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About Us

At Wise Mind Psychology Clinic, each of our psychologists has had the privilege of working with many individuals, families and groups, with a particular focus on parents and parents-to-be. From fertility difficulties and pregnancy to life with a new baby, returning to work, and raising children through different ages and stages, these transitions can bring sleepless nights, exhaustion, anxiety and self-doubt.

We all hope things will go smoothly when we become parents or start planning a family. Yet these times are often unpredictable and hard to navigate.

When things don't go to plan, it is easy to slip into self-criticism, and many of us end up struggling in silence, feeling embarrassed or believing nothing can change. It doesn't have to be this way. Help and hope are available.

We offer a warm, non-judgmental space where you can feel heard, and we welcome families of every shape, including LGBTQIA+ families, solo parents, blended families, and families created through donor conception, surrogacy, adoption or kinship care.

Together we will work towards your goals, using evidence-based approaches to help you manage difficult feelings, ease your symptoms and strengthen your close relationships, including your relationships with your children if you’re a parent. Our aim is to support you and your family thrive.

If you would like support to make positive changes for yourself and your family, please get in touch, as we would love to hear from you.

If you would like guidance and support to make positive changes to benefit you and your family, please get in touch. We look forward to talking to you!

  • Depression/sadness/low mood

  • Anxiety/worry/nervousness

  • Pre and postnatal depression and anxiety

  • Fertility challenges and navigating assisted reproduction

  • Grief and loss

  • Parenting challenges, including difficulties in the parent-child relationship and low parenting confidence

  • Family and relationship difficulties

How we can help…

We work with people to assist some of the following issues:

  • Low self-esteem and confidence

  • Difficult childhoods, including abuse, neglect or the loss of loved ones

  • The effects of trauma

  • Major life changes or events, such as breakups, physical illness or loss

  • Issues related to culture, immigration, or adjusting to a new place

This is not a complete list. Please get in touch about the specific difficulties you are facing and we can discuss this in more detail.

Our Psychologists

Our Team
Emily Wilkinson
Emily Wilkinson

Clinical Psychologist

Hi, I'm Emily, a Clinical Psychologist and the founder of Wise Mind Psychology Clinic. I find joy in helping people work towards a rich and fulfilling life, despite any obstacles they may face. I have a particular interest in the perinatal period and parenting, and I support people who are thinking about starting a family, navigating fertility challenges, expecting a baby, or raising children of any age.

I’ve had the privilege of working with many individuals who have experienced major challenges. These changes can be overwhelming.

The therapeutic relationship is one of the most important parts of therapy, so I place a strong emphasis on connection, rapport and building trust. Our work together will be highly collaborative. In my work, I draw mostly on compassion-focused, strengths-based and attachment-focused approaches. Where relevant, I also assist clients to build parenting skills and parenting confidence, so that they can thrive in their family context.

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Sarah van Ree
Sarah van Ree

Psychologist, Board Approved Supervisor

Welcome, and thank you for taking the time to be here. I'm Sarah, and I have been a Registered Psychologist since 2010. I've had the honour of holding space and sitting with parents, bearing witness to life's struggles, joys and mundanities. I hold this sacred space carefully, because opening up and being vulnerable is difficult.

I have experience working with people in the pre-conception, infertility, assisted reproduction, pregnancy loss and stillbirth stages. I also support people antenatally, as well as those experiencing birth trauma, the adjustment to parenting and changes in their relationships. People come to me for parenting support, and I draw on Attachment Theory and Circle of Security principles in this work. More broadly, I have extensive experience supporting people with perinatal depression and anxiety. I have been practising via telehealth since 2020.

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Teresa Sartor
Teresa Sartor

Psychologist

Hi, I’m Teresa. I’m a Registered Psychologist with over eight years’ experience in perinatal mental health and a particular interest in reproductive mental health. I feel privileged to support individuals and couples through some of the most challenging and emotionally complex experiences involved in building a family.

I have extensive experience supporting people through infertility, fertility treatment and assisted reproduction, pregnancy loss, pregnancy after loss, and alternative pathways to parenthood. I also work with people experiencing perinatal anxiety and depression, birth trauma, adjustment to pregnancy and parenthood, parenting challenges, grief and loss, anxiety, stress and significant life transitions.

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How to Book

  • New Clients

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Treatment Philosophy

Our clinicians use an integrative approach, which allows us to draw on a wide range of theories and techniques to provide therapy that is tailored to your needs.

We use numerous evidence-based techniques, including those drawn from:

  • Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

  • Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)

  • Interpersonal Therapy

  • Narrative approaches

  • Dialectical Behaviour Therapy

  • Mindfulness

  • Attachment-based approaches

  • Schema Therapy

  • Strengths-based approaches

Our clinicians work within a culture of regular supervision, reflection and ongoing learning, so the care you receive is thoughtful and sustainable.


Being based at Footscray Community Arts and offering Telehealth appointments reflects who we are. We value the accessibility that telehealth can offer. We also value creativity, community and belonging, so we want our clients to come to a welcoming community space when they work with us in-person.

Wise Mind Psychology Clinic respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of this land, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong peoples of the Kulin Nation, and pays respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.

We acknowledge that this land is stolen land and that sovereignty was never ceded. We work to honour the living culture, knowledge and struggle of Australian Aboriginal peoples. ​

We acknowledge the value and importance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories, traditions, knowledge, psychology, and way of life that shape and sustain our national identity and way of life, and the historic and ongoing impact of colonisation and inequality.