Our Team

Rene Delimanis

Clinical Psychologist

Undergraduate B. Psych (Hons), M. Clinical Psych

Rene is registered with the Australian Health Practitioners Registration Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Psychologist with Endorsement in Clinical Psychology. She is a full member of the Australian Psychological Society (MAPS) and a Fellow Member of the College of Clinical Psychologists (FMCCLIN).

Through her Greek family background, and extensive experience dealing with patients from varying ethnicities, she has experience in understanding the cultural variations when treating mental health issues. She has extensive training and experience in the treatment of Anxiety Disorders and Mood Disorders such as OCD, Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and frequently treat complex mental health presentations. I further specialize in Couples Therapy, Grief Counseling, and Trauma Therapy.

Treatment modalities that she has experience in includes Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Exposure and Response Prevention, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Family Therapy, and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, and Solution Focused Therapy.

Amina Ahmed

Forensic Psychologist

B. Psych and a M. of Psych (Forensic)

Amina focuses on adult forensic and clinical clients. She has expertise in working with clients of culturally and linguistically diverse clients, and  refugee backgrounds. Amina also has experience working with Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, couples, Domestic Violence, Probation and Parole, Court assessments and reports, Anger Management, and  Drug and Alcohol issues.

Amina is multilingual and also speaks Urdu and Hindi. Amina enjoys spending time with her children and two cats. She enjoys meeting friends  for coffee and baking.

Dr Fayza Alshamali

Psychologist

Diploma Hypnotherapy B. Psych, M. (Psych), PhD (Psych). AHPRA, MAPS

Fayza has been working as a psychologist for over 25 years. She has a wealth of experience in treatment of many mental health areas with Arabic speaking clients both in Australia and in the Middle-East. She has also presented at over 100 workshops internationally and locally since 1999. Her special interests are in NLP, EFT, emotional intelligence, law of attraction, time line therapy, parenting, communication skills, the change starts within and more psychological topics). She has also published three books exhibited on book exhibitions in both Dubai and Egypt. Fayza is also bilingual and can speak Arabic.

Christine El-Baini

Psychologist

Additional Languages Spoken: Arabic

Ramsey Andrews

Psychologist

B. Art (Psych) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Psych

Ramsey is a psychologist with extensive experience in the provision of various psychological therapies in working with people with various mental health conditions and complex psychosocial issues. Ramsey has a particular expertise in transcultural mental health, whereby he has extensive experience working with people of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, particularly using counselling and therapeutic skills with people of a non–English speaking background.

As well as working in Private Practice with clients presenting with a broad range of mental health issues, Ramsey is also employed an Area Psychologist with the Salvation Army Employment Plus where he provides psychological interventions to individuals, as well as running groups with disadvantaged members of society. Ramsey is also bilingual and speaks Arabic.

Mariam Mourtada

Psychologist

Additional Languages Spoken: Arabic

Sarah Mohamadin

Psychologist

Additional Languages Spoken: Arabic

Basma Kahil

Provisional Psychologist

Additional Languages Spoken: Arabic

Ahlam Hussein

Speech Pathology

B. Heath Sciences (Hearing and Speech), M. Speech and Language Pathology (ongoing)

Ahlam Hussein is a Speech Pathology post-graduate student currently completely her final year of her Masters of Speech and Language Pathology. Speech Pathology involves assessing and treating children with stutters and speech, language, voice, and social communication disorders. Ahlam has experience working with a wide range of children aged between 3-13. If you find that your child is experiencing difficulties with speech being clear to understand, stuttering, reading, language delay, frustration from not being understood, poor listening skills, or unable to grasp letter-sound relationships, then speech therapy can help in those areas of development.

Ahlam is bilingual and can speak Arabic. Ahlam also enjoys spending time with her family and friends, binge reading unputdownable books and taking photos. Lots of photos.

Haifa Abbas

Physiotherapist

Haifa Abbas has extensive experience working as a physiotherapist and has an active approach to injury management and exercise based rehabilitation. She can diagnose, treat and prevent a wide variety of musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and neurological conditions to optimise maximal physical potential. 
Using a combination of manual therapy, therapeutic exercise, education, lifestyle advice, soft tissue modalities and dry needling, Haifa can assist you to reach your maximum function and desired goals.

Billel Rababi

Provisional Psychologist

Billel has completed a Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours), a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and is currently a registered Provisional Psychologist. Billel completed his thesis on Masculinity from a Middle Eastern perspective and grew up as a cultural minority and utilises his education and experience in teaching and motivating other young men dealing with similar experiences. He believes in positivity and the power of change and has a passion for helping individuals in building the framework for a brighter future. Billel loves the NFL and supports the Green Bay Packers.

Rayyan Hares-Helou

Speech Pathologist

Rayyan is a Certified Practising Speech Pathologist and a member of Speech Pathology Australia. She enjoys working with children as young as 2 years of age through to their teenage years. She is passionate about working collaboratively with children and their support networks to meet their goals. She also makes an extra effort to educate parents in the tools necessary to support their child’s development.  

Rayyan has experience working with children with complex communication needs and diagnoses including Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Cerebral Palsy, Microcephaly and Down Syndrome. She particularly has an interest in ASD, speech sound disorders, language delays, Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) and literacy difficulties. She has experience working in a range of settings including private practice, school, childcare and social skills group. Rayyan is proactive in communicating with school teachers, providing them necessary tools, training and strategies in the class room to facilitate a child’s communication and learning.

Rayyan is a board member of Global Smile Foundation (GSF) Australia. GSF is a not-for-profit organisation that provides comprehensive care to alleviate the suffering in patients with congenital facial deformities including cleft lip and palate in developing countries. She travels with GSF to countries including Ecuador and Lebanon to provide Speech Pathology intervention.

When not at work, Rayyan is a foodie and coffee enthusiast who enjoys spending time with her husband, family and friends.

Additional Languages Spoken: Arabic