Kaitlin McManus
Kaitlin is a registered clinical psychologist who has a particular interest in supporting individuals 16 years and older on their paths to healing from difficulties including, but not limited to: body image issues, disordered eating, eating disorders, body dysmorphic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety disorders, emotion dysregulation, personality difficulties, and adjustment to loss and life transitions.
Kaitlin has had experience working with young people and adults in a variety of settings such as the Royal Children’s hospital, headspace, Barwon Health and The Geelong Clinic psychiatric hospital. Kaitlin’s therapeutic style is guided by her values of compassion, curiousity, equality, authenticity, respect and integrity. She works with individuals collaboratively and non judgmentally throughout their processes of change and enjoys helping them cultivate a more understanding and compassionate relationship with themselves and their struggles, whilst also helping them develop effective coping strategies so they can move forward in life with greater ease.
Kaitlin tailors treatment to suit each individual’s unique needs and utilises evidence-based therapies such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT-E), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) skills, mindfulness- and compassion-focused approaches.