Staff

Our treatment team consist of Provisionally Registered Psychologists. All staff have completed a minimum of 3 years of undergraduate study in Psychology and at least one year Post Graduate studies in Psychology. Their practice is fully supervised by a Senior Psychologist/ Supervisor.

Kat Howting – Provisional Psychologist

Kat (she/her pronouns) has a warm, empathic, client-centred approach. She values individual differences and open-mindedness and brings a non-judgmental perspective to her work. Kat has experience with clients across the lifespan and from diverse backgrounds having worked within community and forensic settings. She enjoys working with individuals, couples, and families and has a strong interest in positive psychology. Kat aims to bring modality integration and flexibility to her practice.

Laura Viana Lopez – Provisional Psychologist

Laura has experience working with clients of all ages and has a warm, client-centered approach. She is interested in working alongside clients with diverse cultural backgrounds and has experience using key therapeutic techniques for a variety of mental health-related issues such as anxiety and depression. She is fluent in English and Spanish.

Whitney Shamu – Provisional Psychologist

Whitney is a Provisional Psychologist with a Masters in Professional

Psychology. She is motivated to help every client learn healthy means of dealing with mental and emotional difficulties. She is dedicated to providing compassionate, results-orientated and solution-focused care.

She has experience working with children with special needs as well as adolescents and adults, and people from various ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds. She likes to take an integrated approach to suit the needs of her clients.

Whitney is fluent in English and Shona.

Daniella Kocic – Provisional Psychologist

Danie has experience in working with individuals across a range of age groups and treatment settings. Her warm and collaborative approach to therapy gives clients the opportunity to gently explore their own narrative, so that they feel listened to and become more aware of their own thinking and behaviour patterns. Her work is evidence-based, client-centred, and guided by the core values of care and kindness.

Katy Dib – Managing Director / Supervisor

Katy has been a registered Psychologist and Supervisor since 2007. She is a founder and Managing Director of Melbourne Affordable Psychology.