Ellie Brooks
Clinical Psychologist, Fertility Counsellor
B.Psych (Hons), M.Psych (Clinical).
Currently taking new clients.
Ellie creates a warm, empathic, and non-judgemental therapeutic space where people feel heard, supported, and respected. She works across the lifespan with children, adolescents, and adults, and has a particular interest in supporting individuals and families through times of change, loss, and transition. Ellie’s areas of interest include:
Grief and loss, including perinatal loss and pregnancy termination support
Perinatal mental health, including men’s perinatal wellbeing and women’s health
Trauma, anxiety, depression, neurodiversity and obsessive–compulsive disorder.
Early attachment and parent-child relationship development
Supporting people through adjustment and transitions
Ellie provides clinical assessments and counselling for donor conception, surrogacy, and cosmetic or bariatric procedures. She supports individuals and families navigating fertility treatment, assisted reproduction, and donor conception pathways.
Ellie has completed Perinatal and Infant Mental Health training with the Centre for Perinatal Psychology and draws on a range of evidence-based approaches, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT), DBT-informed approaches, and mindfulness-based strategies. Her work is grounded in a warm, trauma-informed, and collaborative approach.
Ellie is a member of the Australian and New Zealand Infertility Counsellors Association (ANZICA) and has specific training and clinical experience in perinatal psychology, supporting individuals and families during pregnancy, birth, and the early parenting period.
Ellie’s practice is Trauma – informed
She welcomes LGBTQIA+ clients
Her practice is actively Neuro-affirming
