Clara holds an Honours degree in Psychology and a Masters degree in Clinical Psychology, both from Macquarie University. She has completed a PhD with the Matilda Centre, University of Sydney, examining people’s experiences of therapy while engaged in the NSW Drug Court Program. Clara is registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and is a member of the Australian Clinical Psychology Association (ACPA). She is a registered supervisor with AHPRA and provides supervision to both provisional psychologists and clinical psychology registrars.
Clara has a 20 year history of clinical work within the forensic, clinical and substance misuse fields of psychology, working in both public and private facilities. She has worked extensively with children and adults, specialising in the assessment and treatment of complex presentations where a person may have multiple co-occurring difficulties or disadvantages and have endured traumatic experiences. She is passionate about the provision of high quality psychological services that privilege the uniqueness of each individual and support them to develop new ways of relating to themselves and understandings of how they want to live in the world. For the past 15 years Clara has been providing psychological assessments to the Courts including risk assessments, assessments of mental health and general assessments related to criminal behaviour, with a particular interest in matters where substance use has contributed to the offending behaviour.