You won’t feel this way forever.

As humans we crave connection. When connecting makes us anxious, we disconnect - from ourselves, our emotions and other people. Underneath the anxiety, avoidance, outbursts or quiet exterior is the real you. At Lacuna Clinical Psychology we focus on finding the person underneath. Our skilled therapists understand suffering, anxiety, depression and trauma, we know that what has happened to you does not define you. Life can be painful, let’s face it together.

Why Lacuna?

Symptom Relief.

At Lacuna Clinical Psychology we will help you with your current difficulties so you can suffer less, be it less anxiety, better relationships or more confidence. We are focused on you and your goals. We work in the ‘here and now’ in the room. We work with emotions, we will help you get connected to your emotions and in your relationships. At Lacuna we work to get below the surface, to get to know you at a deep level.

Personal Growth.

At Lacuna we provide an experience. Our goal is for you to have not just intellectual understanding, but emotional understanding. We aim to get to the root of your difficulties, so you can have meaningful and lasting change. Emotions are hard. We will work with you to ensure you feel safe and comfortable throughout. It’s your therapy, at your speed.

Experience.

We are a team of Clinical Psychologists based in Newcastle Australia. All our psychologists have invested a minimum of 6 years in academic study, obtaining either a Masters or Doctorate qualification in Clinical Psychology. Additionally, they have completed a two-year post-graduate registrar program, further enhancing their expertise and commitment to providing effective psychological treatment.

Fees and Services

  • Full fee is $220. The out of pocket cost is $82.95 after medicare rebate with a valid referral from your GP.

  • We accept third party referrals from the Australian Defence Force (ADF), Open Arms, DVA and NDIS. These services are fully funded by the third party payers.

  • Cancellations with less than two full business days notice incur a fee equivalent to your full session fee. Medicare rebates do not apply to cancellations.

Meet the Team

  • Nick Hutchins Newcastle Psychologist

    Nick Hutchins

    CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST

  • Sarah Young Newcastle Psychologist

    Sarah Young

    CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST

  • Rebecca_Stuart_Newcastle_Clinical_Psychologist

    Rebecca Stuart

    CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST

  • Sarah Campbell Newcastle Psychologist

    Dr. Sarah Campbell

    CLINICAL & HEALTH PSYCHOLOGIST

  • Tanya Hopwood Newcastle Psychologist

    Dr. Tanya Hopwood

    CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST

  • Jordan Newcastle Psychologist Practice Manager

    Jordan Duchatel

    PRACTICE MANAGER

Our Team

How we can help

At Lacuna Clinical Psychology we practice Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP).

We provide a collaborative therapy, where your therapist works closely with you to gain a clear understanding of the emotional core of your difficulties. When strong emotions arise we can become anxious and engage in a wide variety of conscious and unconscious behaviours that suppress our anxiety and emotions. It is these processes that often cause our emotional suffering. We will help you to understand these processes in an experiential manner, you will become better able to experience your emotions, regulate your anxiety, gain a cognitive understanding of your difficulties and have a healing emotional experience. We aim to provide you with both symptom relief and meaningful character change, helping you to be your authentic-self. Therapy can help you become more connected to your emotions, yourself and others.

Our therapists undergo many hours of additional and ongoing training, well above those required for continuing professional development. This includes regular intensive training weekends, individual and group supervisions with other expert therapists and ongoing peer and self-supervision. Our training and supervision are provided through the analysis of video recorded therapy sessions. Allowing your therapy sessions to be recorded and used in strict confidence for supervision and training purposes will often promote quicker and better results, because it allows for consultation from highly skilled supervisors and trainers.