Our Team

Practice Manager

Katie Liddicoat

Katie brings over 16 years of experience in healthcare and nine years in practice management. With a strong background in leadership, operations, and client care, she is dedicated to creating a welcoming and well-organised environment for both clients and staff.

Known for her approachable and supportive nature, Katie takes pride in ensuring that every detail of the practice runs smoothly, allowing the clinical team to focus on providing exceptional care. Her leadership style is grounded in clear communication, collaboration, and genuine care for people—values that align closely with the compassionate, client-focused approach at Mental Health in Mind.

Outside of work, Katie enjoys spending time with family, Pilates, and traveling.

Administration Assistant

Kristy Milgate

Kristy brings with her over 20 years of experience in healthcare administration and practice management, having worked across both Australia and the United States.

Throughout her career, she has held roles including Practice Manager and Office Manager, where she has developed strong skills in leadership, management, organisation, team coordination, and delivering high-quality support in fast-paced environments. Kristy is known for her attention to detail, reliability, and ability to keep operations running smoothly.

Working in mental health 3 days a week is especially meaningful to Kristy, and she is proud to be part of a great team that supports and makes a positive difference in people’s lives.

Outside of work, Kristy enjoys spending time with family & friends, flying, boat racing, water and snow skiing and travelling.

Kristy works with Mental Health in Mind on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays; Providing support and assistance, alongside our practice manager, Katie. Together they provide vital support for our team and our community.

Provisional Psychologist

Shristi Tamang

Shristi is a provisional psychologist completing her internship year and working full time with Mental Health in Mind. Shristi graduated with a Master of Professional Psychology from La Trobe University in 2025.

Prior to joining Mental Health in Mind, Shristi has worked with FriendLine, Headspace, and in disability support roles with children, teenagers and families. Through these roles, she has supported individuals with a range of emotional, behavioural, and developmental needs, and values creating a safe, supportive, and collaborative therapeutic space.

Shristi draws on evidence-based approaches including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and other therapeutic approaches, tailoring her work to each individual. Her practice is neuroaffirming, culturally responsive, and strengths-based, with a strong focus on empowering individuals and supporting overall wellbeing.

Shristi consults with clients Tuesdays to Fridays.

Psychologist

Chantelle Boucher

Chantelle is a psychologist working full time with Mental Health in Mind, consulting Tuesday to Friday. She completed her Master of Professional Psychology at La Trobe University in 2023 and provides psychological assessment and intervention to children, adolescents, and adults across clinic, school, and telehealth settings.

Prior to becoming a psychologist, Chantelle gained several years of experience working as a mental health support worker with children and adults. This experience strengthened her understanding of the complexity of mental health difficulties and the importance of providing compassionate, individualised care.

Chantelle works with children, adolescents, and adults experiencing a range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, stress, emotional regulation difficulties, trauma, relationship difficulties, and life transitions. She has extensive experience supporting children and adolescents within school settings and through NDIS-funded supports, working collaboratively with families and other professionals to develop emotional awareness, communication, and regulation skills. Chantelle also works with adults to gain insight into their experiences, strengthen coping strategies, and work towards meaningful personal goals. In addition to therapeutic intervention, Chantelle has experience conducting psychological assessments, including cognitive, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) assessments.

Chantelle utilises a strengths-based and collaborative approach, drawing from evidence-based therapeutic frameworks to tailor intervention to each individual’s experiences, needs, and goals. She values building strong therapeutic relationships and creating a warm, supportive, and non-judgemental environment where clients feel understood and empowered throughout their therapeutic journey.

Psychologist

Caroline Horvat

Caroline completed her Master of Professional Psychology at La Trobe University. In her final year of supervised practice, Caroline worked with a range of psychological presentations, in both community-based organisations and private practice settings, providing therapeutic, assessment and diagnostic, and treatment services.

Caroline has experience in the treatment of stress, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), low self-esteem, anger management, trauma, and relationship challenges.

Caroline works with clients to achieve their individual goals using a person-centred and strengths-based approach. She brings an empathetic collaborative, and non-judgemental style to her practice with an aim to create a warm and safe environment.

Caroline draws upon a range of evidence-based psychological treatment modalities therapies to assist with each client’s individual needs, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), and other approaches.

As each client is different, Caroline tailors her approaches to meet their unique needs and will work with them to decide what will best work for them. Caroline believes that it is crucial for each client to maintain a strong sense of autonomy, being the expert in their own lives, whilst she helps to facilitate how they navigate the challenges they are currently facing.

Caroline works full time and consults with clients on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Psychologist

Krystelle Buking

Krystelle is a psychologist working full time at Mental Health in Mind. She completed her Master of Professional Psychology at La Trobe University in 2025.

Krystelle brings valuable experience from her previous role at FriendLine, where she provided empathetic support and honed essential skills for connecting with individuals across diverse ages, localities, and cultural backgrounds. As a member of headspace’s Youth Advocacy Group, she has also actively advocated for youth mental health, leading school-based workshops to promote awareness and wellbeing. She has a genuine commitment to working with children and young people, supported by strong interests in developmental psychology, family dynamics, and mood difficulties.

Krystelle is experienced in a range of therapeutic modalities, drawing upon evidence-based interventions such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). She has also trained in Maudsley Family-Based Therapy for Eating Disorders, and will soon undertake training in Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM), as part of her work towards attaining her ANZAED Eating Disorder Credential.

Krystelle practices from a neuro-affirming and trauma-informed lens. She has experience working with acute mental health presentations using a client-centred approach that ensures treatment remains responsive to each client’s needs and focuses on improving overall wellbeing.

Krystelle currently conducts assessments on Mondays and is available for client consultations Tuesday to Thursday.

Founder/Clinic Lead
Clinical & Organisational Psychologist

Bec Thomas

Bec is the founder and lead practitioner for Mental Health in Mind, and spends much of her time supporting our team, providing clinical supervision and business administration duties, to drive high quality services for our community. As such, unfortunatley Bec is unable to accept new clients at this time.

Bec is a clinical & organisational psychologist, with over 17 years of experience working in both clinical & workplace settings. Bec has a passion for promoting health and wellbeing, and in providing hope and encouragement for those transitioning through difficult life circumstances. She has a focus on supporting and empowering her clients to improve psychological well being, and achieve their goals.

Bec has many years of experience working with children, adolescents and their families, providing assessments and treatment services for children presenting with Autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD and ADD), anxiety and depression, and challenging behaviours. Bec is also passionate about providing education and support to parents and guardians, to implement evidenced based tools and strategies that promote the best outcomes for children, support parent/guardian wellbeing, and promote happy families.

Being mindful of the importance of adapting the therapeutic approach to suit both the client and the circumstances, Bec is well versed in a variety of therapeutic approaches, including; cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), trauma focussed CBT, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), solution-focused therapy, motivational interviewing (MI), psychodynamic psychotherapy, various coaching models, conflict resolution and mediation.

Bec’s key areas of interest and experience include:

-Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)assessments for children, adolescents and adults.
-Assessing and resolving challenging behaviours in children.

-Trauma and related disorders, such as adjustment disorder, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), other specified and non specified trauma disorders, and borderline personality disorder (BPD).

-Recovery from substance use disorders, including alcohol and other drugs.
-Psychedelic integration therapy*

-Improving quality of life for people living with persistent pain and modified abilities.
-Supporting people to exit and/or recover from domestic violence.

-Mood disorders, such as depression and bipolar disorders.
-Anxiety and related disorders, including generalised anxiety, social anxiety, and obsessive compulsive disorders (OCD).
-Supporting new parents, including mothers who are experiencing post natal depression and anxiety (PND), and for men experiencing reactive depression and anxiety.

-Navigating major life stressors and changes (such as workplace injuries, relationship and family difficulties, grief and loss).

*Psychedelic medication is used in several countries around the world, with a breadth of compelling research supporting its many benefits for mental health. However, currently in Australia, psychedelic medication remains accessible only in selected cases of treatment-resistant depression. It continues to remain illegal to use these drugs recreationally. However, it is known that many Australians have experimented with these drugs, and at Mental Health in Mind we offer a safe and non-judgemental space to explore and integrate your experiences. We do not recommend that people use psychedelic drugs recreationally however, as the use of these drugs in an uncontrolled environment and without integrative therapy, can lead to psychological harm for some individuals.

Bec consults in the clinic on Mondays and every second Thursday.

Provisional Psychologist

Nicky Robinson

Nicky is completing her third and final placement with Mental Health in Mind, as part of her Master of Psychology (Organisational) with Deakin University. Nicky’s placement runs from March to August 2026.

Nicky brings with her a wealth of experience in HR, Diversity & Inclusion, and Talent Management. She is currently assisting us to further develop our internal policies and procedures, and to develop resources to extend our services to promoting mental health and wellbeing within local workplaces.

Nicky enjoys conducting research and has co-authored several publications focused on mental health and wellbeing. She is passionate about translating evidence into practical insights to help organisations support employee wellbeing and inclusion.

Provisional Psychologist

Sian Cardinale

Sian is a Provisional Psychologist currently completing her Master of Psychology (Clinical) at ISN Psychology. Sian enjoys working with clients across the lifespan and comes from a background of positive behaviour support (PBS), where she has worked with numerous presentations, as well as in different settings (community, home, clinic). Sian has experience with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), depression, bipolar disorders and trauma. Sian has a keen interest in working with PTSD/cPTSD and complex trauma backgrounds, as well as anxiety and mood disorders.

Sian works with clients in a trauma-informed and person-centred framework. She is empathetic, collaborative and aims to provide her clients with a safe space for healing. She incorporates techniques from dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).

Sian takes the time to explore each client’s unique presentation, experience and goals to formulate a therapeutic treatment plan.

Sian works with Mental Health in Mind part time and consults with clients on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

Provisional Psychologist

Tara Papaioannou

Tara is a provisional psychologist completing her internship year and working full time with Mental Health in Mind, and consults with clients from Mondays to Thursdays. She completed her Master of Professional Psychology at La Trobe University in 2025.

Tara brings experience from her work as a provisional psychologist within a community health setting, where she supported children and adults within a multidisciplinary service. Her experience includes working with clients presenting with anxiety, low mood, depression, emotional regulation difficulties, self-esteem concerns, interpersonal and family challenges, specific fears, and neurodiversity-related support needs.

Tara has worked closely with children and families to build emotional understanding, coping skills, and engagement in therapy, and values adapting her approach to each client’s age, needs, and communication style.

Tara’s approach is person-centred, collaborative, and grounded in authentic connection. She values building warm, trusting relationships with clients and working alongside them to support their goals, wellbeing, and sense of agency. She is committed to creating a therapeutic space that feels respectful, supportive, and responsive to each person’s needs.

Provisional Psychologist

Natalie Bradfield

Natalie is a provisional psychologist completing her internship year and working full time with Mental Health in Mind. Natalie consults with clients on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.

Natalie completed her Master of Professional Psychology at La Trobe University in 2025, where she developed a passion for early intervention and strengths based therapeutic care.

Natalie has previously worked as a NDIS support worker where she supported participants across the lifespan with a range of presenting problems and functional difficulties. Natalie has also completed supervised psychology practice in a rural school-based setting, where she supported students from various familial contexts who presented with mental health difficulties such as depression, anxiety, stress and low self-esteem. She has also worked with neurodivergent children, and thus has experience providing adapted and tailored cognitive and behavioural (CBT based) support and intervention, aligned with their learning and engagement needs.

Natalie draws on variations of CBT, DNA-V and mindfulness interventions to build psychosocial coping skills, intrinsic and behavioural awareness, engagement in therapy and individual empowerment. She has experience adapting therapeutic and treatment approaches to suit client cognitive and behavioural strengths, whilst also using insights from clients, families and school staff to adapt treatment plans to suit newly developed goals. Natalie aims to collaborate with her clients and use an individualised approach, with a focus on building authentic rapport with clients and their stakeholders, to tailor therapeutic goals that align with each person’s unique needs.

Provisional Psychologist

Hannah Wykes

Hannah is a provisional psychologist currently completing her Master of Professional Psychology at La Trobe University. As part of her journey towards completion of this program, Hannah is completing her psychology placement with Mental Health in Mind from July to December 2026. Hannah consults with us on Thursdays and Fridays.

Hannah has over 16 years experience supporting individuals with autism and neurodivergence, those navigating trauma and complex mental health challenges, those with diverse gender identities and sexualities, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Hannah is committed to creating a safe, affirming, and culturally responsive therapeutic alliance. She is deeply empathetic and compassionate and values understanding each person’s unique experiences, strengths, and ways of navigating life; Working collaboratively with them to build on existing resources and support growth towards wellbeing.

Get in touch

Our practice manager will be happy to answer any questions you may have about our services and the treatment process. They can also allocate you a psychologist, based on who is likely to be the most suitable fit for your situation and availability.

Email us to book a consultation.

Contact Us

Phone: +1300 875 313
Email: enquiries@mhinmind.com.au

Location

3/51 High Street Wallan

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Hours of Operation

Monday – Friday: (9.30 am to 5.30 pm)