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Shashi Naidu

BPsych, MPsych(Clin), Postgraduate(M.Phil) in Clinical Psychology

Services

  • Psychology

About

Shashi Naidu is a Senior Clinical Psychologist with more than 24 years of clinical experience. Shashi holds Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, Master’s in Clinical Psychology and Post Graduation in Clinical Psychology.

She is a registered Clinical Psychologist with APHRA, Member of the Australian Psychological Society and Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society Clinical College.

Shasi has worked in India and New Zealand, across different district health boards including child and adolescent mental health services and adult community health services.

On Coming to Australia, she worked as consultant clinical psychologist in Victoria in the Maternal Child Health Centre and was part of Beyond Blue initiative in perinatal mental health.

Currently Shashi works as senior clinical psychologist for Westmead Oral Restorative Sciences, and utilises her experience with genuine passion for helping those individuals facing mental health challenges due to chronic orofacial pain conditions.

 Shashi also offers workshops for the health profession.

Age Groups

  • Adults
  • Children
  • Adolesces
  • Families

Therapeutic Modalities

  •  Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
  •  Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
  •  Schema therapy
  •  Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  •  Psychodynamic psychotherapy
  •  Attachment based therapeutic interventions.
  •  Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  •  Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
  •  Systematic desensitisation behaviour therapy
  •  Play therapy
  •  Art therapy

Interests

Peri natal and infant mental health • Oro facial pain management • Attachment issues • Stress management • Emotional disorders • Anxiety disorders • Depression • Relationship issues • OCD • Adjustment disorders • Bipolar • Eating disorders • Grief and loss • Interpersonal and family difficulties • Mood disorders • Parenting/child behavioural problems • Perinatal depression and anxiety • Personality disorders • Self-harming tendencies • Sleep disorders• Stress and burnout • Substance abuse and addiction • Suicidal ideation • Trauma and PTSD • Workplace stress • Chronic Pain • Couples Counselling • Family Therapy • Schizophrenia • Dementia