Serena is a warm and thoughtful registered Psychologist who supports children, adolescents, and adults through life’s challenges with care, respect, and curiosity. Her approach is relational, reflective, and paced, offering a space to slow things down, understand patterns, and explore what may be happening beneath the surface.

Serena places strong importance on building rapport and shared understanding, ensuring therapy is collaborative and aligned with the client’s readiness for change. Sessions are tailored carefully, allowing therapy to unfold in a way that feels grounded, respectful, and meaningful.

Her approach draws on a range of evidence-based psychological frameworks, including psychodynamic thinking, motivational interviewing, cognitive and core-belief work, solution-focused and present-focused approaches, and principles from positive psychology. This flexibility allows her to integrate counselling with practical strategies for insight, personal responsibility, and meaningful change.

Serena holds a Master of Educational Psychology from the University of Melbourne and brings a strong background across school, community, and therapeutic settings. She has a particular interest in working with children and families, especially in understanding how emotional wellbeing, learning, and early experiences impact’s one’s development. She views behaviour as functional and protective, and works from a trauma-informed and neuro-affirming approach. Serena also has experience conducting psychoeducational assessments, including ADHD and learning difficulties and disorders.

While Serena particularly enjoys counselling work, she values maintaining a broad skill set and is open to supporting a diverse range of clients including children, adolescents, adults, and couples. She is committed to ongoing professional growth and supporting clients to build insight, confidence, and practical skills for everyday life.

Serena is fluent in Japanese; however, her proficiency is limited and therefore welcomes those who may feel comfortable accessing therapy in a mix of both Japanese and English.

Serena is available to see Clients in our Melbourne CBD office.

Please call reception on 1300224665 to book an appointment with Serena.