About Us

East Melbourne Psychology is a practice of highly qualified Clinical and Counselling Psychologists with years of experience counselling individuals, couples and families. All of our psychologists have a minimum of 6 years tertiary training and at least 5 years of supervised practice and are accredited members of the Australian Psychological Society.

The team at East Melbourne Psychology is:

Nigel Denning Grad Dip Psych, MPsych, MAPS, MASH.

Specialises in work with anxiety, anger, relationships, men's issues and life transitions. Nigel has trained in the areas of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, Psychodrama, Hypnosis, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Transpersonal Psychology in Europe and the U.S.

Sara Van Hecke Grad Dip Psych, MPsych, MAPS.

Sara is a clinical psychologist who specializes in working with relationships, anger management for women, parenting issues, women’s issue, and grief issues.She has a strong interest in complimentary health in relation to breast cancer and helping women come to terms with this particular diagnosis. She has also worked extensively with women experiencing family violence. Sara strives to provide a non-judgmental warm atmosphere with a focus on working collaboratively with each client to bring about positive change in his or her circumstances.

Dr Karen Weiss Dip. Ed Psych, MPsych, DPsych, MAPS(Clin), VAFT.

Dr Karen Weiss is a Clinical Psychologist with a specialty in family relationship work. She is also a clinical supervisor, mentor and trainer with over 20 years experience in both corporate and community settings. Her clinical approach is preventative and solution oriented utilizing a combination of systemic, mindfulness based, cognitive behavioural and emotion focused techniques. She has a strong interest in wellness and healthy lifestyle and strives to incorporate an holistic view in all her work.

We also have other psychologists at East Melbourne Psychology specialising in a range of personal issues including eating disorders, crisis support, recovery after serious illness including cancer, and performance anxiety. Feel free to contact us to discuss your needs and we will match you to the appropriate psychologist.