About Us

Dr Natasha Davison has been working as a caring and dedicated psychologist within the Diamond Creek community since 2015. She has built ‘Your Local Psychologist’ into a thriving clinic with more than 10 clinicians working in two locations (Diamond Creek and Ivanhoe). During this time she has had the privilege of helping hundreds of people resolve their issues and move forward to create a better life. 

In addition to being a registered psychologist for more than 10 years, Natasha is also an accredited results coach, a neuro-linguistic clinician, and a hypnotherapist. She is passionate about helping people in the shortest possible amount of time to get the biggest possible changes. Therefore she has continued to seek and find new ways and methods to get transformational change for people, with the least amount of pain, in the shortest possible time. 

Natasha brings extensive life and work experience, and a deep level of caring and commitment to all of her clients, so that they may have, and be able to create better lives for themselves.

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Clients: Adolescents, Parents, Families.

Anna has over 10 years’ experience as a psychologist and is passionate about empowering children, adolescents and their families to tackle the issues they are facing.

Anna values the contribution of families to the therapeutic process, especially for younger clients. She is also committed to the involvement of schools where appropriate and particularly enjoys working with teenagers!

Anna sees clients for the following issues: School Refusal & Reluctance, Social & Emotional Concerns, Anxiety, Stress Management, Depression & Mood, Grief & Bereavement, Family Issues & Breakdown & Parenting

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Clients: Adults

Dr. Brooke Heinicke is a Clinical Psychologist who understands that each person has their own unique situation and tailors treatment to suit their particular needs.

Brooke is a compassionate, honest and empathic psychologist, who strives to help people achieve a ​better quality of life. She works collaboratively with them to develop a better understanding of their concerns and find a way forward that will help them develop strategies that they can use for the rest of their life.

Brooke sees clients for the following issues: Eating Disorders & Body Image, Anxiety, Self Esteem, Phobias, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder & Depression & Mood

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Clients: Adults, Adolescents, Children (8 years and older)

Dr Sharlene Benton helps clients to live their best life. Her warm, empathic and down-to-earth approach, assists clients to feel supported and safe when exploring their difficulties ​and facilitates clients to build upon their strengths to achieve their goals.

Through this process, she aims for clients to develop a stronger sense of identity, foster meaningful relationships and feel a sense of purpose. She believes that the foundation of any effective psychotherapy is an honest and collaborative therapeutic relationship.

Sharlene sees clients for the following issues: ​Psychotic Disorders, ​Substance Abuse, ​Personality Vulnerabilities, ​Bipolar Disorder, ​Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, ​Depression & ​Anxiety

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Clients: Adults, Adolescents (16 years and older)

For over 10 years, Cristina has worked as a psychologist assisting individuals with mental health concerns develop better ways of coping.

Cristina believes that everyone can benefit from learning psychological principles, not just those in distress. She approaches every client with curiosity not judgement and helps clients recognise and utilise their own strengths to overcome problems.

Cristina sees clients for the following issues: Bipolar Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Depression & Mood, Anxiety, Trauma, Stress Management, Addiction, Sleep Issues, Chronic or Persistent Pain, Self Esteem, Parenting, Grief & Bereavement, Relationship Discord

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Clients: Adults, Couples, Adolescents (14 years and older)

Amy provides a warm, validating space for clients to open up about their concerns. She tailors her therapeutic approach to each client’s individual circumstance and understands that the hardest step is showing up for your first session.

Thanks to Amy’s broad experience she knows that a variety of factors in our life lead us to where we are today. She aims to increase her clients’ self-awareness and takes a compassionate, collaborative approach, building a strong therapeutic relationship where healing can begin and helpful strategies can be learnt.

Amy sees clients for the following issues: Anxiety, Trauma, Addiction, Anger Management, Borderline Personality Disorder, Relationship Discord

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Clients: Children, Adolescents, Adults

Jennifer has 20 plus years of experience working as a Social Worker/Counsellor and Family Therapist working in a range of mental health settings both in public mental health and community settings. Jennifer has a passion for working with children who are having difficulty regulating their emotions. Her approach is warm and empathetic with a focus on engagement and having fun whilst working collaboratively with parents.

Jennifer is experienced in working with children, families and adults who are experiencing anxiety, depression, adjustment disorders, post-natal depression, grief and loss, self-esteem issues, parenting issues, family breakdown and anger management.

Jennifer has also had experienced in working with families with a specialty being working with adolescents with eating disorders.

Jennifer sees clients for the following issues: Anxiety, Trauma, Addiction, Anger Management, Relationship Discord, Depression & Mood, Family Issues & Breakdown, Parenting, Grief & Bereavement and Self Esteem.

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