Dr Suzanne Barrett, Clinical Psychologist/Principal Psychologist  DPsych(Clinical/Child, Adolescent & Family) BSc(Hons) MACPA MAPS FCCLP

Suzanne has worked in a variety of settings providing psychology services to young people for over 20 years.  She has over 15 years experience in private practice, where she provides assessment, therapy, parenting support, and professional supervision in most areas of child and adolescent psychology (ages 2 to 20 years).  She also provides supervision through university, community health and hospital settings and professional consulting services to not-for-profit and media organisations.  Suzanne provides a number of workshops and online courses for child therapists with Dr Fiona Zandt, with whom she co-authored two books on therapy with children and founded Creative Child Therapy Workshops.  In addition to her private practice, Suzanne works at the Royal Children’s Hospital Neurology Department with the Complex Movement Disorders Program and Complex Tourettes Clinic. She has previously worked with the RCH Mental Health Service on the Autism Assessment Team and a community CAMHS team.

Suzanne’s professional qualifications include a Doctorate of Clinical Psychology with a specialisation in working with children, adolescents, and their families from the University of Melbourne in 2001.  Prior to that, she achieved a Bachelor of Science (with Honours and University Medal in Psychology) from the Australian National University.

Suzanne is registered with the Psychology Board of Australia (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency) including endorsement as a clinical psychologist and approval as a supervisor for clinical endorsement.  Suzanne is a full member of the Australian Clinical Psychologists Association, the Australian Psychological Society, and the College of Clinical Psychologists and a registered provider of Medicare specialist clinical psychology services.  Suzanne has completed board-approved supervision training and has over 17 years experience in providing professional supervision.

Suzanne enjoys working with young people and is committed to providing them with effective and respectful services.  When working with children, Suzanne is passionate about providing developmentally appropriate therapy incorporating playful activities for children and working closely with their parents.

Appointments are available with Suzanne on Tuesdays via telehealth and on Thursdays in person (9.30am-4pm).  Additional days and times are available for supervision services.

Publications:

• Zandt, F., and Barrett, S. (2020).  Creative Ways to Help Children Manage Anxiety: Ideas and Activities for Working Therapeutically with Worried Children and their Families.  London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
• Zandt, F., and Barrett, S. (2017).  Creative Ways to Help Children Manage BIG Feelings: A Therapists’ Guide to Working with Preschool and Primary Children.  London:  Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
• Barrett, S., Prior, M., & Manjiviona, J. (2004). Children on the borderlands of autism: Differential characteristics in social, imaginative, communicative and repetitive behaviour domains.  Autism, Vol 8(1), 61-87.
• Barrett, S., Prior, M., & Manjiviona, J. (2002). Differences between Young Children with Autism and those with Communication Disorders in Social, Imaginative, and Repetitive Behaviours, and in Communication. In S. Lancaster, Understanding Children and Families: Psychology Research at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne (1st ed., pp. 87-118). Brisbane: Australian Academic Press.
• Barrett, S., & Heubeck, B. (2000). Relationships between School Hassles and Uplifts and Anxiety and Conduct Problems in Grades 3 and 4.  Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Vol 21(5), 537-554.