Our Team
Dr Stephanie Kalanj-Mizzi
Psychologist, BSc, PG Dip Psych, MPsych/PhD
With over 20 years of experience working in the mental health and welfare industry on the Gold Coast, Stephanie is a skilled Psychologist who has dedicated her career to supporting individuals and families in need. She has worked extensively in non-profit (NFP) and non-government (NGO) organisations as well as in the mental and allied health sector, where she lead a diverse, multidisciplinary team. As a member of complex needs assessment panels for both adults and children, she has worked closely with a vast array of professional services across the Gold Coast. This extensive experience led her to establish her own Psychology Clinic, upon completing her Master’s and PhD programs at Monash University.
Stephanie is strongly committed to providing a safe, relaxing therapeutic space to enable clients to feel supported and make positive and lasting changes in their lives. She specialises in providing therapeutic support to individuals, couples and families. She also has extensive experience working with neurodiverse clients and can assist in the assessing and diagnosing of disorders.
Her areas of practice include:
Adolescent Counselling
Anger Management
Anxiety and Depression
Child Counselling
Family Counselling
LGBTQIAP+ issues and gender questioning
Grief and loss
Marriage and Relationships
Parenting Support
Stress Management
Trauma Counselling
Adjustment post-injury
Personality Disorders
Stephanie understands that a strong client/therapist alliance is essential to successful counselling outcomes. This is achieved by ensuring clients feel valued and are treated with respect and compassion. At SKM Psychology, clients are not judged for their choices, decisions or beliefs. Stephanie uses evidence-based psychological, counselling and family therapy models to promote positive outcomes and make a genuine difference in her client's lives.
Stephanie works from a client-centred, whole of person approach. This ensures that the unique needs of the client are fully considered and that therapy is tailored to the individual person. Interventions are drawn from an array of therapeutic models including: Person-Centred Therapy, Positive Psychology, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Humanistic Therapy and Behavioural Therapy.
Stephanie has been a proud Gold Coast resident since the 1980’s where she has balanced her professional journey with a fulfilling personal life, nurturing a successful marriage of over 33 years and together raising their three wonderful adult children.
Find her most recent interview and mental health radio story which is available to download via this link:
https://www.skmp.net.au/s/FINAL-AW-Mental-Health-Radio-Story-DAMP.mp3
Along with her most recent article, titled “Motivations for Multiple Tattoo Acquisition: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis” in the journal Advances in Mental Health which is accessible via this link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/18387357.2018.1537127
A full copy of her doctoral thesis “Motivations for Multiple Tattoo Acquisition” is available upon request.
Stephanie works Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. To book an appointment with Stephanie, please call 0466 414 846
Catherine Scott
Registered Psychologist, BSc Psych (Hon)
Catherine is a Registered Psychologist here at SKM Psychology.
She has a vast range of skills across several modalities which she has obtained over the past 20 years working in Youth Mental Health, Victims of Crime and parenting support. Catherine has General Registration in Psychology and is an AHPRA approved supervisor.
Catherine believes that every individual is unique and everyone has the right to be accepted, respected and supported in a non-judgemental way so they can be the best possible version of themselves, which in turn helps them to lead a fulfilling and meaningful life.
She also believes that people are the drivers of their own story so likes to practice from a strength based, collaborative approach and focuses on the client-therapist relationship to ensure a culturally safe and empathetic environment.
Catherine is skilled in a range of treatment options including utilising mindfulness and a trauma informed approach in CBT, ACT, DBT, MI, and Psychological First Aid.
Areas of practice include:
Adolescent Counselling
Anger Management
Anxiety and Depression
Parenting and Family Issues
Neurodiversity
Disabilities
Trauma, PTSD and Domestic Violence
Pregnancy and PND
Grief and Loss
Stress Management
Relationship Counselling
Borderline Personality
School Refusal and Bullying
Work and Study
Health Related Stress
Sports Counsellling
Cathy works on Fridays. To book an appointment with Cathy, please call 0466 414 846
Mali Robinson
Administrative Assistant
Mali is our Administrative Assistant here at SKM Psychology.
She is currently studying a Bachelor of Psychological Sciences at Griffith University, and graduated from High School in 2022 with a Diploma in Business. Mali has a broad understanding of mental health and great empathy for those managing their own struggles. In keeping with the philosophy of SKM Psychology, she is committed to providing a safe and comfortable environment where our clients feel understood and heard.
Mali is also the proud owner of Oakley, a little toy poodle, who is in the office frequently cheering up and comforting clients. He has shown to be a willing participant in the SKM Psychology team and has a calm and uplifting presence in the office.
Mali works part time at SKM Psychology on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday each week. If a client would like to book an appointment on a day and time when Oakley will be present please let us know at the time of booking.
For any inquiries please call 0466 414 846 or email Mali at admin@skmp.net.au.