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About Holly Melrose

I enjoy working with children, adolescents, adults, and families to provide assessment and intervention for varied developmental, cognitive, behavioural and academic functioning. My interest areas inc ...

Special interests

I provide individual and family therapy for adolescents, young adults, and adults for depression, anxiety, adjustment, school disengagement, relationship difficulties, and where families have children with a disability.  I have additional focus on excessive gaming and internet use, ADHD, and learning difficulties including underachievement in those with high intellectual potential. I am experienced in using a range of assessments to profile areas essential to academic achievement and perform diagnostic assessments for autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, learning disabilities, and cognitive functioning.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours 1st class) 2011

Bachelor of Psychological Sciences (Honours 1st class) 2012

Master of Psychology (Educational & Developmental) 2015

Master of Clinical Family Therapy (Candidate) 2017-2018

 

Awards and Publications

Christine Grové, Holly Melrose, Andrea Reupert, Darryl Maybery & Bradley Morgan (2015): When your parent has a mental illness: children's experiences of a psycho- educational intervention, Advances in Mental Health: Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention, DOI: 10.1080/18387357.2015.1063637 (Masters Thesis)

2012 Parks Victoria Awards for best fourth year honours project relating to health and nature or the environment Deakin University

2012 Yungaburra Foundation Award for an honours or postgraduate student with leadership potential in the disability field Deakin University

2012 Honours First Class
Thesis title: “The Unique Contribution of Attachment Beliefs and Perceptions to Quality of Life” Australian College of Applied Psychology

2011 Honours First Class
Thesis title: “Perspectives of including People Experiencing Psychotic Disorders into Environmental Volunteering” Deakin University

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Registration numbers and professional memberships

AHPRA no.PSY0001812345 Member of Australian Psychological Society (MAPS)

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