ABOUT STRENGTH

Greater Geelong region’s most experienced child psychology team.

There are other psychology practices in Geelong, so here is why families, GPs, and school principals consistently choose Strength, and why the children we see get such great outcomes.

9 Specialist Clinicians Child & adolescent psychologists, with postgraduate qualifications
60+ Years Combined Experience Aggregate clinical experience across the full Strength team
5+ Years Serving Geelong Founded in 2020 and growing every year since
100% Child & Adolescent Focused We work exclusively with children, teens, and their families

OUR FOUNDATION

Built on Educational & Developmental Psychology from day one.

Most psychology practices offer general mental health services and add children as a specialty. Strength was built the other way around. We started with a deep grounding in Educational and Developmental Psychology, the discipline that studies how children grow, learn, think, and develop across every domain of their lives.

That foundation changes everything about the quality of care we provide. Our clinicians don't just treat symptoms, they understand the developmental context behind them. Why a 9-year-old's anxiety looks different from a 15-year-old's. How a child's school environment, family dynamics, and neuro-developmental profile all interact. What a behaviour is communicating, not just how to manage it.

This is the lens through which every clinician at Strength approaches their work, regardless of whether a child comes to us for counselling, assessment, or both.

What this means for your child
Developmental context: Your child's age, stage, and learning profile are central to how we understand what they're experiencing, not an afterthought.
School-aware: Our roots in school psychology mean we understand the education system from the inside, and can communicate effectively with teachers and principals.
Assessment & therapy under one roof: Because our clinicians work across both, you don't need two separate practices, and findings from assessment directly inform treatment.
Neurodiversity-affirming: We understand that children who think and learn differently are not disordered, and our approach reflects that in every session.

WHAT SETS US APART

Four reasons families choose Strength.

A team with genuine depth
With over 60 years of aggregate clinical experience across nine specialist clinicians, Strength is the largest and most experienced child psychology team in the Greater Geelong region. Every clinician holds a postgraduate qualification and brings specialist expertise in the areas that most commonly affect school-age children.
Your child benefits from the whole team
When you book with one of our clinicians, your child doesn't just get one psychologist's expertise. Through formal individual and group clinical supervision and regular case conferencing, every clinician at Strength draws on the collective knowledge of the entire team. No clinician here works in isolation.
Trusted by Geelong schools
School principals don't partner with psychology practices lightly. The fact that a number of local schools have entrusted Strength to deliver in-school psychological services is a meaningful signal of the confidence the education community places in our team's expertise and professionalism.
Assessment & counselling, genuinely integrated
Because most of our clinicians work across both counselling and assessment, the two services are genuinely connected at Strength. Assessment findings directly inform treatment, and a child in ongoing counselling can access an assessment without being referred elsewhere, keeping continuity of care intact.

HOW COLLABORATION WORKS

One clinician. The knowledge of nine.

The phrase "collaborative team" gets used loosely in healthcare. At Strength, it has a specific meaning, and a specific structure that makes it real.

Every clinician at Strength participates in formal individual clinical supervision with a senior clinician, as well as regular group case conferencing where complex or challenging cases are discussed as a team. This isn't informal hallway conversation, it's a structured, professional process that ensures every child's care is informed by more than one perspective.

For your family, this means that when your child's psychologist encounters something complex or unfamiliar, they are not working alone. The full depth of the Strength team's experience — across ADHD, autism, trauma, anxiety, learning differences, and more — is available to inform your child's care.

Your child’s psychologist

Leads your child’s care, builds the therapeutic relationship, and develops a personalised treatment plan.

Individual clinical supervision

Regular one-on-one supervision with a senior clinician ensures reflective, high-quality practice at every session.

Group case conferencing

Complex cases are discussed as a full team — drawing on multiple clinical perspectives and specialisations.

Better outcomes for your child

The result is a quality of care that genuinely reflects the depth of the whole team — not just one practitioner working in isolation.

OUR STORY IN BRIEF

From one psychologist to Geelong’s largest child psychology team.

Strength Psychology was founded in August 2020 with a clear vision: to build a child psychology practice in Geelong that families could genuinely rely on. What followed is a story of steady, deliberate growth.

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2020

Strength Psychology opens in Belmont

Founded with a single psychologist and a clear mission to provide high-quality, specialist child psychology services to families in the Greater Geelong region.

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2021

The team begins to grow

The first additional clinician joins, bringing specialist expertise and laying the foundation for the collaborative team model that would define Strength's approach.

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2022 – 2023

Schools partnership model develops

Strength begins partnering with local schools to deliver in-school psychological services, a natural extension of the team's educational psychology expertise.

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2024

Moves to Highton & expands further

Growing client demand sees Strength move to a larger home in Highton — and the team continues to expand with new specialist clinicians.

Now
2026

Nine clinicians. Still growing.

Strength is now the largest child psychology team in the Greater Geelong region, with over 60 years of aggregate clinical experience and a genuine commitment to being the practice Geelong families trust.

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If you're ready to get your child in front of a clinician, booking an initial counselling session takes a few minutes online. No referral required.

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Still have questions?

Whether you're not sure which service is right, you want to know more about a specific clinician, or you're enquiring about an assessment — we're happy to help before you commit to anything.

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