Vanessa Burrows

Vanessa’s approach to therapy is compassionate, warm, good humoured and encouraging.  She engages well with clients from a strengths perspective and is committed to creating meaningful outcomes aligned with their values and goals. 

She takes an individualised approach with clients and draws from several modalities including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Mindfulness.  She is also an accredited provider of the Cool Kids Anxiety Program. 

Vanessa has experience in providing individual therapy and counselling in private and non-profit settings. She has provided Cool Kids programmes to children, adolescents and families with anxiety disorders. As a parent of adult children, she understands the challenges of parenting.  She has also worked with young adults with a range of presentations including anxiety and mood disorders, adjustment and sleeping difficulties, academic stress and emotional dysregulation.  

Vanessa is a Registered Psychologist and Clinical Psychology Registrar with a Master of Clinical Psychology at the University of Technology Sydney. She completed her undergraduate studies at Macquarie University. 

Beyond psychology, Vanessa enjoys bushwalking, gardening and has recently renewed her love of scuba diving.  

 Memberships: APS,  AACBT