Meet Maree
Maree is a psychologist MAPS, specialising in early intervention and childhood development. She has extensive experience working with young children and their families in disability and early childhood settings.
Maree is passionate about building positive therapeutic relationships with children and their families and providing parents and carers with skills, knowledge and support to both navigate systems and become their own and their child’s best advocate for the early years, the school years and beyond. Maree works with families in helping children reach their fullest potential in a way that is fun, creative and focused on individual need. She uses a variety of psychological approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, mindfulness-based therapy and play therapy.
Maree is a certified Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) therapist. She has also participated in the Early Start Denver Model Parent Coaching Workshop (P-ESDM) at the UC Davis MIND Institute. Working with parents, Maree is able to provide parent coaching and psycho-education in implementing ESDM strategies and techniques across home and daily routines.
Maree is a registered member of AHPRA Prior to becoming a registered psychologist, Maree was an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker.
The highlights of Maree’s career so far include the delivery of parent psychoeducation and training in helping children with a range of developmental delay reach their developmental milestones. Maree is pursuing a certificate in Pet Therapy and is looking forward to incorporating emotional support animals into her therapeutic practice.
As a mother of two school-aged children, Maree understands the pressures on families and is passionate about supporting and empowering families towards a bright future.
Areas of Work:
- Early childhood years
- Early childhood and challenging behaviours
- Generalised Anxiety Disorder
- Situational mutism (also known as selective mutism)
- Depression and Low Mood
- Emotional Regulation
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Self-esteem Issues
- Social Skills
- School Refusal
- Mindfulness
- Early Childhood (12 months to 6 years) Parent Training and Psycho-education
- Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) Certified Therapist
- Parent Coaching Early Start Denver Model (P-ESDM)
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Eye Movement Desentisation and Reprocessing
- Circle of Security-Parenting
MAPS Member of the Australian Psychological Society
