About Amelia.
I'm a clinical psychologist and sleep researcher based in Sydney. I work across three connected worlds: treating clients, researching sleep, and helping the public make sense of it.
Through my clinical practice, Circa Sleep, I support people experiencing insomnia, disrupted sleep and related concerns such as anxiety, stress and low mood. I have a particular interest in women's health. My therapeutic style is warm and collaborative, and my care is grounded in the best available evidence.
Alongside my clinical work, I'm a researcher and lecturer, contributing to the science of sleep and mental health and to the training of the next generation of psychologists. I write for national publications and am a regular voice on sleep in the media.
Much of my work pushes back on the modern anxiety around sleep. The evidence rarely supports the alarming headlines or the wellness industry's promises. I believe that treating sleep as something to optimise and control tends to make it worse, not better. I help people replace that pressure with a clearer, evidence-based understanding of how sleep actually works.
General therapeutic approach.
Aside from more structured sleep support, I enjoy longer-term work with clients whose challenges are deeper and longer standing. I work in a way that's less about managing symptoms and more about understanding them. Rather than a set of techniques or worksheets, my approach is relational and attachment-based — grounded in the idea that our difficulties take shape in relationships, and can be understood and eased within one. Together with my clients, I make room to explore the patterns beneath their day-to-day challenges, at a pace that lets sustainable change take hold. It's a slower, more curious kind of work than problem-solving therapies such as cognitive behavioural therapy.
I also offer clinical supervision for early-career psychologists, and a group supervision course, Growing as a therapist — see Supervision.
- QualificationsMaster of Clinical Psychology (MClinPsy) & PhD
- Clinical focusInsomnia, anxiety, depression, burnout and women's health
- PracticeFounder, Circa Sleep — Lindfield, Sydney & telehealth
- ResearchSleep and mental health; academic teaching and supervision
- RegistrationClinical Psychologist, AHPRA / Psychology Board of Australia
- MembershipsAustralasian Sleep Association · Australian Psychological Society