Who are Allied Psychology Group?
We are experienced and dedicated Clinical Psychologists who work with mid-to-late adolescents and adults who need a bit of help and support to improve their mental health and overall wellbeing.
Dr Cecile Boganin
BA (Hons), DPsych (Clinical)
Cecile is a Clinical Psychologist who worked in the public and community mental health sectors. As a result, she is highly experienced and skilled working with complex presentations and individuals from a variety of cultural and religious backgrounds. She enjoys working with mid-to-late adolescents and adults who experience a range of emotional and psychological concerns, such as anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and childhood/complex trauma, dissociation, adjustment difficulties, life transitions, identity confusion, interpersonal conflict and relationship problems, self-harm and personality disorders.
Cecile wrote her doctoral dissertation on the impact of memory in self-harming behaviours. She therefore has a particular interest in supporting people who engage in self-harm. She understands that the behaviour often helps people deal with difficult and intense emotions, bodily sensations, intrusive thoughts and/or memories, or is used to cope with emptiness or emotional numbness.
Cecile is passionate about helping her clients better understand themselves in relation to challenging life circumstances and significant past events and experiences. She provides a safe and supportive environment for her clients to explore uncomfortable thoughts and emotions, reinforce their inner strengths, and develop a strong sense of identity through evidence-based therapies such as Schema Therapy, Eye Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) amongst others. Cecile helps her clients move toward living a more meaningful and fulfilling life. She is considered to be a warm, caring and nurturing clinician who puts her clients’ needs at the centre of her practice.
Dr Daniel Leung
BPsych (Hons), DPsych (Clinical)
Daniel is a warm and empathic Clinical Psychologist who has worked in private hospital, university, and community mental health settings. He has experience providing short- and long-term therapy for individuals as well as facilitated numerous group-based therapy programs in both inpatient and outpatient settings designed to reduce the impact of anxiety and depression. Daniel understands the importance of creating a safe, open space with his clients in order to genuinely explore their emotions and difficulties that bring them to therapy. He primarily works with mid-to-late adolescents and adults who are struggling with mental health and life issues such as depression, anxiety, trauma/PTSD, obsessive-compulsive disorder, stress management, low self-esteem and substance abuse/dependence.
Daniel holds a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and utilises a range of evidence-based therapies and techniques to help his clients achieve their goals. This includes Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Schema Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness approaches, Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) among others. He understands that each person is unique, and thus aims to personalise his approach to ensure a positive therapeutic relationship that allows his clients to best explore their life difficulties and related emotions in a safe and thoughtful way.
Daniel strongly believes that each individual has the capacity to build and live a rich and meaningful life. He has a special interest in working with individuals affected by traumatic events and works collaboratively with his clients to explore how such events can create life patterns that might interfere with their current relationships or behaviours. Daniel’s clients consider him to be a thoughtful, caring, and friendly psychologist who places his client’s needs at the centre of his practice.
Daniel is a Psychology Board of Australia-approved supervisor with endorsement in Clinical Psychology and is available to provide supervision and peer-consultation.
Genevieve O’Dwyer
BSc, BA (Psych) (Hons), MPsych (Clinical)
Genevieve (Gen) is a Clinical Psychologist who works in the public adult mental health system in addition to her role at Allied Psychology Group. Gen has prior experience in private hospital, forensic, and community mental health settings. She is therefore experienced working with complex and chronic mental health conditions. Gen enjoys working with adults and late adolescents who experience a range of mental health difficulties, including depression and anxiety disorders, trauma/posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), personality disorders and/or identity disturbance, low self-esteem, and grief and loss.
Gen has an authentic and gentle approach to understanding her clients, their histories and current concerns. She uses a range of evidence-based therapeutic interventions and tailors her approach to each of her clients and their therapeutic needs and goals. Gen as an accredited provider of Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) - an evidence-based treatment for PTSD. She also utilises and incorporates Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and mindfulness in her practice.
Gen considers a collaborative approach to working with clients as essential to explore thoughts, memories, and emotions. Having developed and implemented a DBT group in the community mental health system, Gen is skilled at helping her clients understand and manage their emotions and relationship difficulties. She offers skills and techniques to help her clients cope with distress, improve their wellbeing, and contribute to a fulfilling life.
Gen recognises that accessing psychological support can be challenging. She draws on personal and professional values to create an empathic, non-judgmental, and safe space for individuals to feel understood and respected. Gen’s clients consider her a warm, genuine, and empathetic psychologist who is considerate of her client’s needs and goals.