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Meet Amy

Amy Radford, Psychologist
​MProfPsych, BScPsych(Hons), PGDipOp, DipOp, BComm, Assoc MAPS

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Amy is the founder and Principal Psychologist of The Mindful Performer. She is a registered Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia (AHPRA registration number: PSY0002092083), an Associate Member of the Australian Psychological Society, a Member of the Association for Behaviour Analysis Australia, and a registered service provider under the Australian Government’s Better Outcomes for Mental Health Care Program (Provider number: 5736422A).

She has a Masters in Professional Psychology, many years of research into performance and sports psychology and a long standing passion for, and experience with, helping performers achieve peak performance.  Her previous career as an opera singer, studying at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Royal Academy of Music in London and performing with Glyndebourne Opera and Opera Australia, offers her a unique insight into the pressures of elite performance.

​Clients include:
  • Musicians
  • Actors
  • Athletes
  • Dancers
  • Corporate professionals
  • Public speakers
  • Students preparing for exams

Amy specialises in the treatment of anxiety, especially performance related anxiety.  She is experienced working with Children and Adolescents, as well as Adults.  Other services available include treatment of:
  • Stress & non-specific anxiety (just feeling "worried")
  • Generalised anxiety disorder
  • Panic disorder
  • Agoraphobia
  • Social anxiety
  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Phobias
  • Health (illness) anxiety
  • Separation anxiety
  • Depression
  • Bereavement-based anxiety
  • Body image concerns
  • Emotion regulation training & stress management
  • Parenting/carer anxiety, education & support
  • Perinatal & postnatal anxiety
  • Sleep problems (trouble falling asleep or staying asleep, nightmares, wakefulness during the night)
  • Work-based anxiety

Evidence based interventions used include:
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • ​Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)

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