Our Therapists - North Lakes
1st Floor,12 Endeavour Blvd North Lakes 4509
Jared Ardern
Psychologist, Relationship Counsellor, Business Coach, B HRM/Counselling, GCertPsyc, GDipPsyc (Honours)
Jared is a general psychologist with 13 years of experience, with a strong background in relationship therapy, depression, anxiety, and trauma. He helps create a space where individuals are heard, validated, supported, and confident to move forward. Jared uses evidence-based interventions like cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), narrative therapy, solution-focused, and strength-based approaches. Jared helps couples communicate and deal with conflict effectively, including assisting them to identify and address root causes of conflict rather than going around in circles of blame. He also helps couples establish new patterns of showing love and respect for each other and teaches them the skills needed to have a satisfying and long lasting relationship.
Ages: Adolescents, Adults
Mode of Delivery: Face-to-face (North Lakes), Online (Zoom), Phone Call, Home Visits
Brendan Elliott
Brendan comes from a government and private practice background with experience working with anxiety, depression, personality disorders, trauma, psychotic disorders, and domestic violence. He works with clients nine years and over. Brendan takes a holistic and personalised approach to each client, utilising a variety of therapies to assist them to reach their goals (such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy). He recognises the uniques difficulties men face in seeking help and provides a safe and nonjudgement space for them to get support. He has over 12 years past experience working in the building trade, and understands the stressors that come from that field of work and working away from home. He always takes an evidence based approach and is not afraid to look outside the box to find what works best for the client.
Ages: Adults
Mode of Delivery: Face-to-face (North Lakes), Online (Zoom), Phone Call, Home Visits
Claire Avenell
Psychologist, BPsychSc, GDipPsyc, DipCounselling, Dip Psychological Practice
Claire is a general psychologist who values working with individuals to identify what meaningful change in their lives looks like to them and empowering them to bring about that change. Claire uses a person-centred and judgment-free approach of collaboration, empowerment, respect, and valuing each person’s unique experience and utilising a range of therapies such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), Interpersonal Therapy, and Strengths-Based approaches.
Claire works with adults, practicing from a trauma-informed perspective, and treats general mental health concerns including depression, anxiety, adjustment difficulties, stress, and interpersonal difficulties. Her perspectives stem from a broad range of work, within private practice, not-for-profit mental health organisations, and the rehabilitation sector, and life prior to qualifying as a psychologist.
Ages: Adults 18+
Mode of Delivery: Online (Zoom), Phone Call, Face-to-face (North Lakes, QLD)
Emily Schiaffi
Psychologist, B Psych (Honours)
Emily has extensive experience working with domestic violence, abuse and neglect, within the child protection system and in private practice. She is passionate about empowering children and adults to heal from trauma and move forward after experiencing grief and loss, in addition to management of depression and anxiety disorders. Emily has a warm and compassionate manner and works from a strengths-based, collaborative approach incorporating various therapeutic approaches to meet each individual’s unique needs.
Emily is experienced in a wide range of therapies, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Solution Focused Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR). Emily can also provide psychometric assessments for children and adults to investigate a range of diagnoses (e.g. ADHD, intellectual impairmengt and learning disorders, PTSD, anxiety, depressive and personality disorders).
Ages: Children (9y+), Adolescents, Adults
Mode of Delivery: Face-to-Face (North Lakes), Online (Zoom), Phone Call
Eallany Jahjah
Psychologist, Relationship Counsellor, B Psych (Honours)
Eallany is a psychologist who provides a compassionate and solution-focused environment for individuals to talk about their concerns and wellbeing. Eallany holds a special interest in working with anxiety, depression, anger management, and relationship issues, and has a passion for family and couple’s therapy. She is also interested in maximizing workplace performance and has a bachelor’s degree in business. Her background includes working with clients across the lifespan, particularly with children who have special needs. She uses a range of evidence-based practice including cognitive behavioural therapy, interpersonal therapy, compassion focused therapy and dialectical behavioural therapy.
Ages: Children (5y+), Adolescents, Adults
Mode of Delivery: Face-to-face (North Lakes), Online (Zoom), Phone Call