Lena Johnston

Psychologist

Lena offers a warm, collaborative space where clients can be seen, listened to, and understood. Having lived in the Northern Rivers for over 20 years, she is known for her compassionate approach, creating a place where clients can land, be, and feel deeply valued — while building the skills and confidence to create meaningful change.

Her approach is tailored to each client’s needs, drawing on a range of evidence-based therapies, talking approaches, practical exercises, and somatic methods. She draws from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Psychotherapy, Ego State Therapy, Clinical Hypnosis, and grief and loss counselling. Lena works alongside clients to build a strong therapeutic relationship and foster deeper connections with themselves and others. This process supports the integration of all parts of who they are, expands self-understanding, and strengthens resilience.

With a holistic, person-centred, and trauma-informed approach that honours the mind, body, and emotions, Lena partners with clients to reflect, gain clarity, build skills, and take purposeful steps toward their values, desires, and goals. She is committed to ongoing professional development, continually enhancing her skills to provide the highest standard of care. While therapy is supportive, it also offers space for clients to discover their own answers — helping them trust their inner wisdom and capacity for change.

Lena works with adults, helping with concerns such as anxiety, depression, mood-related challenges, trauma, eating disorders, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, stress, and the impact of chronic pain.

A registered Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia (AHPRA) and member of the Australian Association of Psychologists Inc (AAPi), Lena offers sessions in English and German.

Dr. Christine Ellisdon

Consultant Clinical Psychologist

Christine works with older adolescents, adults and couples. She has special interests in treating anxiety disorders, mood disorders, trauma, relationship issues and self-worth/self-esteem issues. She also has extensive experience in treating grief and loss and adjustment issues and enjoys supporting people through life transitions and spiritual growth.

Christine believes that true psychological therapy is about healing not just symptom reduction. Her approach is collaborative and supportive and invites people to identify and explore the barriers effecting their daily functioning and preventing them from living a fulfilling life.  Christine’s approach aims to empower people through increased insight and understanding while also providing opportunities to develop alternative ways of responding to the difficulties they are experiencing and relating to themselves and others.

Christine uses an integrative approach to tailor therapy to the needs of the person in a manner that honours their inner wisdom and capacity for healing. She is respectful of individual differences while recognising the innate qualities each person possesses.  Christine is experienced and trained in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Schema Therapy, Internal Family Systems Therapy, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Somatic Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, and Emotion Focused Couples Therapy. She is registered as an endorsed Clinical Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), a Medicare provider and holds full membership with the Australian Association of Psychologists (AAPi).

For further information please go to www.alignedpsychology.com.au

Dana Ben-Israel

Clinical Psychologist

Dana is a registered clinical psychologist with over 12 years of experience working across both public and private sectors.  Dana sees clients (18 years and over) with a range of emotional and psychological difficulties ranging from low mood, anxiety, stress, eating disorders, relationship difficulties and grief.

Dana specialises in perinatal psychology working with clients in the various stages of their journey to and through parenthood including planning, conception, pregnancy, postpartum and beyond. This can involve supporting bereaved parents experiencing grief and loss after miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death.

Dana uses a holistic approach based on a shared understanding of her client’s difficulties and their desire for change. Dana works from an attachment perspective that explores how client’s patterns of interacting and experiencing their world is rooted in their early childhood and repeated throughout their lives. She supports clients to flourish by cultivating a compassionate relationship with themselves and others and feel empowered to prevent their histories repeating in their current lives and relationships.

Dana is skilled and experienced in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Schema Therapy, Mindfulness-based practice, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, EMDR, and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. She holds clinical psychologist registration with Australian Psychology Board and Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and is a member of the Centre for Perinatal Psychology.

To find out more or to contact Dana visit: www.dbipsychology.com.

Reetta Makinen

Psychotherapist and Counsellor

As a caring practitioner, clarity coach and behaviour change expert, Reetta has spent 15+ years helping people break free from unhelpful patterns and unlock their potential from the inside out.

Reetta’s career spans executive coaching, alcohol and drug rehabilitation and trauma-informed psychotherapy, giving her a rare ability to support people from all walks of life. Clients often say Reetta is more than a therapist - she’s a trusted partner, walking beside them through life’s challenges. Whether it’s finding calm amid stress or anxiety, rediscovering motivation and joy, strengthening self-belief, overcoming addiction or building more fulfilling relationships, Reetta brings a steady presence and strong therapeutic approach.

Reetta’s approach is integrative, drawing from Schema Therapy, DBT, ACT, CBT, Family Systems, mindfulness and somatic practices. But more than any method, she honours each client’s unique story and meets them where they are.

To Reetta, therapy isn’t about fixing something that’s “broken”. It’s about understanding ourselves more fully, so we can make different choices and live with greater clarity, self-worth and purpose. She helps clients uncover the hidden patterns shaping their lives and equips them with the tools to create meaningful, lasting change. Her goal is to provide a warm, safe space where that transformation feels achievable.

Reetta holds a Master’s degree in Counselling, advanced training in multiple evidence-based psychotherapies and is a registered Counsellor with the Australian Counselling Association (ACA).

For more information, visit: www.inpeace.com.au

Chloe Allison

Experiential Therapist – Nervous-System Regulation, Nature-Based Embodiment & Energy Integration

Chloe supports individuals to cultivate nervous-system resilience, emotional clarity and embodied presence through a grounded integration of somatic therapy, nature-based practice and subtle energy work. With over 15 years’ experience in trauma-informed social care, she offers a warm and steady space for those navigating overwhelm, trauma recovery, relational challenges, spiritual awakening and life transitions.

Her approach weaves somatic psychology, eco-somatic inquiry, breathwork, yoga, and energy-focused techniques to help clients settle, integrate and reconnect with their inner guidance. Nature is central in her work — inviting clients to attune to the landscapes within as deeply as the environments around them, restoring connection, coherence and a felt sense of belonging.

Chloe’s work bridges psychological insight with body-based and energetic awareness. Sessions may include nervous-system mapping, experiential embodiment, nature-based reflection, energy integration, and gentle insight practices. Clients are supported to deepen self-awareness, integrate healing across mind–body–energy systems, and move toward a more grounded, purposeful and vibrant way of living.

Training & Credentials:

BA (Hons) Psychology & Criminology • Master’s Counselling & Psychotherapy • Grad Dip Natural Health Science • RYT-200 + Yin • Reiki Master • Restorative Breathwork Specialist • Munay-Ki initiation • Ongoing study in polyvagal and somatic therapy

Chloe welcomes individuals seeking a safe, thoughtful and well-held environment to reconnect with themselves — in body, in energy, and in relationship with the living world.

For more information, please visit embodiedhealings.au

Dr. Jessica Wade

Sexologist and Somatic Therapist

Jessica is a Sexologist and Somatic therapist with a clinical background in medicine and advanced training in psychosexual therapy, counselling, and trauma-informed somatic psychotherapy. She supports women and couples seeking support with intimacy, sexual concerns, emotional disconnection, and nervous system regulation.

Jessica’s therapeutic approach is evidence-based, body-aware, and relational. Her sessions offer a space to explore the deeper causes of sexual concerns such as pain with sex, low libido, difficulties with orgasm, performance anxiety, trauma recovery, or changes in intimacy after childbirth or major life transitions. Clients often experience increased sexual confidence, deeper emotional and physical intimacy, improved communication, and a more fulfilling sex life.

Her work is especially valuable for those who feel stuck in survival mode and want to reconnect with their body, pleasure, and sense of self. At the heart of her practice is the belief that sexual wellbeing is essential to overall health — and that pleasure and safety in the body are powerful foundations for healing and relational connection.

Sessions are available in person and online via Zoom.

Jessica holds a Bachelor of Medicine (UNSW), a Master of Medicine in Psychosexual Therapy (University of Sydney), a Diploma of Counselling (AIPC), and has completed Level 1 training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (Trauma Themes).

To learn more or book an appointment, visit

www.embodiedsexualtherapy.com.au