Our Team
Dr Stephanie Kalanj-Mizzi
Psychologist, BSc, PG Dip Psych, MPsych/PhD
Stephanie is a skilled psychologist with extensive professional experience on the Gold Coast. Stephanie has general registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. She is strongly committed to providing a safe, relaxing therapy space to enable clients to feel supported and able to make positive and lasting change in their lives.
Stephanie specialises in providing therapeutic support to individuals, couples and families. She is also an experienced group facilitator and is regularly involved in the running of positive psychology programs.
Areas of practice include:
Adolescent Counselling
Anger Management
Anxiety and Depression
Child Counselling
Family Counselling
LGBTIQAP+ issues and gender questioning
Grief and loss
Marriage and Relationships
Parenting Support
Stress Management
Trauma Counselling
Adjustment post-injury
Stephanie understands that a strong client/therapist alliance is essential to successful counselling outcomes. This is achieved by ensuring clients feel valued and are treated with respect and compassion. At SKM Psychology, clients are not judged for their choices, decisions or beliefs. Stephanie uses evidence-based psychological, counselling and family therapy models to promote positive outcomes and make a genuine difference in her client's lives.
Stephanie works form a client-centred, whole of person approach. This ensures that the unique needs of the client are fully considered and therapy is tailored to the individual person. Interventions are drawn from an array of therapeutic models including: Person-Centred Therapy, Positive Psychology, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Humanistic Therapy and Behavioural Therapy.
Stephanie is currently a PhD candidate with Monash University. Her most recent article, titled “Motivations for Multiple Tattoo Acquisition: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis” in the journal Advances in Mental Health which is accessible via this link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/18387357.2018.1537127
Stephanie works Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri. To book an appointment with Stephanie, please call 0466 414 846
Catherine Scott
Registered Psychologist, BSc Psych (Hon)
Catherine is our newest member of SKM Psychology.
She has a vast range of skills across several modalities which she has obtained over the past 20 years working in Youth Mental Health, Victims of Crime and parenting support. Catherine has General Registration in Psychology and is an AHPRA approved supervisor.
Catherine believes that every individual is unique and everyone has the right to be accepted, respected and supported in a non-judgemental way so they can be the best possible version of themselves, which in turn helps them to lead a fulfilling and meaningful life.
She also believes that people are the drivers of their own story so likes to practice from a strength based, collaborative approach and focuses on the client-therapist relationship to ensure a culturally safe and empathetic environment.
Catherine is skilled in a range of treatment options including utilising mindfulness and a trauma informed approach in CBT, ACT, DBT, MI, and Psychological First Aid.
Areas of practice include:
Adolescent Counselling
Anger Management
Anxiety and Depression
Parenting and Family Issues
Neurodiversity
Disabilities
Trauma, PTSD and Domestic Violence
Pregnancy and PND
Grief and Loss
Stress Management
Relationship Counselling
Borderline Personality
School Refusal and Bullying
Work and Study
Health Related Stress
Sports Counsellling
Cathy works Mon, Wed and Thurs. To book an appointment with Cathy, please call 0466 414 846