“Psychological support for adults looking to connect - to themselves, to their bodies, to others, and towards healing.”
Connect Psychology is a private mental health practice dedicated to supporting young people and adults on their healing journeys. We offer our services online (telehealth), making us accessible to individuals throughout Australia.
Our core values include kindness, compassion, and providing holistic, integrated support. We focus on understanding your experiences by asking, "What has happened to you?" rather than "What is wrong with you?"
We prioritise establishing a safe relationship between you and your psychologist, whilst tailoring therapy to meet your unique needs.
Choosing therapy at Connect means moving beyond diagnoses; toward deep healing and lasting change.
We invite any inquiries regarding our services, the diverse therapy options available, and scheduling, via the form on our website.
Leigh Wallas
Founder & Principal Psychologist
Leigh Wallas is many things: a human with lived experience of trauma, a mother, a partner, a daughter, a yogi, a friend. She is also an empathetic, warm and effective psychologist who draws from her life experience, as well as over 20 years of experience in the field of psychology, to help you navigate through difficulties you may be facing - now and from the past. Leigh opened Connect to offer mental health and wellbeing services that are focused on a personable ~and less clinical~ approach to healing through a mind/ body (i.e. biopsychosocial) lens. Leigh has worked in some capacity in private practice for a decade, but also has experience working in psychology the public sector, private sector and in consulting for over 20 years. Leigh has an Honours in Psychological Science and a Masters in Psychology (Counselling) and is trained in numerous evidence-based therapeutic approaches, including Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, Attachment-Informed EMDR, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Eating Disorders (DBT-E), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) and Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) and Resource Therapy (RT). Leigh values ongoing personal and professional education in all forms and is an avid reader and podcastee (listener for now). Leigh is registered psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Agency and a full member of EMDR Association of Australia. She is also a qualified yoga instructor and regular practitioner. This means that she can harness her knowledge of the body-mind connection to deepen and enhance therapy. Typically, Leigh works with clients who have experienced trauma and who continue to live with the impact of those traumas. Leigh also works with people living with, for example but not limited to, mood disorders, anxiety, eating disorders and life transitions (including pre/postnatal). Get in touch to find out more and to have an initial chat to see if Leigh might be the right support for you at this time.
ACCREDITATION
“Connection is the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.”
Dr. Brene Brown
Connected Support Services
Everybody’s reason for seeking support is unique.
At Connect Psychology, treatment is tailored to your needs: drawing from years of clinical practice, extensive training and lived experience. Therapeutic intensives coming soon.
Individual Adult Therapy
EMDR & Trauma Therapy
Group & Skills Training
Therapeutic Yoga
Frequently Asked Questions
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Get in touch
To book an appointment, or to find out more please send us an email or get in touch via the online form.