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Meet the Team

Our team is honest, empathetic, and unpretentious. We come with a wealth of experience from both our professional and personal knowledge.

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  • Emma

    CEO

  • Hannah

    SERVICE SUPPORT COORDINATOR & MARKETING

  • Karli

    THERAPIST

  • Marina

    FINANCE & OPERATIONS MANAGER

  • Meghann

    BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

  • Serena

    THERAPIST

  • Sufya

    THERAPIST

  • Sunny

    THERAPIST

  • Cindy

    THERAPEUTIC MANAGER & SENIOR THERAPIST

Emma

CEO

Emma is a passionate advocate for women in business, women’s wellness, mental health, leadership and balance. As well as being CEO of WHWS Emma is an author, speaker, business, NPO and life coach, wife and mother.

Specialises in:

  • Coaching
  • Business coaching

Qualifications

  • Certificate IV Business and Workplace Coaching
  • Advanced Diploma of Management
  • Masters Health Promotion
  • Grad Dip Health Promotion
  • Bachelor Psychology
  • Australian Institute of Management – Fellow

Awards

  • Finalist Telstra Business Women’s Award
  • White Pages Community and Government Award
  • Marie Claire Young Business Women’s Award

Hannah

SERVICE SUPPORT COORDINATOR & MARKETING

Hannah has been at WHWS since 2010. For 12 years she was the face of WHWS working full time as the Administration Coordinator. In 2023 Hannah moved into a part time role as Service Support Coordinator after returning from Maternity leave. Hannah enjoys exploring the great outdoors and playing softball.

Karli

THERAPIST

Karli is a counsellor with a deep interest in and empathy for people.  She enjoys helping her clients develop insights into their own behaviours, emotions and thoughts before working together to find strategies that help them live a calmer and more authentic way.  Karli particularly enjoys working on issues around self-esteem, emotional wellbeing, assertiveness and supporting overworked mums.

When she is not buried in a book, she loves a good art gallery or museum, comedy and going to the beach.  

Fun Facts

  • Fav dessert – tiramisu
  • Book recommendation  – Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
  • Ideal weekend – beach
  • Fav overseas destination – London

Qualifications:

  • Master of Counselling
  • Bachelor of Teaching
  • Bachelor of Arts

Marina

FINANCE & OPERATIONS MANAGER

Marina has a wealth of experience in finance and operations, having worked in various roles for over 10 years. Marina joined WHWS in 2015 as our bookkeeper, and now also supports Elevate Wellbeing as Operations Manager.

 

Wearing two hats, Marina contributes to our success behind the scenes looking after finances, logistics, HR, compliance and generally ensuring a “smooth sailing” of the organisation. Marina is highly qualified with a Master of Business Economics (Adv) and a Diploma of Accounting.

Meghann

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Serena

THERAPIST

Serena Nathan holds a Master of Counselling and is registered with PACFA. She works from an integrated psychodynamic approach, considering the internal and relational influences that shape how we see ourselves and our relationships.

Serena brings curiosity and warmth to her work with adults and young people, with particular interest and personal experience in the areas of grief and loss, ADHD, lifecycle changes, and parenting. Serena also facilitates group workshops and programs periodically.

Fun Facts

  • Fav TV Show: Sopranos
  • Go to snack: 85% dark chocolate
  • Fav way to unwind after a big day: Doom scrolling and NYT Games
  • Fav dessert: Crème Brulé
  • Book recommendation: The Memory of Running by Ron McLarty
  • Ideal weekend: In a forest cottage by the fire with books
  • Fav podcast: The Psychiatry & Psychotherapy podcast with David Puder
  • Fav band: Johnny Cash
  • Fav season: Autumn
  • Fav food: Spaghetti Marinara
  • Fav overseas destination: New York
  • Random fact: Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins.

Qualifications:

  • Master of Counselling

Sufya

THERAPIST

Sufya, the founder of Bull Creek Counselling Centre, is as member of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA). With over 17 years of experience, she has been recognized for her commitment to excellence, including a 10-year loyalty award from a leading NGO. Specializing in relationship and family therapy.

Fun Facts:

  • Fav TV Show: Young Sheldon
  • Go to snack: Corn chips
  • Fav way to unwind after a big day: Play online game
  • Fav dessert: Bubble tea
  • Book recommendation:   Teen voice by Maurizio Andolfi
  • Ideal weekend :Family gathering, outing
  • Fav band:  (The rain- BARAAN ) from my home country
  • Fav season: Spring
  • Fav food: Qabili
  • Fav overseas destination: France Paris, USA Floreda, New York

Qualifications: 

  • BBSc (Applied Psychology)
  • BCouns
  • PGDip Family & Relationship Therapy

Sunny

THERAPIST

Sunny provides family counselling for children, parents, individuals, and families. He is trained in Child Centred Play Therapy and Family Systems Therapy while drawing on Emotion Focused Therapy and other relevant approaches. He works collaboratively with clients to create those ‘Ahaa’ moments where past life patterns and current relationship dynamics become clear, leading to change, empowerment, and growth. He has over 12 years’ experience in many settings, including with Indigenous and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse communities, women, men, adolescents, and children. He is inspired by the human capacity for healing and connection. In his spare time he likes to listen to music and get out into nature.

Fun Facts

  • My fav band: Gillian Welch
  • Fav podcast: Conversations
  • Fav way to unwind after a big day: Swim at beach

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Counselling
  • Graduate Diploma of Family and Relationship Counselling
  • Certificate of Play Therapy
  • Safe and Together Core Model FDV Training

Cindy

THERAPEUTIC MANAGER & SENIOR THERAPIST

Cindy has worked with women, couples and their families, as well as managed the therapeutic team for ten years. She has specialised in supporting parents and their children in developing secure relationships. She brings compassion and warmth in her work in helping individuals and families develop an understanding of their emotional world and successfully navigate their struggles using a wide range of evidence-based interventions to enable them to enjoy connection and life.

 

Qualifications

  • BA Applied Psychology
  • BA Counselling

Group
Facilitator

Margaret

Margaret is a recent Psychology graduate with a wealth of diverse experience working with children and families to build strong relationships. Margaret enthusiastically shares scientific knowledge about development across the lifespan in an easy to understand and interesting way. She is passionate about using evidence-based practice to approach challenges from a strength-based perspective to teach others practical solutions to empower them, in a non-judgemental manner.​

Margaret embraces being fierce and compassionate and has been described as radically different in the best possible way. Margaret is a wife, daughter, mother, grandmother, and friend who cherishes the relationships with the important people in her life. She enjoys travelling and the adventures that new experiences bring. Margaret values creativity, being inventive and learning new techniques to indulge her creative outlets.

Bachelor of Applied Science (Social Work)

Graduate Diploma in Human Rights (Curtin)

Emma B

CEO

Emma is a passionate advocate for women in business, women’s wellness, mental health, leadership and balance. As well as being CEO of WHWS Emma is an author, speaker, business, NPO and life coach, wife and mother.

Specialises in:

Business Coaching

Certificate IV Business and Workplace Coaching

Advanced Diploma of Management

Masters Health Promotion

Grad Dip Health Promotion

Bachelor Psychology

Australian Institute of Management – Fellow

THERAPIST and
GROUP FACILITATOR

Mike

Mike is a registered psychologist with experience in running therapeutic groups, and one on one therapy. He is trained in Schema therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Strengths based approaches, and has some experience in EMDR.  Mike considers his style integrative; melding multiple traditional approaches with metaphor and analogies, and a touch of irreverence.

Mike believes in breaking stereotypes as much as possible. He is a father, husband, son, and grandson; is a member of a social motorcycle group dedicated to putting a smile on children’s faces; and is a self-described “geek”. This geekery has been applied to psychological principles, his environment, and makes up a large proportion of his downtime.

BSocSc

BSocSc (Hons)

BA (Hons) in Psychology

Group Facilitator

Emma a

I was an Occupational Therapist and am a Midwife with a Masters in Women’s Health. My passion is women’s mental health especially around the perinatal period. In my spare time I enjoy music, reading and hanging out with my kids.

Bsc hons Occupational therapy

Bsc Midwifery

Post graduate diploma community mental health

Masters women’s health

Meghann

Business
Development Officer

Group Facilitator

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