About Shelley

Shelley is a clinical psychologist with a strong commitment to building collaborative, respectful and genuine therapeutic relationships grounded in warmth, honesty and compassion. She has extensive experience working across perinatal, child, adolescent and adult mental health settings and has completed a Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours) and a Doctorate of Clinical Psychology at Deakin University.  

Shelley has a particular clinical interest and extensive experience in the assessment and treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and related disorders across adults and adolescents. Shelley has worked with individuals experiencing mild to severe OCD and previously worked as a Clinical Psychologist within The Melbourne Clinic inpatient OCD program, where she provided individual assessment and treatment, alongside facilitating psychoeducation and skills-based group programs. Shelley provides an individualised and compassionate approach to therapy, with her work grounded in evidence-based, first-line approaches for OCD. These include Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), alongside of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and family-informed (SPACE) approaches where appropriate. She has experience with all sub-types of OCD, including taboo themes, harm, relationship, perfectionism, existential, health, contamination, scrupulosity, just right, sexual identity and pure O. 

Alongside her specialist OCD work, Shelley also supports clients experiencing anxiety, depression, perfectionism, adjustment difficulties, grief and loss, and perinatal mental health concerns, including antenatal and postnatal anxiety and depression, parent-infant attachment, and the transition to parenthood. She also has experience working within the fertility space, for those navigating IVF and within the menopausal transition.   

 Based in Carlton, Inner Melbourne, Shelley offers both face-to-face and telehealth appointments for individuals across Melbourne and Australia.  

Shelley is also an AHPRA Board-approved supervisor and provides supervision to fully registered psychologists, provisional psychologists, and allied health professionals.  

Professional Associations:   

Registered Clinical Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Authority (AHPRA) 

Member of the Australian Psychological Society (MAPS)

Professional Member of the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF)  

Publications:  

Rogers A, Obst S, Teague SJ, et al. (2020). Association Between Maternal Perinatal Depression and Anxiety and Child and Adolescent Development: A Meta-analysis. JAMA Pediatrics, 174(11):1082–1092. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.2910