Lifting Minds Psychology

affordable care, equal access

Lifting Minds was created to provide affordable and accessible mental health care and supervision for all people. Lifting Minds was created to empower individuals within the community with a commitment to decolonised support. We are dedicated to supporting those from culturally diverse backgrounds, within the LGBTQIA+ community and neurodivergent individuals. We are a queer and neurodivergent led service.

The purpose of therapy should not be to pathologise your struggles. This can lead to isolation and can often put the onus on the individual to ‘get better’ (individualistic care). Rather, at Lifting Minds, you can expect to work collaboratively to recognise the different areas of your life that may need tending to, in the context of

  • Childhood experiences,

  • Cultural background,

  • Social standing,

  • Societal inequities

  • Life experiences

About Edwina (எட்வினா) (she/they)

Edwina is a proud queer Tamil (தமிழ்) person who has been working as a psychologist since 2020. She is a clinical psychologist and board-approved supervisor with AHPRA and is committed to advancing psychological understanding in a neuroaffirming, culturally applicable way. In addition, she is currently completing a PhD in Clinical Psychology, exploring the history of psychological wellbeing within the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora and how it is understood and impacted by post-migration and the Sri Lankan civil war. Edwina speaks Tamil (somewhat fluently). She has lived experience of ADHD.

Edwina works with adults across the lifespan and primarily works with those experiencing symptoms relating to anxiety, depression, grief, workplace stress, family conflict, gender affirmation and racial and sexual trauma. Edwina has extensive experience working with survivors of child sexual abuse and religious abuse, and with those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) individuals. She has a special interest in South Asian mental health and complex trauma (cPTSD) and is trained in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT), schema therapy and eye movement desensitisation reprocessing (EMDR).