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Psychology

Kylie has been working as a psychologist in the Western Sydney and Nepean Blue Mountains region for the past 20 years. She has a background in child protection, community mental health (including running DBT groups) and trauma specific services for children and adults.

Kylie works with people across all ages of the lifespan (6+). She also provides supervision for health care professionals for ongoing reflective practice and professional development needs.

Treatment is always incorporating principles of Trauma Informed Care, which means that safety, trust, choice, collaboration, empowerment and respect for diversity is key.

Enquiries Welcome:

Please Note:

Kylie currently has a limited availability to accept new clients.

Available hours:

  • Monday - 9am to 2pm
  • Tuesday - 9am to 5pm
  • Wednesday - 9am to 5pm
  • Thursday - 9am to 2pm
  • Friday - 9am to 5pm

What do psychologists do?

  • Psychologists work with individuals, groups and families to help people change the way they think, behave, feel and react.
  • Psychologists have specific training in the brain, memory and learning processes, and human behaviour.
  • Psychologists have completed a minimum of 6 years education, training and supervised experience in order to be registered to practice. Ongoing professional development is continually required to keep up to date with skills and evidence based treatment.
  • Treatment is tailored to the individual and the psychologist will provide assessment, develop strategies and deliver evidence based treatments.

Presenting needs that we provide treatment for include:

  • Trauma – including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Complex PTSD, and Dissociative Disorders
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Stress
  • Grief and loss
  • Relationship difficulties
  • Life transitions
  • Workplace difficulties

Our approach:

Treatment is always incorporating principles of Trauma Informed Care, which means that safety, trust, choice, collaboration, empowerment and respect for diversity is key. Treatment primarily incorporates ‘bottom up’ processing which includes sensory and other ways to calm the nervous system, then ‘top down processing’ which includes a cognitive approach to understanding behaviour change.

“It takes practice to change our habits of surviving! Insight is not enough to create lasting change.” – Janina Fisher.

Specific Treatments

Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing – (EMDR)

through eye movement and bi-lateral stimulation distress around traumatic events can be reduced.

Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR)

A neuroscientifically guided intervention to reduce distress and shock reactions around traumatic distress.

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

A model to acknowledge ‘parts of self’ that develop in response to trauma as well as ‘unburdening’ parts that hold trauma memories and responses.

Schema Therapy 

is a therapeutic intervention that addresses beliefs that people have developed about themselves and the world and developing more adaptive ways to engage in the world and relationships.

Trauma Informed Stabilisation Treatment (TIST)

An approach to acknowledge parts of self that have developed for survival reasons and ways to engage in a sense of ‘self’ that allows mindfulness in the here and now.

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)

Helps identify and change thinking and behaviour patterns that are unhelpful or ineffective and replace with more functional skills.

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

Teaches skills to move towards a life worth living addressing domains of mindfulness skills, managing distress, navigating interpersonal relationships and regulating emotions.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Teaches skills to manage and accept thoughts and feelings rather than trying to control them. Using mindfulness and connection to values the goal is to help create a meaningful life.

Gottman Method

To assist couples to build stronger relationships and connections and manage conflict.

Bio-feedback

A mind body technique to help calm and regulate your nervous system

Creative therapies for children

Bibliotherapy, art and other techniques but NOT structured play therapy or sand tray therapy.

Polyvagal interventions

Working with individuals to calm their nervous system and response to stress through fostering a sense of safety and connection.

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)

Helps manage emotions and thoughts through body movements.

Neurofeedback

Watch this space for Neurofeedback coming in 2025!!!!

“Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn’t know before you learned it”
– Maya Angelou.

Fees:

Session fees are $200 per 50 minute consultation and with a GP mental Health Care plan will get $96.65 Medicare rebate.

Many Private Health funds also provide rebates for psychology.

I am also registered with a range of subsidised schemes that provide no out of pocket costs for clients:

  • Workers Compensation and Greenslip – CTP claims – (SIRA)
  • Nepean Blue Mountains Primary Health Network – Psychological Therapy Service (PTS) Scheme for health care card holders
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) – for self and plan managed participants

I do not provide acute or out of hours consultation so other support services include:

  • Full stop – ph:1800 385 578
  • Blue Knot- ph:1800421468
  • 1800 RESPECT – 1800 737 732
  • Mens Line – 1300 78 99 78
  • Beyond Blue – 1300 22 4636
  • Mental Health Access Line – 1800 011 511
  • Head to Health – 1800 595 212

Meet Kylie

Kylie Grigg

Registered Psychologist

Kylie has been working as a psychologist in the Western Sydney and Nepean Blue Mountains region for the past 20 years. She has a background in child protection, community mental health (including running DBT groups) and trauma specific services for children and adults. She has been running her own psychology practice since 2018. She has specific training in a range of modalities to treat childhood developmental and attachment trauma, as well as complex trauma in adults. She is passionate about providing up to date trauma interventions based on the most recent brain science.

Kylie works with people across all ages of the lifespan (6+). She also provides supervision for health care professionals for ongoing reflective practice and professional development needs.

Bachelor of Social Sciences with a double major in psychology and criminology – University of Western Sydney

2002

Post graduate Diploma in Psychology – University Of Western Sydney

2003

Diploma of Psychological Practice – College of Psychological Practice

2005

“Trauma is contagious, but so is healing.” - Bessell Van Der Kolk

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