Psychologist

Dreamcatching Pty Ltd; Brisbane; Sur place; AUD 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Inside Out Therapy in Brisbane seeks a Psychologist to provide warm, evidence-based support for neurodiverse children, teens, and families. You will deliver assessment, intervention, and family guidance grounded in play, co-regulation, and strengths-based practice.

The role emphasises reflective, compassionate, and child-centred care, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to build confidence and emotional wellbeing. Experience with trauma-informed, play-based approaches is valued.

Qualifications

• Fully registered Psychologist with AHPRA (or Provisional Psychologist nearing completion with supervision plan).
• Endorsed Clinical, Educational & Developmental, or Neuropsychology desirable but not essential.
• Eligibility for Medicare provider number (if applicable).
• Experience delivering play-based, creative, or relationship-centred therapy (e.g., ACT, CBT, DBT-informed, DIR/Floortime, child-centred approaches).
• Experience working with emotional regulation, anxiety, identity development, trauma-informed care, and school-based concerns.

Responsabilités

• Deliver individual psychological therapy using neurodiversity-affirming, play-based, child-centred approaches.
• Support emotional regulation, social-emotional development, identity, self-advocacy, and mental wellbeing.
• Adapt therapy to meet sensory, developmental, cultural, and relational needs of each client.
• Develop and review individualised therapy plans with clear and meaningful goals.
• Conduct psychological assessments (e.g., cognitive, behavioural, emotional, developmental, ASD/ADHD contributing assessments within scope).
• Write comprehensive, strengths-based, accessible reports for families, referrers, and relevant stakeholders.
• Offer feedback sessions to help families understand results and next steps.
• Provide collaborative parent coaching sessions, psychoeducation, and reflective guidance.
• Communicate with empathy, cultural sensitivity, and respect for diverse neurotypes and family structures.
• Maintain accurate notes, progress summaries, reports, and client communication in the practice management system.
• Ensure all documentation follows professional, ethical, and organisational standards.
• Work closely with Occupational Therapists, Speech Therapists, Counsellors, AHAs, and Admin.
• Participate in team meetings, reflective practice, and joint planning for clients requiring multidisciplinary input.
• Support a culture of kindness, curiosity, and playfulness.
• Develop relationships with schools, GPs, and community partners as needed.
• Attend supervision, workshops, and professional development in areas such as play therapy, trauma-informed practice, family systems, and neurodiversity-affirming support.

Connaissances

Therapy with children

Neurodiversity

Play-based therapy

CBT/ACT/DBT-informed

Trauma-informed care

Formation

AHPRA-registered Psychologist

Provisional Psychologist (supervision plan)

Description du poste

Allied Health therapy supporting children with Neurodivergence and who have been impacted by Developmental Trauma.

About You :

• Fully registered Psychologist with AHPRA (or Provisional Psychologist nearing completion with supervision plan).
• Endorsed Clinical, Educational & Developmental, or Neuropsychology desirable but not essential.
• Eligibility for Medicare provider number (if applicable).

Position Summary :

About Inside Out Therapy

At Inside Out Therapy, we believe that when you start from the inside and work outward, magical things happen.

We are a boutique therapy practice supporting neurodiverse children, teens, and families to live healthy, authentic lives. Our approach is play-based, meaningful, and relationship-focused — built on respect, curiosity, and compassion.

Our three guiding pillars:

• Unique and Tailored
• Meaningful and Respectful
• Play-Based and Relationship-Focused

About This Role

The Psychologist provides warm, evidence-based, neurodiversity-affirming therapeutic support to children, young people, and their families.

This role delivers psychological assessment, intervention, and family support grounded in play, co-regulation, and strengths-based practice. You will work closely with our multidisciplinary team to offer holistic pathways that celebrate each child’s identity, build their confidence, and nurture emotional wellbeing.

This is a deeply relational position suited to someone who is reflective, compassionate, creative, and committed to delivering respectful, child-centred care.

Key Requirements :

• Strong therapeutic experience with children, teens, or families.
• Demonstrated commitment to neurodiversity-affirming, strengths-based practice.
• Experience delivering play-based, creative, or relationship-centred therapy (e.g., ACT, CBT, DBT-informed, DIR/Floortime, child-centred approaches).
• Experience working with emotional regulation, anxiety, identity development, trauma-informed care, and school-based concerns.
• Confident in writing clear, sensitive, evidence-informed reports.
• Effective communicator with families, colleagues, and community stakeholders.
• Calm, adaptable, reflective, and warm under pressure.

Job Responsibility :

Therapy & Clinical Care

• Deliver individual psychological therapy using neurodiversity-affirming, play-based, child-centred approaches.
• Support emotional regulation, social-emotional development, identity, self-advocacy, and mental wellbeing.
• Adapt therapy to meet sensory, developmental, cultural, and relational needs of each client.
• Develop and review individualised therapy plans with clear and meaningful goals.

Assessment

• Conduct psychological assessments (e.g., cognitive, behavioural, emotional, developmental, ASD/ADHD contributing assessments within scope).
• Write comprehensive, strengths-based, accessible reports for families, referrers, and relevant stakeholders.
• Offer feedback sessions to help families understand results and next steps.

Family & Caregiver Support

• Provide collaborative parent coaching sessions, psychoeducation, and reflective guidance.
• Communicate with empathy, cultural sensitivity, and respect for diverse neurotypes and family structures.

Documentation & Administration

• Maintain accurate notes, progress summaries, reports, and client communication in the practice management system.
• Ensure all documentation follows professional, ethical, and organisational standards.
• Work closely with Occupational Therapists, Speech Therapists, Counsellors, AHAs, and Admin.
• Participate in team meetings, reflective practice, and joint planning for clients requiring multidisciplinary input.
• Support a culture of kindness, curiosity, and playfulness.

Community & Professional Learning

• Develop relationships with schools, GPs, and community partners as needed.
• Attend supervision, workshops, and professional development in areas such as play therapy, trauma-informed practice, family systems, and neurodiversity-affirming support.

The things that might ‘make your day’ or ‘key challenges’

• Our clients will make you smile every day
• The determination and never failing hope the parents have for their child will increase your drive to want to support them and you will be in awe of their commitment to their child
• There is always something to laugh at or a cute client story
• You will form incredible bonds with our families and little people