Saltwater Psychology
& Consulting
Saltwater Psychology & Consulting provides personalised, evidence-informed psychological services tailored to each individual's unique experiences, strengths, goals, and circumstances. A compassionate, collaborative, and client-centred approach is taken to create a safe and supportive space where clients can feel heard, understood, and empowered to navigate challenges, improve wellbeing, and work towards meaningful and lasting change.
Based in Newport on Sydney's Northern Beaches, services are available through office-based appointments, telehealth, home visits, walk-and-talk sessions, and outreach appointments. Outreach services are available across the Northern Beaches, North Shore, Central Coast, Newcastle, and Hunter regions.
Support is available for adolescents, adults, older adults, families, organisations, and support teams across a broad range of presentations, including anxiety, mood difficulties, trauma, neurodevelopmental conditions, disability, chronic health conditions, neurological conditions, and complex presentations requiring multidisciplinary support.
Appointments are available through private funding without a referral, Medicare, private health insurance, SIRA (Workers Compensation), Employee Assistance Programs (EAP), Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA), and NDIS self-managed and plan-managed funding.
Holly is also an approved Work and Development Order (WDO) sponsor, and registered Behaviour Support Practitioner.
Psychology on the Northern Beaches
Presentations Seen
Neurodegenerative Conditions, Memory & Cognitive Concerns
e.g., Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, Huntington’s Disease, MCI, and brain fog
Pain & Functional Neurological Conditions
e.g., chronic pain, FND, CRPS, and somatic symptom presentations
Psychosis & Related Presentations
e.g., schizophrenia, and schizoaffective disorder
Mood & Anxiety Disorders
e.g., depression, bipolar, and anxiety disorders (generalised, social, phobias, panic, OCD)
Trauma related presentations
e.g., PTSD, complex trauma, dissociation, personality related difficulties, and birth trauma (both genders)
Mental Health Concerns Associated with Medical Conditions and Disability
e.g., autoimmune disorders, cancer, TBI, genetic conditions, stroke, and intellectual disability
Women’s Mental Health
e.g., perinatal mental health, PMDD, and menopause
Neurodevelopmental Conditions
e.g., ADHD, and autism
Adjustment, Burnout & High-Demand Environments
e.g., workplace stress, burnout, perfectionism, life transitions, and study related stress
Assessments
Diagnostic assessment for a range of mental health presentations, as well as capacity and risk assessments including guardianship-related matters, selected forensic assessments, firearms assessments, pre-surgical psychological assessments, and gender-affirming assessments
A limited number of reduced-gap appointments are available for eligible clients.