Tess
B.Ed., B.Psych., PGDip Psych., M.Couns., ECU/MU, MAPS
Tess Tholstrup (Senior Psychologist)
B.Ed., B.Psych., PGDip Psych., M.Couns.,ECU/MU, MAPS
Provider No 2936405K (Inglewood Clinic)
With over 25 years of experience in Counselling, Mental Health education, Leadership, Professional Coaching and Workshop Facilitation, Tess is dedicated to providing compassionate and professional psychological care to adults from all walks of life. She welcomes clients from diverse cultural backgrounds, faiths, and life stages, offering a safe and supportive space to those experiencing an interpersonal crisis to navigate through life’s challenges.
Known for her warm, collaborative approach, Tess’s methodology incorporates a ‘walking alongside you’ style – not just as a therapist, but as a trusted guide. She listens deeply, helping you uncover personalised goals, strategies, and solutions that empower you to live with greater ease and purpose. The tools and techniques she shares are grounded in research and tailored to your unique personality and circumstances—because there is no one-size-fits-all solution to mental well-being.
Tess is regarded as a highly trained professional and importantly, has applied her knowledge to develop and implement strategies that facilitate change and alleviate suffering. Tess offers empathetic listening and collaborates with clients to create goals and strategies to reduce distress and promote solutions that ultimately enhance their lives. She provides techniques and guidance tailored to individual needs, including alternative ways of thinking, solution-focused therapy, mindfulness techniques, narrative therapy, and reminiscent therapy.
Tess’s qualifications in education, psychology, and counselling, combined with her extensive practical experience, enable her to offer evidence-based support tailored to individual needs. Her collaborative and compassionate approach empowers clients to overcome challenges and achieve personal growth.
Her psychotherapeutic approach is relaxed, confident, highly skilled and competent. Tess has extensive experience working with individuals facing difficulties such as depression, anxiety, workplace stress, relationship issues, trauma, health challenges, health anxiety, grief and loss, sexual abuse, and eating disorders. Tess offers reliable support, providing a calming and motivated environment to foster change.
Her expertise is further enriched by her own lived experience, enabling her to develop practical, personalised strategies that genuinely resonate with clients. She specialises in helping individuals move through discomfort and suffering, transforming difficulties into opportunities for growth and meaning.
Her academic background, combined with extensive hands-on experience, has allowed her to offer evidence-based support tailored to each individual’s unique needs.
Tess is eligible for Medicare and Private Health Rebates and provides the following therapeutic interventions:
• Solution-focused therapy
• Cognitive Behaviour therapy
• Modifying negative or self-critical thinking
• Mindfulness techniques
• Narrative therapy
• Reminiscence therapy
Specialty Areas include:
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Trauma
• Work Stress
• Relationship Issues
• Eating Disorders
• Neurodiverse Support & Formal Assessments (Autism and ADHD)
• Crisis Intervention
Additionally, Tess is experienced in organisational psychology, specialising in interventions for individuals, groups, and leadership teams. Her work includes designing and executing programs to achieve significant impact at both individual and organisational levels. Tess has collaborated with national and international organisations across various sectors, implementing interventions to develop leaders and drive sustainable behaviour change.
Her expertise extends to executive coaching, team alignment, cultural assessment and plan development. Tess has logged over 1500 coaching hours, debriefed numerous profiles, facilitated workshops, and mentored other consultants. Current projects focus on culture alignment through leadership development, coaching sessions for executives, team capacity building, and comprehensive culture assessments.
Qualifications and Accreditations:
• Diploma of Financial Management
• Member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS)
• Registration Program with Psychology Board of NSW
• Post Graduate Diploma of Psychology, UWS (Organisational Psychology)
• Certificate IV Workplace Training
• Post-graduate course in Human Resource Development, Curtin University
• Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), Murdoch University (major in Organisational Psychology)
• Bachelor of Education, Edith Cowan University (Business Studies)
• The Leadership Circle (TLC) accredited
• LSI accredited
Tess’s Interests include renovating, gardening, nature, travel, sustainability and spending time with her much loved pets, family and friends.
Tess’s style is relaxed, confident, and attuned to your needs. For added comfort, her therapy dog, Shorty, may join sessions to provide additional warmth and reassurance.
Tess is eligible for Medicare and Private Health Fund Rebates.
Anne
B.Ed., B.Psych, Beh Sc, Lang, M.Couns, PHd. Phil., Curtin, Notre Dame & Swinburne Universities, MAPS.
Dr Anne Becker (Senior Psychologist)
B.Ed., B.Psych, Beh Sc, Lang, M.Couns, PHd. Phil., Curtin, Notre Dame & Swinburne Universities, MAPS
PROVIDER No. 6279183K (Victoria Park Clinic)
Anne has an extensive background working in Education and Psychology and is fluent in the Japanese Language . Anne’s previous working roles include Distance Education (SIDE) and Psychological Services (Assessments, Support and Treatment) for remote students, Employee Assistance Provider (EAP), assisting vulnerable youth based within the Prison System and developed extensive skills when employed as a School Psychologist at a variety of local Perth based and rural Private and Public Schools.
Anne has broad range of counselling and psychological skills as a result of working extensively with adults, teenagers and children in her past roles within a therapeutic, mentorship and supportive environment. Her gentle, calm, confident and compassionate demeanour assists clients to work through the psychotherapuetic process safely and at their own pace, empowering themselves yet leaving each session with some tools to assist and improve their situation. Anne has extensive nationwide Qualifications, Diploma’s and Accreditations from a wide variety of Universities which have included Distance Education, Advocacy, Mentoring young girls and her students to build self-worth and confidence in order to lead successful lives within the community which included common issues such as enhancing peer and family relationships, body image, leadership and making positive choices. Whilst Anne assists with a broad range of psychological and life challenges she has a special gift in working with adults and children who have experienced trauma, grief or been a victim of a crime.
In her downtime, Anne enjoys travelling to remote areas, playing the violin and cello for several Perth based orchestras, hosting Japanese students, spending time with family and her new golden retriever puppy. Anne has a considerable passion for Japanese Culture.
Anne provides Medico Legal Assessments and Reports for our Clinic remotely via Telehealth and is eligible for Medicare & Private Health Fund Rebates.
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Admin Lisa is a highly skilled Admin Assistant to the team resulting from an extensive employment history within the Mental Health Industry. She works from her home residence remotely, providing email, telephone, online assistance, support and referrals to patients, families, GPs, legal teams, employers and insurers seeking information regarding the Psychological Services we provide at our clinic, screening processes in place and how to book appointments online.She also provides resources to patients, updates our website regularly and edits the team’s Medico-Legal Psychological Reports so that these are prepared in time for strict court dates, lawyers, insurers and compensation agencies as required.Lisa ensures that all psychological material and resources provided to patients is the latest evidence-based information under The Australian Psychological Society, is from highly reputable agencies and that our processes, forms, policies and treatment practices follow the APS Code of Ethics (2010) & Ethical Guidelines (2018) as required. |
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Senior Practice Manager BSc (Nursing) – Murdoch University Kiara has an extensive background working in Local Perth Based Public and Private Emergency Medical Services, Psychology Administration and Theatre Nursing at the St John of God Murdoch Hospital Surgicentre. Kiara has a passion for providing high quality patient care within the Medical Health Sector. |