Karina Dubroja

Clinical Psychologist

Karina Dubroja

I am a Clinical and Educational and Developmental Psychologist with experience across public mental health, private practice and educational settings. I have worked with children, adolescents, young adults and parents experiencing anxiety, low mood, stress, relationship difficulties and adjustment to significant life changes.

I have a particular interest in supporting women through pregnancy and early parenthood. This can be a time of enormous change, bringing joy and connection as well as anxiety, overwhelm, changes in relationships and shifts in identity.

My approach is warm, collaborative and thoughtful. I aim to create a space where you can feel understood, make sense of what you are experiencing and explore patterns in your relationships or past experiences that may be shaping how you feel now. I draw on relational and attachment informed approaches, emotion-focused work and family systems thinking, alongside therapies such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT).

Qualifications

Master of Clinical Family Therapy · La Trobe University · 2018; Master of Educational Psychology · University of Melbourne · 2014; Postgraduate Diploma of Psychology · Deakin University · 2013; Bachelor of Arts · Monash University · 2012

Availability

  • Monday
  • Saturday

Areas I work in

  • Adjustment Difficulties and Life Transitions
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Attachment and Family Dynamics
  • Depression and Low Mood
  • Emotional Regulation
  • Family Difficulties
  • Meaning and Values
  • Parenting and New-Parent Support
  • Perfectionism
  • Perinatal and Postnatal Mental Health
  • Pregnancy
  • Relationship Difficulties
  • Stress Management

Therapeutic modalities

  • Attachment-Based Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
  • Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
  • Person-Centred Therapy
  • Psychodynamic Therapy