Cara Milwidsky

Cara is passionate about supporting young people learn to cope with challenges and lead meaningful lives. Cara has a collaborative approach to treatment and assessment, which includes working closely with parents and schools to support the unique needs of each young person she works with. She is a compassionate, empathetic and non-judgemental practitioner who is able to connect well to children and adolescents of all ages.

Cara uses a combination of evidence-based therapeutic approaches to best meet her clients’ needs and goals. Her treatment approaches include Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness-based Therapies and Play/Art Therapy. She is also a registered Circle of Security Parenting facilitator.

Cara takes pride in providing high quality psychometric/educational assessments using gold-standard assessment tools for a range of different presentations such as learning difficulties/disorders, ADHD and giftedness.

Cara is an Educational and Developmental Psychologist. She holds a Masters of Educational and Developmental Psychology from Monash University and a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) from Macquarie University. Cara is a member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) and the Australian Association of Psychologists (AAPI).