Areas of Expertise
Kath has specialist training and skills to help support you with the following:
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Eating disorders, body image distress and disordered eating
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Complex traumatic experiences and complex post-traumatic stress disorder
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Obsessive compulsive disorder
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Body dysmorphic disorder
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Anxiety disorders, such as social anxiety, health anxiety and generalised anxiety
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Depression and grief
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Relationship difficulties and attachment trauma
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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
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Autism
* Please note, Kath does not provide diagnostic assessments for autism or ADHD.
Approach
Kath takes a non-pathological approach to her work, asking what happened to you, to help bring a sense of curiosity and compassion towards your experience.
Kath is a neuro-affirming and LGBTQIA+ affirming clinician.
Kath’s approach to eating disorders, body image and disordered eating comes from a non-diet, weight inclusive perspective. Kath is a Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician registered with Australia and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders. This means Kath has received specific training and supervision to support individuals experiencing eating disorders and continues to engage in professional development in this space.
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Kath has received training in the following interventions:
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Eye Movement Desenstitisation and Reprocessing Therapy
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Internal Family Systems Therapy
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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
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Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (including specialisations for eating disorders and body image disorders)
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Specialist Structured Clinical Management
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
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Professional affiliations include:
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Psychology Board of Australia (Registered, Clinical Endorsement)
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Australia and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders
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Eye Movement Desenstitisation and Reprocessing Association of Australia
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Member of the Australian Psychological Society.
But wait, there's more!
Research
Kath is also passionate about contributing to the evidence base in the field of eating disorders and trauma, and she currently holds an academic position. Kath completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology at Swinburne University of Technology in 2022. She examined the outcomes of a group treatment for women who had experienced complex trauma.
Her current research focuses on weight stigma, complex post-traumatic stress disorders and eating disorders.
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Consulting
Kath is one half of Inner Work Consulting. Inner Work Consulting is run by Kath and her long-term colleague and friend Dr Inge Gnatt. Inge and Kath bring an evidence-based, compassionate, and agile approach to workplace wellbeing. They provide workshops, ranging from 30-minute talks to full-day professional development sessions for organisations looking to create psychologically safe workplaces. Their programs are grounded in research and delivered with intention, ensuring strategies are not only credible but also practical and adaptable for real-world impact.
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Women’s Trauma Recovery Program
Kath is the lead clinical psychologist of the Women’s Trauma Recovery Program, a 10-week group therapy program run through the Swinburne Psychology Clinic.
The program is based on evidence-based therapeutic interventions such as Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and includes elements of Internal Family Systems Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy.
The goal of the program is to support participants develop emotional understanding and emotion regulation, self-compassion and adaptive coping mechanisms as well as creating a space for individuals to practice and develop interpersonal skills.