Child, Adolescent & Parenting
Psychology Practice
Excellence in holistic psychological care for children, adolescents, and parents, grounded in neuroaffirming and relationship-focused practice.
Our Services
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We provide holistic counselling, therapy, and assessment services from our Geelong clinical practice. Our work supports children, adolescents, and families navigating emotional regulation difficulties, school-related challenges, anxiety, stress, mood concerns, self-esteem, and neurodivergence, including autistic and ADHD neurotypes.
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We provide holistic, neuroaffirming psychological assessments for children and adolescents, including neurodevelopmental assessments (autism, ADHD), psychoeducational, and cognitive evaluations. Our assessments take a whole-person, child and family-centred approach, helping families understand strengths and needs. Please enquire to learn more about current availability.
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We provide parent support and education through workshops, guidance, and practical resources designed to help parents understand and respond to their child’s emotional, behavioural, and neurodevelopmental needs. Drawing on years of research in parent–child dynamics, neurodivergence, stress, trauma, and nervous system regulation, our approach integrates mindfulness, ACT, and evidence-based strategies to support families in everyday life.
Psychological Therapy & Assessment Services
Supporting children requires a deep understanding of their developmental stage, emotional world, and individual needs. With expertise in anxiety, emotional regulation, and behavioural challenges, we provide evidence-based strategies to help children thrive. Our approach combines play, connection, and collaboration with families to foster resilience and meaningful, lasting change.
Child Psychology
The teenage years can be complex and challenging for both adolescents and their families. We specialise in helping teens navigate anxiety, self-esteem, identity, mood changes, and interpersonal challenges. By providing a safe and supportive environment, we empower adolescents to develop emotional insight, build resilience, and gain the tools they need to move forward with confidence.
Adolescent Psychology
Parenting is one of life’s most rewarding yet demanding roles. We work alongside parents to deepen their understanding of their child’s needs, break unhelpful cycles, and build stronger, more connected, and attuned relationships. Using a neuroaffirming, evidence-based approach, we support you to navigate challenges with clarity, compassion, and confidence. We are passionate about empowering you.
Parenting Psychology
We offer practical, evidence-based guidance for parents through workshops and resources that support emotional regulation, neurodivergence (including autistic and ADHD neurotypes), attuned parenting, and nervous system regulation. Dr Renee Cachia combines academic expertise with clinical tools to help parents and professionals navigate everyday challenges with insight.
Parenting Psychoeducation
Meet Dr Renee Cachia
Founding Psychologist & Author
Dr Renee Cachia is a warm Educational and Developmental Psychologist, author, and researcher, holding a PhD and over a decade of clinical experience supporting children, adolescents, and families. Her work centres on child and adolescent development, parent–child dynamics, neurodivergence, emotionally attuned parenting and trauma-informed care, with a particular focus on nervous system regulation, emotional resilience, and neuroaffirming practice across the lifespan.
Renee’s research has been widely cited in peer-reviewed literature, and she is the author of the bestselling book Parenting Freedom. Her approach integrates evidence-based therapies, including Cognitive-Behavioural Therapies (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Polyvagal Theory, play-based therapy, and attachment-informed practice, alongside a holistic understanding shaped by long-standing contemplative practices such as yoga and meditation.
Through her Substack newsletter Between Sessions and her professional workshop series, Renee shares practical, research-informed insights to support parents and clinicians alike. She is deeply committed to evolving child and developmental psychology through process-based therapy, and to advancing how we understand regulation, unmasking, and emotional development in both children and parents.
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Clinical Services
Psychological Services
We offer counselling, therapy, and assessment services in our Geelong, VIC-based clinical practice. Our evidence-based approach supports children, adolescents, and families with emotional and nervous system dysregulation, school-related issues, anxiety, stress, mood, self-esteem, and neurodivergence (including autistic and ADHD neurotypes).
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Workshops
For Parents & Professionals
Join Dr. Renee Cachia for live or on-demand workshops focused on emotional dysregulation, masking, neurodivergence (including autistic and ADHD neurotypes), attuned parenting, and the regulation of the nervous system. Renee combines academic expertise with practical clinical tools to support both parents and professionals to respond to children with insight.
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Attuned
Substack Newsletter
Attuned is a publication by Dr Renee Cachia exploring neurodivergence, nervous system regulation, and child psychology through a relational, process-based lens. The focus is on understanding underlying psychological processes and supporting meaningful, developmentally informed change for parents and professionals.
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Submit a new client enquiry and we will endeavour to get back to you within 24-48 hours at the latest.
If we have availability, we will respond with next appointment options and have a prompt booking process.
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