​Naomi is a Clinical Psychologist registered with the Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA) and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).  Naomi completed a Bachelor of Behavioural Science in 1994, Honours in Psychology in 1995, and a PhD in Clinical Psychology in 2010 at Griffith University.   

 

Naomi has been practicing in the field of psychology since 1995 in a broad range of psychological assessment and therapeutic roles.  She has acquired extensive experience in assessing and counselling children, adolescents, and adults and has previously worked within Child Safety Placement Support Services, Sunshine Coast, and has coordinated an assessment service aimed at preventing placement breakdown for children in out-of-home care in the Logan area of south Brisbane.  Among other roles, Naomi has been employed as a School Counsellor and University Student & Staff Counsellor, lectured Master and PhD students in the Clinical Psychology Program at the University of the Sunshine Coast, and has provided diagnostic assessment, medico-legal assessment, and therapy for most major emotional and psychological problems.  

 

Trained in a scientist-practitioner model and having conducted what may account to thousands of Foster and Kinship Care assessments, since 2008 Naomi has acquired special expertise in out-of-home care and child protection matters while assessing complex family dynamics, foster and kinship care placements, guardianship applications, adoption applications, and parenting capacity. Naomi is relentlessly committed to providing the highest quality of Child Protection assessments while maintaining a warm and compassionate approach to the families she works with during this time of need.  She is a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society College of Clinical Psychologists and a member of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Psychiatry, Psychology and the Law; and the Child Protection Practitioners Association of Queensland.