"A joyful life is an individual creation that can not be copied from a recipe"
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
ourteam
Our team is uniquely qualified with exceptional knowledge and experience working with children, adolescents and their families.
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Melinda Gibson
BSocSc (Psychology)(Honours), GradDipPsych, Assoc MAPS, BA (Music), AMusA, AYMF
Principal Psychologist
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Melinda is a registered psychologist and holds a Bachelor Social Science (Psychology)(Honours), Graduate Diploma in Psychology, Bachelor of Arts (Music); alongside two Associate Diplomas in Piano (AMusA, AYMF). Melinda is a member of the Australian Association of Psychologists Inc. (AAPI), Australian Psychological Society (Assoc MAPS), and the Australasian ADHD Professionals Association (AADPA).
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Melinda has spent all her professional career working with children and parents. She spent the first 17 years as an accredited music teacher and musician, alongside 5 years as a volunteer music therapist at Sydney Children’s Hospital Randwick. These experiences inspired Melinda to continue her professional journey into psychology, allowing her to further help children, adolescents, and families overcome barriers, embrace personal strengths, and achieve positive change.
Rachelle Hafey
BSc, PostGradDipPsych
Child and Adolescent Psychologist
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Rachelle is a registered psychologist and a member of Australian Association of Psychologists Inc. (AAPI).
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As a psychologist, Rachelle has worked with children, adolescents and families her entire career spanning over 15 years. She has extensive experience providing psychological intervention in the disability, child protection, and private practice sectors. Rachelle is uniquely qualified to provide treatment for a range of child and adolescent conditions including anxiety, depression, neurodevelopmental disorders, oppositional and behavioural challenges, and general emotional difficulties.
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Like all of us at Muse, Rachelle is committed to supporting her clients and their families to live their best lives and achieve their goals.
Peter Bland
BA, GradDipPsych, Assoc MAPS
Registered Psychologist
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Peter is a registered Psychologist and an associate member of the Australian Psychological Society (Assoc. MAPS).
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Peter is our assessment psychologist. He is passionate about psychometric assessment, and has devoted his career to psychological testing. Peter is highly experienced in administering cognitive, educational, behavioural, and adaptive assessments.
Peter aims to identify cognitive and developmental strengths and weaknesses; and provide parents/carers, teachers, and/or tutors with practical, tailored, and relevant recommendations to help optimise education and learning outcomes.
Diane
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Reception and Administration Support
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Di provides reception and administration support for Muse Psychology. She joined our team after spending the last 25 years working in customer service with Qantas.
Di always strives to provide the best possible customer service to our clients, and is always willing to answer any questions you may have in regards to Medicare Rebates, Referrals from GP's, NDIS, assessment, or any other general enquiries you may have.
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Like everyone at Muse, she loves to help people and build connections with everyone she speaks to.
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