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Monique is a Clinical Psychologist and Board Approved Supervisor who works with adults and has consulted on the National Autism Strategy in the Diagnosis, Supports and Services Committee as a lived experience and clinical member.

 Interest Areas

  • Trauma and Dissociation

  • Sleep disorders

  • Chronic Illness and Pain

  • Neurodivergence in particular Autism and ADHD and commonly co-occurring mental health conditions

  • The intersection of women and those assigned female at birth (AFAB) with hormones and neurodivergence.

  • PMDD

Monique practices Neurodiversity Affirming therapy. Neurodiversity Affirming therapy aims to affirm the different neurotype of a neurodivergent person, rather than seeing their neurotype as inherently "bad" or in need of fixing to become neurotypical. It aims for the person to explore their neurodivergent identity and find their own unique strengths.  The Neurodiversity Affirming movement comes from the wider disability rights movement and is an important therapeutic approach in working with neurodivergent people.

 

Monique is a confident speaker and has presented at:

 Australian and New Zealand Chapter of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ANZ ACBS) 2022

On Compassion Focused Therapy from a Neurodiversity Affirming Perspective at the UQ Compassion Symposium 2022.

On Yoga as a Therapeutic Tool for PTSD for the APS EMDR Interest Group

On Gender Bias in Psychology in Autism and ADHD at the 2023 APS Educational and Developmental Psychology Conference

Yellow Ladybugs Autistic Girls and Gender Diverse Students Conference 2023

EMDRAA Conference 2023

APS Trauma and Neurodiversity Symposium in New Zealand 2023

Spectrum Space Symposium in Perth WA 2023 and 2025

AADPA National Conference 2024

APS National Counselling College Conference 2024

Yellow Ladybugs PMDD Webinar 2024

National Mental Health Professionals Network (MHPN) on Autism and ADHD 2024

Professional Memberships

Member of the Australasian ADHD Professionals Association (AADPA)

Accredited Practitioner and Member of EMDR Association of Australia (EMDRAA)

Member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS)

Member of the Australia Association of Psychologists (AAPi)