Heidi Wood
Heidi Wood
BPsych/ Master Forensic Mental Health/ HDR Candidate Psychology (Forensic & Clinical)
Psychologist
Specialist Behaviour Support Practitioner
Director Clinical Services
Hi there and thank you for taking the time to read about our specialists and services. I founded Studio 2 Forty-Two in 2013 after 23 years of working in Australian Government departments. I have enjoyed various roles in police, corrections, emergency services and disability services. Some of my roles have included Principal Clinician Violent offending for Corrective Services, Principal Clinician DS, and Senior Clinician Workforce Wellbeing Program, subcontractor to the Department of Home Officer Affairs (PNG and Nauru). My final role in Government being Director of Clinical Practices for Disability Service, Central Region, Queensland.
I have practiced as a psychologist in Australia in the clinical and forensic field for 17 years as a practitioner and supervisor. Enviroments have included medium, high and maximum-security correctional facilities, hospitals, detention centres, containment and seclusion within the community, and remote locations. The focus of my practice has always been onsite evidenced based and contemporary clinical application in complex and often high-risk environments in Australia and overseas. I have practiced in behaviour support for 11 years and proud to be one of the few practitioners to have held the position of Principal Clinician Specialist Response Service for DS Queensland. This role was dedicated to legally upholding the human rights of vulnerable individuals in our community with a disability subjected to Restricted Practices. Human rights, remaining client focused and being present have been the philosophical underpinnings of all my work and research. These are also the philosophical threads that have been used to create the fabric of unique services offered by Studio 2 Forty-Two Pty Ltd.
Max McKenzie
Max McKenzie is a behaviour support practitioner and mental health social worker, as well as director of Resilience Enterprises.
Max is invested in a trauma-informed therapeutic approach and has interest areas in pathological demand avoidance, and a wealth of experience in working alongside the LGBTI and gender diverse community and experiences with working with front line responders.
Robyn Eyers
Hi I am, Robyn Eyers. A little about me, firstly I am a proud Aboriginal woman, I come from the Wiradjuri people in NSW. I have a Bachelor of Social Science majoring in Welfare as well as diplomas in Child, Youth and Family Intervention and Aboriginal Studies and I have been working in the area of mental health for the last 20 years.
I am a qualified counsellor with international experience working with culturally and linguistically diverse clients, in the areas of mental health, addiction, suicidal ideation, grief/loss and complex trauma/torture. I have worked as a Senior Clinician with Queensland Disability Services assisting high needs individuals and families using positive behaviour support techniques.
My biggest joy is working with Aboriginal people to overcome their mental health concerns, intellectual disability or severely challenging behaviour and to go on to achieve their life goals.
I look forward to work together with you and to achieve your personal challenges.
Simone Lourigan ACM
I hold a Bachelor of Psychology and have worked as a Counsellor delivering one-on-one therapy, group-based programs and specialised intervention for over 16 years. I am soon to undertake my provisional psychology registration with Studio 2 Forty-Two and am a registered Behaviour Support Practitioner with NDIS.
My previous working experience focused primarily in the forensic and mental health fields in which I hold extensive experience in working with intellectual disabilities, mental illness, self-harm, substance abuse and violence. I take an individualised therapeutic approach with all clients and believe that each person has their own unique story to tell.
My focus and drive when working with clients is to take a best practice approach to ensure the clients and their families are given optimal support and assistance in their journey to live a better quality life.
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