Learn More about Yelka
Qualifications and Such
Yelka is a Registered Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) pursuing endorsement in Clinical Psychology in the near future.
She holds as Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) and Master of Professional Psychology from Macquarie University, as well as having just completed an additional Master of Clinical Psychology from The Cairnmillar Institute.
Additionally in 2021, Yelka became one of the first nationally accredited ANZAED Eating Disorder Clinicians and continues to maintain this credential today through continued professional development.
Please enjoy an action shot of Yelka swoosh-ing in her first university graduation gown (or cape as she prefers to refer to it).
Clinical Experience and Approaches
Throughout her career, and even before she was Psychologist, Yelka has worked in organisations supporting those with severe and complex mental health concerns.
This includes having worked for NDIS-funded NGOs, NSW Health community mental health, emergency department and inpatient units, private hospital eating disorder wards, complex and neurodivergent-specific private practices, employee assistance programs and refugee trauma services.
Yelka has training and experiencing using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Schema Therapy, Exposure Response Prevention, Narrative Exposure Therapy and Cognitive Processing Therapy.
She also has a professional interest in supporting the next generation of psychologists as an academic mentor and sessional university teacher for undergraduate psychology classes. Yelka will soon be completing her training to also become a Psychology-Board Approved Supervisor.
For confidentiality reasons, Yelka does not have any work related photos but please enjoy this AI generate image of a therapy session.
Personal Experience and Interests
Yelka is the eldest child of hard-working migrants who came to Australia for a better life from a developing nation. She identifies as female, introverted and has always been somewhat eccentric (or neurospicy as the youth's say). Yelka is an ally and advocate for all diversity groups including but not limited to First Nations, CALD, LGBTQIA+, Neurodivergent, all body sized/shaped peoples and those living with disability. She has a variety of lived experiences with mental and chronic health conditions, including endometriosis.
To keep life interesting, Yelka loves to have a joke, do arts and craft, sing at karaoke (even though she really shouldn't), play D&D and open-world video games, talk to her house-plants, and re-watch fantasy or sci-fi movies while crocheting.
Please enjoy this image of Yelka and part of her dice collection.