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BA (Psych) Grad Dip Sc (Psych) M Psych (Clinical)
Psych Registration No. PSY0001349002
Medicare Provider No. 2768063W

Anna Bednarek

Founding Director & Principal Clinical Psychologist

“I have a warm and empathic style, which often combines with my sense of humour and love for analogies, to facilitate a process of change for clients.”
— Anna

  • Ages: 15+

    ✓ Trauma / PTSD
    ✓ Emotional Regulation & Stress Management
    ✓ Personality Disorders (BPD & OCPD)
    ✓ Anxiety (Inc. Perinatal & Separation), Panic & Phobias
    ✓ Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
    ✓ Self-esteem & Perfectionism
    ✓ Sexuality LGBTIQA+
    ✓ Depression (Inc. Perinatal), Bipolar, & Low Mood
    ✓ Eating Disorders & Body Image (Credentialed ED Clinician)
    ✓ Relationship & Social Skills
    ✓ Drug, Alcohol & Gambling Addictions
    ✓ Self-harm behaviours
    ✓ Grief & loss
    ✓ Administering Neurodivergence Assessments (ADHD & Autism)

  • ⎻ Nationally registered psychologist, AHPRA
    ⎻ Psychology Board of Australia approved supervisor for Clinical Psychology Registrars, AHPRA
    ⎻ Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician (CEDC)
    ⎻ Member of the Australian & New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders (ANZAED)
    ⎻ Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society (APS)
    ⎻ Member of the APS College of Clinical Psychologists
    ⎻ Member of the Australian Clinical Psychology Association (ACPA)

    🎓 Master of Psychology (Clinical Psychology) at the University of Western Sydney
    🎓 Graduate Diploma in Science (Psychology) at the University of Sydney
    🎓 Bachelor of Arts (Psychology & English) at the University of Sydney

During her studies Anna gained  experience working in public community and mental health settings, as well as providing assessment and support in an acute/crisis intervention setting, which also involved assisting people with gambling difficulties.

For 7 years Anna had the pleasure of working within a multidisciplinary team at the Northside Clinic, Greenwich, during which time she provided inpatient group and individual therapy initially to the patients on the Acute Unit, later moving to the specialised eating disorders inpatient programme. Whilst continuing to gain valuable skills and knowledge at the Northside Clinic, she commenced her private practice work in 2003.  This experience in outpatient private practice and inpatient hospital treatment allowed Anna to develop her skills in the treatment of various psychological difficulties, as well as consolidating the importance of working within a multidisciplinary treatment team to support best treatment outcomes.

Anna also on occasion has worked as a tutor for a graduate psychology programme at Macquarie University, and has provided training seminars in Acceptance & Commitment Therapy to Lifeline counselling practitioners and to staff at Northside Clinic Private Hospital.

In 2009 she made the move to full-time private practice where she now provides psychological treatment for the specialist area of eating disorders, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, self-esteem and personality difficulties, grief and loss, gambling problems, self-harm and difficulties dealing with emotions. She enjoys working with adolescents and adults, and her philosophy is to help each person live a satisfying and fulfilled life. This may involve using structured strategies to manage and prevent disorders such as those mentioned above, and/or identifying individual core values and supporting everyday choices in line with these values, as well as improving emotional expression and finding your true self.

During her Masters of Clinical Psychology Anna was trained extensively in the provision of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT).  Since graduating in 2002 she has developed an interest and built skills in mindfulness based modalities, such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), as well as Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT).  She has had the pleasure of training with the founders/leaders of these therapies such as Steven Hayes and Robyn Walser (ACT), Jon Kabat-Zinn (mindfulness), Marsha Linehan (DBT) and Mark Williams (MBCT).

She is registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and holds clinical psychology endorsements.  She is also a long standing member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS), a member of the APS College of Clinical Psychologists, and an ANZAED approved Eating Disorder Credentialed Therapist.

Clinical Supervision

Anna Bednarek is a Psychology Board of Australia approved supervisor for Clinical Psychology registrars completing their 1-2 year registrar programme, as well as being eligible to be an external supervisor for provisional psychologists completing the 5+1 internship programmes. 

She is also a member of Clinical College of the Australian Psychological Society, and as such can offer supervision sessions which contribute to Clinical College membership.

Anna has completed supervision training with Michael Carroll from the Centre for Supervision Training (2012) and with Christine Senediak (2012), and is experienced in providing both individual and group supervision sessions. She undertook her Board approved supervisor training in 2016, and completed Master Class training in 2021 on managing tricky situations and problems in supervisory relationships.

She is passionate about the provision of good supervision, and about facilitating a process which contributes to thriving as therapists.