as a tool to support therapy.

The areas I work the most closely with is high functioning anxiety in professional women and adult ADHD. I also love to work in the spaces of working through perfectionism and people-pleasing via a lens of self-compassion.

I am neuro-affirming and work with clients of different ages, across different cultures and sexual orientations.

What I can help with:

• How to manage your anxiety holistically by providing you the why, so you can move forward with the how
• How to calm and regulate your nervous system
• How to break through patterns of people pleasing, perfectionism + imposter syndrome
• Understanding and caring for your depression
• How to get out of the burnout cycle
• Understanding and working with your adult ADHD (not against it!)
• How to improve your self-worth
• Wanting to work through patterns that don’t serve you via thought work and nervous system work

Fees: 

Initial assessment 80 minutes: $375 ($282.10 after Medicare rebate)

Ongoing sessions 50 minutes: $225 ($133.10 after Medicare rebate)

Please note the Australian Psychological Society (APS) recommended fee for seeing a psychologist in 2024 at $300.00/hour, though we have kept fees at $225.00/hour.

Rebates:

Please note I offer private health insurance rebates and Medicare Mental Health Care Plan rebates upon request, please let me know in our first appointment if you are wanting to use the MHCP.

The MHCP means you may be eligible for $96.25 rebate per appointment for up to ten sessions.

If you would like to use the MHCP, please visit your GP for a Plan and email the Plan to the practice [email protected]

What about when I’m not with clients?

There’s nothing I love more than a good long run and a dip after to cool down, that is one of my favourite kinds of therapy (and so underrated!).

I also love to surf, hike, travel, a good podcast, practicing yoga and of course, a cheesy rom-com and burgers to recharge the batteries.

I live on the beautiful South Coast of NSW with my husband Josh, daughter Delilah and my fur baby, Sammy.

What am I reading?

Right now I am reading The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi

What’s my Spotify looking like? 

I am currently into a very chill mix of the ‘Peaceful Piano’ playlist, Noah Kahan and Lewis Capaldi

Aimee Hudson

Director + Principal Clinical Psychotherapist (B. A Psych, MPsychother & Couns)

Please note: Aimee’s books are currently closed to new clients 

Hello! I’m Aimee, a director and co-founder of The Psych Collaborative and I would like to offer you a very warm welcome!

My fundamental aim as a Psychodynamic Psychotherapist, is to build a safe space for you to understand how you came to be ‘you’. I believe that having a deep understanding of your past experiences, the unconscious messages that you have internalised over time and the function of your behaviour allows you to become empowered to change the way you relate to yourself and others in the here and now.

I walk with you through a process to understand the different parts of you and the roles they play and become free from outdated patterns that keep you stuck. I have a genuine passion and curiosity in exploring your experiences and the very things that make you human! Whether you are new, or returning to therapy, I aim to provide a safe and accepting space to nurture you through the self-discovery of your inner worlds, past and present.

I’m passionate about understanding the root of trauma and strengthening attachments.

How do I work with Clients?

My practice is attachment-based and trauma-informed.  I use the mind-body connection and inner child work to address gaps in processing uncomfortable emotions and painful experiences.

I prioritise safety and inclusivity as we walk through this process at your pace, in our confidential judgment-free online space.

What can I support you with?

• Trauma – C-PTSD, PTSD, developmental and complex trauma, sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse.
• Emotional Regulation – understanding psychological defences and unconscious adaptive mechanisms and how to up-regulate or down-regulate the nervous system.
• Attachment – understanding your internal relational blueprint, childhood attachment injury, patterns of avoidance, co-dependency, love addiction and trauma bonding.
• Self-worth – exploring core beliefs, shame, guilt, people-pleasing, perfectionism, imposter syndrome etc to develop a whole sense of self and reconnect to authenticity.
• Anxiety – Understanding the function of anxiety and the nervous system to care for panic, Stress, Anxiety Disorders.
• Depression – Understanding the function of depression and how to care for symptoms and regulate emotions.
• Interpersonal Relationships – Having difficulty navigating relationships in the spaces of romantic, friendships, family, work, community. Learning how to set and maintain healthy boundaries, communication skills, staying committed to your values and interests, receiving love if you feel you are always giving and asking for support if you feel you are hyper-independent.
• Couples counselling (Attachment injury, communication, conflict, intimacy concerns, infidelity)
• Grieving and Loss: divorce, death, loss of employment, complicated loss of childhood, miscarriage, infertility, life transitions, childhood wounding

What about when I’m not with clients?

I love the simple pleasures like morning coffee’s, spending time with fun and loving friends, heading away for a weekend camping trip with my partner and sunrise beach walks with my beautiful dogs Mowgli and Meeko!

My current book recommendation is “Why has nobody told me this before?” By Dr Julie Smith.

Fees: 

*Please note I offer private health insurance rebates

Maddie Powell

Registered Social Worker

Hi there!

I’m Maddie, I am registered Social Worker under the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) and I’m currently completing a Master of Counselling through the Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors (AIPC).

I have an energetic, warm and empathic approach to holding space. I am passionate about helping people through life’s challenges and have a wide range of experience and interest in anxiety, depression and trauma.

I use a solutions-focused framework, which means supporting you to identify your strengths to guide you to get out of situations you may constantly feel stuck in. I can also use a trauma informed framework, which creates a safe environment for you to unpack trauma you may have experienced, acknowledge how trauma may affect your life today, and support you to rebuild a sense of empowerment and control.

Having a way forward can be helpful for improving your overall personal and social well-being by using compassion and care. My experience has extended from mental health, child protection, out-of-home care, and foster care. I have worked with young people with trauma backgrounds and I’m passionate about early intervention and supporting mental health.

Areas of experience and interest include:

• Trauma informed care
• Anxiety presentations
• Depression
• Stress
• Conflict Resolution
• Decision making and goal setting
• Interpersonal relationships
• Self-worth
• Identity (including culture, gender, sexuality, Indigenous heritage and spiritual orientation.

When not at The Pysch Collaborative, you’ll find me spending time with my puppy, at the gym, cooking home-cooked meals, and travelling to visit friends and family.

Fees: 

Initial assessment: $175

Ongoing sessions: $145

Check ins: $75

Lisa Brown

Registered Psychologist

Hi there,

I am Lisa, a registered Psychologist.

Vani Morrison

Administration

Vani is currently amidst her Clinical Masters studying psychology, and hopes to become a practising psychologist in the coming years.

Vani also considers herself an avid “thrifter” who loves searching for funky vintage fashion finds in the local second-hand shops. When she is not studying, or thrifting, you can find her cafe-hopping sipping on good coffee, or sitting by the beach awing over how cute someone’s dog is.