About
Dianne Mawby
Dianne is a compassionate psychologist who supports her clients to find practical ways to help bring about positive changes. Dianne has a friendly approach to sessions and believes therapy should be a rewarding experience for clients. She is particularly interested in presentations of anxiety, depression, childhood and adolescent challenges, interpersonal difficulties, sleep issues, grief and loss.
She has worked in private practice, agencies and school settings and has experience with issues related to children, adolescents, families and adults. Dianne has worked collaboratively with all levels of medical and allied health professionals to ensure clients benefit from a comprehensive team approach.
Dianne uses a range of therapies that might include Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Strengths based approach, Family systems and Mindfulness.
Experience
Dianne is a registered psychologist and has completed a Master of Psychology. She is a
member of both the Australia Psychological Society and the Australian Association of
Psychologists. She is well connected with peers and heavily involved in networking with
psychologist colleagues and health professionals. She maintains an excellent knowledge of
current trends in mental health and best practice approaches for the management of mental
health conditions.
She is an experienced psychologist as well as an educator, who has worked with individuals,
children, adolescent, couples, and families, providing a range of therapeutic interventions.
Also having worked with clinical cohorts, she has developed, and facilitated group therapy
programs, led focus groups and information sessions on a range of psycho-educational
topics. This has included conducting the well-regarded program ‘Tuning in to Teens’, as well
as tailored seminars based on her research on Sleep, Anxiety and Mood Management. She
is very interested in supporting individuals and groups through preventative wellbeing
initiatives.
Dianne is experienced in working collaboratively with medical practitioners and allied health
professionals at all levels. As part of her studies, she has presented at international and
Australian conferences on her research; that included examining the effects of effortful
control (self-regulation construct) on prosocial and bullying behaviour in young children; and
the effects of electronic device use on sleep patterns, anxiety, and low mood in teenagers.
She has an excellent knowledge of current issues affecting children and adolescents.
Dianne also possesses strong organisational psychological skills with experience in all
aspects of human resource management, change management and industrial relations.
Other attributes include presentation skills, mediation skills, report writing, data analysis and
research ability.