I’m Carla, a registered psychologist, Board-approved psychology supervisor and the founder of A Good Conversation. I completed a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Psychology at Monash University, followed by a Master of Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Melbourne. My postgraduate research explored psychological resilience and adjustment following traumatic brain injury and was published in Frontiers in Neurology.
Throughout my years working as a psychologist, I’ve found myself increasingly drawn to relationships, self-development, grief and the life transitions that shape how we see ourselves and our lives. This has also shaped my ongoing professional development, including further study in couples therapy, relationship dynamics, grief and life transitions.
My approach is collaborative, practical and grounded in evidence-based psychological practice. I’m interested in understanding what may be getting in the way, where patterns have come from, and what might help things shift. Given my background in neuropsychology, I also bring an understanding of the brain into therapy where it’s useful — helping make sense of how we think, feel and respond.
About Me.
PSYCHOLOGIST
Registered Psychologist
BA (Hons) (Psych), MPsych (ClinNeuropsych)
SUPERVISION
Board-Approved Psychology Supervisor
MEMBERSHIP
Member of the Australian Psychological Society
About
A Good
Conversation.
Most people hear a good conversation and think pleasant, easy, agreeable.
But some of the most important conversations are none of those things. They’re uncomfortable. They’re vulnerable. They’re messy. They’re the conversations we avoid, put off, rehearse in our heads, or don’t quite know how to begin.
And they’re not only the conversations we have with each other. They’re also the ones we have with ourselves - about who we are, what we want, what we need, what we believe, and what might need to change.
What makes it a good conversation is not the absence of challenge, but the presence of curiosity, courage, and a willingness to understand ourselves and one another.
A good conversation is rarely about saying the perfect thing. More often, it’s about creating enough honesty, safety and understanding for something meaningful to happen. The conversation itself may be challenging, but it can create a pathway to connection, clarity, repair and growth.
A good conversation is not defined by how comfortable it feels, but by where it leads.
That’s the idea behind A Good Conversation.
