Charlotte O'Donnell
Clinical Psychologist
Charlotte is a clinical psychologist who has been registered with AHPRA since 2004. Charlotte works with adults and has a broad range of clinical experience in public and private mental health settings including: EAP services with The Mater Hospital & Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH) and several large private corporate organisations; Sexual Health and HIV Psychology Service (Qld Health), University Clinics and Lifeline face-to-face counselling services, clinical services in Primary Care settings and ADF personnel - current and ex-serving; and has been working in Private Practice since 2013.
Charlotte has experience in helping individuals with a broad range of clinical issues including mood and anxiety disorders, trauma reactions, sleep problems, stress, grief and loss, life transition and military transition issues, parenting advice, adjustment difficulties, low self-esteem, relationship distress, interpersonal problems, LGBTI and gender variance issues.
Charlotte draws on evidence-based treatments including Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), Schema Therapy (ST); Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Compassion and Mindfulness based therapies; Emotion Focused (EFT) and Positive Psychology. She has a warm and compassionate approach to working with clients and strives to harness each person’s strengths to help achieve lasting change.
Qualifications & registrations
- Full registration as a Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Endorsement as a Clinical Psychologist with AHPRA
- Member of Australian Association of Psychologists Inc (AAPi)
- Bachelor of Behavioural Science
- Bachelor of Psychology (Honours)
- Master of Clinical Psychology
Important Note
Charlotte does NOT do medico-legal, Centrelink (including NDIS), immigration, injury or compensation reports.
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