Psychologists
Blake Blain
Blake is a registered Clinical Psychologist, Founder and Director of B Psychology. He has gained experience over several years working with adults and older adults across various settings within public mental health and in private practice. Blake provides a comprehensive assessment to deepen individuals understanding of their difficulties and what maintains them. He focuses on providing counselling and psychotherapy to assist individuals work towards their desired changes.
Blake is motivated to continue helping individuals improve their lives through targeting problems ranging in acuity and severity. These problems may relate to mental disorders including:
- anxiety
- depression
- psychotic
- obsessive-compulsive
- trauma related
- dissociative
- impulse control, and
- personality disorders.
or other difficulties relating to:
- suicidality and self-harming;
- stress;
- low self-esteem and confidence;
- grief and loss;
- life transition;
- relationship difficulties;
- social difficulties;
- loneliness: and
- conflict, to name a few.
Blake is trained in, and continues to develop several evidence based approaches including:
- Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT)
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT),
- Mindfulness based therapies.
Blake is an accredited CAT Practitioner and this modality greatly informs Blake's therapeutic work. It is a collaborative therapy focused on supporting individuals recognise and work towards shifting the most unhelpful patterns that are present in their lives.
Blake values creating a safe space where clients are heard and collaborated with to deepen their understanding of themselves, and improve their lives and overall wellbeing.
Jessica Du
Jessica is a registered psychologist with Ahpra who has been practising since 2019, in both private practice and public settings such as the hospital, school and community. She is especially interested in mental health issues and emotional wellbeing among those who may be new in the country, experience adjustment issues, or feeling marginalised in the community one way or another. Her therapeutic approaches include:
- Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT),
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and
- Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT).
Jessica works with individual with the following presentations in both English and Mandarin:
- Anxiety issues related to performance, social interactions, chronic worry
- Adjustment issues (reallocation, migration, major changes in relationships/ work situations)
- Depression
- Emotion dysregulation (unstable mood, big mood swings, impulsively acting on emotions)
- Insomnia
- Issues around identify and self-worth
- Perfectionism
- Self-harm & suicidal ideation
Jessica believes in empowering clients to shape the kind of life that is meaningful and satisfying as guided by their values. She enjoys exploring how people’s different approaches to emotions and interpersonal relationships may have an impact on their mental health and wellbeing.
Navid Khorassani
Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFT)T)ogist and psychoanalytic psychotherapist who has been practising clinically since 2018. He provides psychotherapy for young adults and adults, supporting them to explore the deeper emotional and relational patterns that shape their well-being and sense of self.
Grounded in classical and contemporary psychoanalytic theory, Navid helps individuals gain insight into unconscious conflicts, identity struggles, and emotional difficulties within a safe and collaborative therapeutic space. His approach integrates depth oriented psychotherapy with evidence-based modalities.
Navid works with individuals presenting with the following concerns, in both English and Persian (Farsi):
- Anxiety and depression
- Complex trauma and PTSD
- Low self-esteem and identity issues
- Relationship and attachment difficulties
- Grief and loss
- Life transitions
- Emotional regulation and stress-related challenges
Navid draws on several evidence-based and psychodynamic approaches including:
- Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
- Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP)
- Mentalization-Based Therapy (MBT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
He is committed to creating a warm and empathetic space that helps clients reconnect with their inner voice, confront their fears, and move toward personal growth and self-understanding.