Practitioners
Leanne Micallef , Psychologist
Leanne offers a calm, warm, practical and non-judgemental approach fostering a sense of safety to open up.
Leanne draws from a range of evidence-based therapeutic approaches* aiming to support you in improving self-insight, gaining clarity, building skills and clearing the path to identify and achieve goals and improve your life. Her passion and drive in her practice is to be a key person in your journey that helps you make a difference.
Areas of interest
~ Anxiety, panic, stress and burnout
~ Adjustment issues
~ Adolescent anxiety-related issues including school refusal / "school can't"
~ Mid-life ‘unravelling’
~ Neurodivergent challenges, ADHD (NDIS welcome)
~ Life transitions & challenges
~ Work-life balance challenges
~ Emotional regulation
~ Depression
~ Grief
~ Trauma
Face-to-face in Geelong office or via Zoom/Telehealth available.
Background
~Leanne became a Registered Psychologist in 2007
~ Full member of the Australian Association of Psychologists Inc (AAPi), a leading professional body for psychologists.
Across her career, Leanne has worked across corporate, government, consulting, educational, volunteer and private settings in organisational development, leadership, coaching, learning & development, counselling and therapy, working with both adults and adolescents.
*including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive-behavioural Therapy (CBT), Rogerian/person-centred therapy, Solutions-Focused Therapy (SFT), psycho-education