Marie-Louise Carmody

Marie-Louise Carmody is a Clinical Psychologist registered with AHPRA and a member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS). She has nine years of clinical experience helping people who feel anxious, depressed or overwhelmed. She also focuses on life purpose concerns and problems such as abandonment, attachment issues, isolation and relationship difficulties.

Marie-Louise works in a relational way that looks at how past experiences shape current feelings and patterns. She helps people notice repeated reactions that leave them feeling stuck or misunderstood. Sessions aim to make sense of why certain emotions and behaviours keep appearing.

Her practice draws on relational psychodynamic thinking and mentalisation-based ideas, alongside trauma-informed approaches and other evidence-based therapeutic techniques. In plain terms, this means she looks at relationships and internal experiences to help people understand themselves more clearly. That understanding is used to try different ways of responding and relating.

Marie-Louise pays particular attention to complex trauma, attachment difficulties, emotional regulation and personality vulnerabilities. She works with difficulties such as dissociation, eating-related issues, guilt and shame, impulsivity and communication problems. The focus is on lasting change rather than short-term symptom management.

People who come to her often want to make clearer choices about work, relationships or life direction. Sessions involve talking through patterns, noticing emotional responses, and testing new ways of relating to oneself and others. You do not need a ready answer to begin.

Therapeutic approaches and how online sessions can help

Marie-Louise uses relational psychodynamic ideas to look at how past relationships affect current feelings and behaviour. This approach helps when people find themselves repeating patterns that leave them feeling misunderstood or stuck. It focuses on understanding the roots of reactions rather than only reducing symptoms.

She also works with mentalisation-based approaches, which help people recognise and make sense of their own and others' thoughts and feelings. This can be useful for improving communication, managing strong emotions and reducing conflict in relationships. Trauma-informed techniques are used to pay attention to the effects of earlier distress on present coping and regulation.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with you about your goals, how you respond to different ways of working, and adjust the methods used over time. That process helps decide what fits best for your needs and preferences.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. They also let people choose quieter surroundings or use audio-only calls when bandwidth or screen time is an issue. Appropriately qualified or registered professionals can offer these options based on practical needs and what suits the client.