Find a Clinical Supervisor for professional development or a Board Approved Registrar Program
Looking for Psychology Supervision in Melbourne?
If you’re looking for psychology supervision in Melbourne, regionally or interstate, then we would love to help. We are a team of Clinical Psychologists and Clinical Neuropsychologists with years of experience in the mental health system across public and private practice.
We offer Clinical Supervision to registered Psychologists (Clinical, Counselling, Neuropsychology and General), graduate psychologists who require a period of supervision for endorsement, and other mental health professionals in private practice. We are proud to have a history of partnership with the University of Melbourne and ISN in providing placements for the Clinical Masters in Psychology Programs. We look forward to being able to offer this again in the future. (Please note: we do not offer 5+1 or 4+2 pathway at this time).
Professional Development
Are you a registered Psychologist or mental health professional looking for professional development? Our team of Clinical Psychologists and Clinical Neuropsychologists have expertise across the lifespan.
Clinical Endorsement
Are you seeking Endorsement in Clinical Psychology? Our supervision is designed in line with the competency framework from the Psychology Board of Australia and offered by a Board Approved Clinical Psychologist.
Clinical Formulation
We provide single session or a set of supervision sessions that are designed for your stage and place of practice. Supervision can focus upon clinical formulation regarding a case, or building specific skills in clinical practice. We also provide a space for reflective practice and the development of self care for your career as a Psychologist.
Types of Therapies
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Meta-Cognitive Therapy
- Schema Focused and Mode Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Attachment theory and parenting strategies
- Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
- Neuropsychological assessment
Dr. Nellie Lucas
Principal Clinical Psychologist, Melbourne Clinical & Child Psychology
DPsych (Clinical – Child and Adolescent Specialisation), BPsych (Hons), MAPS FCCLP
Dr. Nellie Lucas is a Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years of experience across diverse mental health settings. She is a Psychology Board Approved Supervisor (since 2015) with endorsement in Clinical Psychology and has been supervising psychology students and registered psychologists since 2009.
Nellie completed her Bachelor of Psychology with Honours at the University of New England before completing her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (Child and Adolescent Specialisation) at the University of Melbourne in 2006. Her doctoral thesis examined neurobiological assessment of self-concept.
Nellie’s extensive career spans public and private hospitals, private practice, and academic institutions, including positions at Monash University and Victoria University of Wellington. Her clinical expertise encompasses working with all age groups, from parent-infant/child dyads through to adolescents and adults, with particular focus on attachment-based interventions and developmental assessment and therapy in recent years.
Advanced Clinical Knowledge and Expertise
Nellie has taught and supervised in Clinical Psychology Masters and Doctoral Programs at Monash University and The University of Wellington in New Zealand. She continues to supervise Clinical Masters Psychology students on placement from the University of Melbourne. Her training in Clinical Child Psychology had a neurobiological and neuropsychological focus, which informs her practice in working with parents and infants through to young children.
She has extensive experience in the assessment and treatment of complex mental health and developmental concerns, including treating eating disorders within both inpatient and outpatient day program settings at The Melbourne Clinic, as well as complex trauma and personality disorders in outpatient programs at Ramsay Clinic Albert Road (The Albert Road Clinic). She maintains long-held expertise in treating depression, anxiety, and OCD across the lifespan.
Her therapeutic approach integrates evidence-based modalities including Schema Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Meta-cognitive Therapy, Mindfulness-based interventions, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), and Tuning in to Kids parenting interventions.
At MCCP, Nellie continues to supervise and consult with Psychology Registrars from Clinical Psychology, Educational and Developmental Psychology, and Clinical Neuropsychology.
Supervision Approach
With a warm and reflective style, Nellie brings flexibility to her supervision practice, tailoring her approach to meet individual professional development needs. Her specific interests in attachment theory, developmental frameworks, and neurobiology inform her supervision work, with particular attention to process issues and the therapeutic relationship. She currently supervises Clinical Masters students on placement at Melbourne Clinical and Child Psychology, Provisional Psychologists, Psychologists seeking endorsement in Clinical Psychology, and both Clinical and General Psychologists in private practice.
Location
We provide sessions in our clinic rooms in Armadale or Beaumaris and also offer supervision online via Zoom Health.