Merrylands Counselling

Psychology Practice

Colleen Hirst and Associates

Life can be very difficult. You don't have to face these difficulties alone. Our team are committed to helping you through these difficulties. We offer excellence in care and provide understanding, expertise and support to restore hope and well-being.

Our team of AHPRA accredited psychologists offer therapy from a range of clinical models and approaches. We specialise in trauma-informed care.

We are hiring!

We are currently recruiting another AHPRA-accredited psychologist to join our team of experienced, innovative and dedicated clinicians.

If you or someone you know fits this description, please click below.

Announcing Cancer Care Support Services. We are now offering psycho-oncology therapy, provided by Clinical Psychologist and Registered Nurse, Tina Moynihan.

Explore What We Offer

  • Our team bring many years of experience and offer a range of various clinical approaches, such as CBT (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy), EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Attachment Focussed Therapy, Schema Therapy, IFS (Internal Family Systems), SFBT (Solution Focussed Brief Therapy) and Couple and Family Therapy.

    Our goal is to help you uncover and develop meaningful strategies to confront life’s challenges and establish healthy patterns for living well.

    Issues our team are skilled to assist you with include (but not limited to):

    • Anxiety

    • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

    • Social Anxiety

    • Intrusive thoughts

    • Stress

    • Trauma

    • Complex Trauma

    • PTSD

    • Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

    • Moral Injury

    • Grief and loss

    • Depression

    • Bipolar Disorder

    • Emotional Dysregulation

    • Anger management

    • Eating difficulties and disorders

    • Self Harm

    • Family of Origin issues

    • Parenting

    • Conflict Resolution

    • Relationship Issues

    • Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

    • ADHD

    • ASD

  • Prepare/Enrich is a widely used, evidence-based relationship assessment and skill-building program designed to help couples strengthen their relationship at any stage—dating, engaged, or married.

    It is a structured assessment and feedback program that helps couples understand their relationship dynamics, identify strengths and growth areas, and build skills in communication, conflict resolution, and shared meaning. Trained facilitators guide couples through personalised results to support healthier, more resilient relationships.

    It’s structured, practical, and grounded in decades of research on what makes relationships thrive.

  • Supervision is an essential part of our practice as mental health professionals.

    It can be described as a structured, reflective, and collaborative professional relationship that strengthens clinical competence, ethical practice, and practitioner wellbeing.

    We offer a safe collaborative space where clinicians can reflect on their work, deepen their skills, and stay grounded in ethical, compassionate practice. It helps you to offer the best possible care to the people you serve.

  • Our team are available to offer training to your organisation. Recent events have included Parenting Skills, Divorce Recovery, Anxiety in Children, Managing Social Media, Moral Injury, and Grief and Loss

    Please contact if we can offer a seminar or workshop for your workplace, church, or community organisation.

  • With a cancer diagnosis, we can experience a sense of overwhelm, and shock, and our meaning of life may shift. Navigating the cancer experience is challenging. Tina Moynihan is a Clinical Psychologist and Registered Nurse, (with 20 years' experience across multiple nursing specialities, including palliative care). She currently specialises in providing psychological treatment and support to people with a cancer diagnosis. Tina sees people at any stage of their cancer experience, or family members, friends, and carers who may be navigating the cancer journey alongside their loved one.

    Tina may explore with you

    • Fear of cancer returning

    • Cancer related anxiety

    • Cancer related depression

    • Cancer related stress

    • Treatment side effects

    • Fatigue

    • Brain Fog

    • Sleep difficulties

    • Sex and Intimacy

    • Body image

    • Relationships

    • Life after cancer

    • Advanced cancer

    • End of life cancer

    • Bereavement

    • Grief and loss

    • Fear of disease progression

    • Coping with change

    Tina provides specialised cancer care and support and will continue to see her current clients. “"Talking is a Rongoa (healing) for the mind and spirit Moe”" - Caroline Milne

Contact Us

If you are interested in the type of care we can provide, please get in contact, and we can find the practitioner best suited to your needs.

If you are unsure what needs you have and just want a chat, that's okay, too! We are here to help you discover what might work best for you.

All chats and submissions are confidential.