Align Psychology
9 Gertrude St, Templestowe Lower VIC 3107
- Clinic
- Online sessions
About Align Psychology
Align Psychology empowers people through connection and understanding with quality holistic psychological care. They offer a safe and welcoming space for adults, adolescents, couples, and children, using evidence-based approaches while working with warmth and care to help clients navigate challenges and move toward positive change.
What's offered
Telehealth sessions
Clinic sessions
Services provided
Align Psychology lists
- Depression Treatment
- Evidence-based psychological support for persistent low mood, loss of interest, hopelessness, and related symptoms. Treatment is tailored to whether depression occurs in response to stressful life events or other causes.
- Bipolar Disorder Support
- Psychological counselling to complement medication management for periods of depression and manic symptoms. Addresses elevated mood, difficulty focusing, increased energy, and potential psychotic symptoms.
- Anxiety Disorder Treatment
- Support for panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, phobias, and social anxiety. Treatment addresses physical symptoms and excessive worries through evidence-based approaches.
- Couples/Relationship Therapy
- Drawing on Gottman Therapy and PACT approaches, therapy helps couples understand one another, manage conflict, improve communication, and address issues such as infidelity, intimacy problems, and separation adjustment.
- Child & Adolescent Therapy
- Work with children from 3 years of age using play-based interventions, CBT, social skills training, and EMDR to address anxiety, OCD, low mood, bullying, and adjustment to parental separation or trauma.
- Parenting Support & Guidance
- Support for parents navigating developmental milestones, routines, behaviour management, and emotional intelligence using programs such as Tuning Into Teens and Tuning Into Kids.
- Trauma & PTSD Treatment
- EMDR therapy and other evidence-based approaches for single or chronic traumatic experiences including domestic violence, sexual assault, accidents, and bullying. Addresses nightmares, intrusive thoughts, avoidance, and mood changes.
- Stress & Anger Management
- Therapy to build understanding of stress and anger responses, recognise early warning signs, develop alternative coping mechanisms, and improve communication and assertiveness skills.
- Body Image & Self-Esteem Support
- Therapy to explore patterns of disordered eating and negative self-evaluation, build healthy coping mechanisms, and work towards self-acceptance and self-love.
- Grief & Loss Counselling
- Support for emotional and psychological impacts of bereavement, helping clients work through unresolved feelings and develop ways to manage major life adjustment.
- Antenatal & Postnatal Depression/Anxiety Support
- Non-judgmental support for women and men experiencing depression or anxiety during pregnancy or following birth, in a safe and nurturing environment where babies are welcome.
- Support for Older Individuals
- Therapy to help older adults cope with transitions such as retirement, health concerns, social isolation, bereavement, and relocation, building acceptance and creating change towards their goals.
- Problematic Substance Use Support
- Holistic approach using CBT, EMDR, and ACT to understand reasons for substance use, address past trauma, and work towards client goals for reducing or ceasing use.
- Health Psychology
- Support for individuals living with chronic illness, injury, or disability using CBT, ACT, and EMDR to manage diagnosis, medical treatments, chronic pain, and associated emotional challenges.
- Cognitive Assessment
- Assessment exploring a person's IQ and cognitive functioning.
Get to know Align Psychology
From Align Psychology's website.
Our approach
The service uses evidence-based approaches grounded in warmth and care, tailored to the presenting issue and age of the child. For children, therapy typically involves play-based interventions alongside approaches such as CBT, social skills training, or EMDR, depending on what needs to be addressed. Sessions are designed as collaborative and meaningful processes that foster resilience, deepen self-awareness, and encourage alignment with personal values and goals. The psychologists view their work through the lens of connection, understanding, knowledge, and empowerment, meeting each person where they are and supporting them along their unique journey. Telehealth appointments are available, and the physical consulting rooms have been thoughtfully designed to be welcoming, calm, and comfortable spaces that encourage open conversation and reflection.
Working with families
Parents and carers are actively involved in the therapeutic process. For younger children, therapy can be conducted dyadically to assist with parent-child attachment, or the child alone can be seen depending on the presenting issue. Support is also provided directly to parents through guidance on developmental milestones, routines, behaviour management, and building emotional intelligence, drawing on emotionally intelligent parenting programs such as Tuning Into Teens and Tuning Into Kids. The admin team will contact families after enquiry and work with parents to understand their needs and preferences. Bubs are always welcome in the clinical space.
Meet the team
The team consists of multiple clinical psychologists and registered psychologists, all registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and Medicare. Leadership includes Dr Kristy Phillips and Dr Tory Bacon as Principal Clinical Psychologists. The consulting team includes clinical psychologists Jennifer Dix, Dr Anna Zapral, Dr Tara Smythe, Nina Stefanac, Lisa Birch, Sarah Dimitriadis, and Shagun Chawla, along with psychologists Reshma Simon, Jessica Lewandowsky, Georgia Phillips, Tyler Gitsham, Maddy Haydar, Sachi Liston, and Rachel Brodie. Administrative support includes a Practice Manager and clinical receptionists to handle bookings and client enquiries.
Locations & areas served
Templestowe Lower
9 Gertrude St, Templestowe Lower VIC 3107
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Opening hours
- Mon–Fri
- 9 AM to 5 PM
- Sat
- 9 AM to 2 PM
- Sun
- Closed
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