Dr Gill SH Walker - Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist & Supervisor

My approach as a clinical psychologist is gentle, collaborative, and responsive to your individual style. I believe in working with who you are, and I encourage you to tell me openly if something doesn’t feel right for you. You are the expert on your own life and experiences; my role is to bring psychological knowledge, tools, and evidence-based strategies to support you. Alongside this gentleness, I am also pragmatic. People often seek therapy for clarity and feedback, so I aim to be thoughtful yet concise, offering clear reflections and practical insights when helpful. 

At times, there are moments when you need space to discover your own answers. Equally, I can help identify options when things feel stuck or when patterns are difficult to see from within. I view my role as supporting meaningful change - you have invited me to explore challenges with you, and I walk alongside you as you navigate them. This includes providing resources, guidance, and a steady presence while you build confidence and capacity to move forward independently. 

Our work together may involve exploring past experiences or focusing on present-day strategies depending on what best supports your goals. You guide the process through your needs, preferences, and lived experience, while I draw on a range of evidence-based therapeutic approaches to help map a way forward. Through careful listening and attunement to your personal style, therapy aims to strengthen your trust in your own perspective and support you in becoming more fully yourself.

My mindset is calm, respectful, and non-judgemental. Modern life is fast-paced and often performance-driven and many people feel pressure to meet expectations that don’t always align with their values. Therapy can provide space to step back from these pressures and consider what truly matters to you. I believe everyone is entitled to feel comfortable in who they are and to cultivate a sense of contentment and wellbeing. 

Where appropriate, I integrate practical strategies that support emotional resilience and life satisfaction. These may draw on positive psychology, mindfulness, and wellbeing research, including approaches such as gratitude, savouring, and reflective practices. The aim is to help you develop tools you can use in everyday life, supporting sustainable change beyond the therapy space.

I offer psychological, cognitive, psychometric assessment (IQ, literacy, executive function, personality, psycho-pathology) to clarify how a person presents, and how best to support them. These assessments and reports are available for funding (NDIS, DSP, CTP, PLD, SIRA, PI), career and self-development, identifying support needs, and offering an independent second opinion and case review, including child, adolescent and family assessments for child protection and custody matters; and medicolegal reports.