GVDC is a multidisciplinary clinic, providing assessment, therapy and support services for individuals, couples, families, schools and organisations.
Our team provides psychiatry, psychology, and social work services for children, adolescents and adults. We also provide student support and employee support services.
Our one and only Music Therapist, Jess Nelson, has left the building!
Jess has moved to Bundaberg, QLD.
Jess' former GVDC clients have the option of signing relevant consent forms for Tiffany [Practice Manager] and Jess to transfer relevant client documents to her Bundaberg practice, where she can continue to provide telehealth services. Please contact admin@gvdc.com.au to discuss how to transfer your records to Jess's Bundaberg practice.
New clients are advised to contact Jess directly.
If you would like to learn more about Jess's services, please check out her website: Jess the Music Therapist | Music Therapy Bundaberg
Supervised by Ms Tracy Dunkley, Clinical Psychologist
Jaimie completed her Bachelor's Degree in Psychological Science at James Cook University (Townsville), a Graduate Diploma in Psychology (Advanced) through Monash University (online), and a Graduate Certificate in Mental Health & Neuroscience, University of the Sunshine Coast (online).
Jaimie provides assessment and therapy/support services across the lifespan. Jaimie aims to provide compassionate, client-centred, evidence-based, and non-judgemental approaches to psychology assessments and therapy, that are inclusive of age, gender, and culture.
The modalities that inform Jaimie’s practice include cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), and cognitive behavioural therapy – enhanced (CBT-E).
Jaimie is committed to her continued professional development, with a keen interest in mental health, and dedication to learning and upskilling in order to deliver best practice to her clients.
Jaimie will be supervised by Tracy Dunkley, Clinical Psychologist, throughout her provisional psychology internship program.
Please email admin@gvdc.com.au or call 5858-1757 to enquire and/or to make an appointment.
Smitha completed her Master’s Degree in Social Work, at Flinders University, in South Australia. Smitha has worked in hospital settings, and community settings, including community mental health settings in regional NSW and regional Victoria.
Smitha currently works with people over the age of 13 years. She aims to provide a caring, compassionate, non-judgemental, and safe therapeutic space to help clients focus on their relationship with themselves, others and the world around them. Smitha’s intention is to provide the space to start, and support, the emotional healing process by offering helpful strategies, and skills. Smitha provides therapy that is age-, gender- and culturally sensitive.
Smitha works with consumers, with and without a diagnosis of mental illness. Smitha has experience working with people with diagnoses of depression, anxiety, panic disorder, grief and loss, anger issues, relationship concerns (not couples therapy), chronic pain, physical health issues, borderline personality disorder, disability, PTSD and complex trauma.
The treatment modalities that inform Smitha’s practice include acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), emotion efficacy therapy (EET), compassion focused therapy (CFT), interpersonal therapy (IPT), mentalisation based therapy (MBT) and DNA-V for adolescents.
Smitha is committed to her professional development and maintains regular clinical supervision and self-care, to ensure her practice is effective and efficient.
Please email admin@gvdc.com.au or call 5858-1757 to enquire and/or to make an appointment.
In a medical emergency, please call 000.
If you need urgent assistance for a mental health crisis, please call the GV Area Mental Health Service's Centralised Triage on 1300-369-005 (24-hrs).
Our clinic operates strictly by appointment, and we are unable to offer crisis services at short notice.
We are unable to provide forensic and family court assessments or reports.
For forensic, medico-legal and/or for family court matters, please seek the assistance of appropriately trained and qualified forensic psychologists, forensic psychiatrists, and/or family court assessors.
Please discuss your medicolegal and/or family court needs with your legal representative.