About us
Melissa began her career as a psychologist in 1998 having completed her Honours thesis on ADHD and her Masters thesis on Autism and Asperger’s under the guidance and supervision of the amazing Prof. Bruce Tonge. Over the years Melissa has shared her expertise not only with her client community but with many of the psychologists she has trained and supervised. Melissa’s expertise is highly sought after by local Paediatricians, GPs and schools leading to high demand which prompted Melissa to open Solution Psychology as a group practice in 2012. Since then, Melissa has expanded her team and built a practice staying true to her strong values, being regarded as leaders in the field of paediatric psychology.
As director of Solution Psychology Melissa is proud to lead an amazing team of passionate psychologists whose core value is to make a difference in the lives of others. We are a team of professional and committed psychologists who aim to provide solutions in a warm and inviting space.
All psychologists at Solution Psychology are highly qualified, holding at least Masters level in Educational and Developmental Psychology. Our focus is primarily in working with children, adolescents, young adults, parents, families and schools. We are proud of our established relationships with paediatricians, GPs and other allied health professionals.
Our director Melissa together with her team of psychologists have the unique ability of knowing how to effectively support children who are experiencing social, emotional or behavioural challenges in the home or classroom environment. Our solutions are all evidence based.
Our mission statement
To provide the highest quality, evidence-based psychological services to children, adolescents and their families, delivered with warmth, professionalism and commitment.
Our values
Child focussed
Ensuring that your child’s mental health is paramount
Commitment
Providing psychological support that is above and beyond
Making a difference
Making a positive difference to your child’s overall wellbeing
Warmth
Building warm and positive relationships
Communication
Communicating goals and strategies effectively
Collaboration
A holistic approach that ensures that your child is supported across contexts
The logo
The Venn Diagram: For us the Venn diagram has several meanings so it was a very easy decision to incorporate the venn diagram into our logo. It showcases the many facets of working together to support a young person.
There are 3 main meanings behind the venn diagram which has become our logo.
1. First and foremost it represents who we are all about.
The person: the young person remains at the core of what we do as per our values, ensuring your child’s mental health is paramount
The family: working with the parents and family unit is essential when working with a young person
The school: we work effectively with school communities, teachers, principals etc to support the young person.
2. Next, it represents what we do.
- Assessments
- Counselling
- Group Intervention
- School Consultation
- Education
3. And finally it represents a framework of intervention.
Prevention: aimed at entire populations to raising awareness of what makes children and adolescents vulnerable and is designed to enhance the social and emotional wellbeing of entire populations (e.g. schools)
Early Intervention: aimed at smaller groups to may be at risk of ongoing social, emotional, behavioural or academic difficulties and aims to improve their skills and resilience through effective and appropriate evidence based treatments
Intervention: is the 1:1 support of individuals through effective evidence based treatment
Postvention: is the support to individuals following an emergency situation or a traumatic incident. It is the work carried out to deal with the aftermath of a traumatic incident.
With the young person as the final circle in the diagram.
Our goal
To be leaders in our field by providing the highest level of psychological services.
We constantly reflect on, review and evaluate the quality of our services to provide the highest standard of evidence-based psychological service.
We aim to foster positive relationships with those who have entrusted their care in us.