Immediate availability for Autism, ADHD, learning, and functional capacity assessment
ENIGMA PSYCHOLOGY
At Enigma Psychology, we are guided by the values of compassion, respect, and integrity. We are committed to creating a safe, engaging, inclusive, and welcoming space for every client and their family.
We are set up in a home like and relaxed setting, with a waiting room with a play area with toys, colouring in, puzzles, free WIFI, and space for the young ones to be busy and moving around.
Our practice is grounded in cultural competency and trauma-informed care, is neurodiversity affirming, and an understanding of LGBTQIA+ experiences and identities.
Jodie Watney Psychologist
Jodie is dedicated to supporting individuals and their families on their mental health journey. Her approach is trauma-informed and neurodiversity-affirming with an emphasis on creating a compassionate and supportive therapeutic relationship which focuses on each individual's strengths and unique profile.
Jodie has experience in supporting the neurodiverse community, offering individual and Family Therapy for Autistic individuals, ADHDer's, AuADHDer's, and cognitively diverse individuals with mental health, psychosocial challenges, and developing life skills.
Jodie offers Diagnostic Assessment across the lifespan for Autism, ADHD, Cognitive, and Learning Assessments, and NDIS Functional Capacity Assessments.
Jodie also brings a strong parent advocacy focus and knowledge of the NDIS, both as a service provider and participant representative.
Cheryl Chee Psychologist
Cheryl is a Provisional Psychologist. She has a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) from Griffith University and a Diploma in Child Psychology and Early Education from Ngee Ann Polytechnic (Singapore). Cheryl is also involved in the Secret Agent Society (SAS) Small Group Program. She also has experience working with the Family Interaction Programme (FIP) at Griffith University.
Cheryl takes a highly client-centred approach to help individuals work towards their goals. She creates a warm and very genuine relationship with her clients. She is passionate about providing people with a safe and non-judgmental space where they can overcome the struggles they are facing.
Assessment for children and adults
At Enigma Psychology, we provide a range of educational, developmental, behavioural, and diagnostic assessments for both children and adults.
- Cognitive Assessments: WPSSI - IV, WISC-V, WAIS-5, and UNIT (non-verbal assessment)
- Academic Profile and Specific Learning Disorders: WIAT-III
- Autism: ADOS-2, MIGDAS-2, and ADI-R
- ADHD: Young DIVA 5, DIVA 5, NEPSY II, and CTP-3
Adult ADHD:
This is a process of Assessment and Reporting of Adult ADHD symptoms, for General Practitioners and Psychiatrists for diagnostic purposes.
The assessment outcomes are reported, including a brief background history with a summary of relevant symptoms, diagnostic questionnaires, diagnostic summary, and discussion of findings. Assessment is delivered through Telehealth or Face to Face appointments.
Evidence-based therapeutic practice
Therapeutic models — Play Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT). Our clinicians are trauma-informed and culturally sensitive.
Psychological assessment is offered across a range of areas, including diagnostic assessments for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism, Specific Learning Disorder, Intellectual Disability, as well as giftedness, cognitive and academic profiles, and functional capacity assessments.
Neurodiversity Affirming Approach
Enigma Psychology provides ADHD and Autism support, using evidence-based neurodiversity-affirming practices, helping people gain insight into their individual strengths and areas of development.
Therapy is provided for a range of mental health concerns in children, such as generalised anxiety, separation anxiety, social anxiety, and depression. Additionally, we can assist with strategies and support for school refusal, aggression, low self-esteem, social skills, friendships and relationships, processing traumatic events, demand avoidance, parenting skills, and executive function.
SHAPE YOUR LIFE WITH THERAPY AND SKILL BUILDING
Individual Therapy
School Based Challenges
School Based Challenges
Individual Therapy focuses on discovering the root causes of your difficulties and works towards lasting change with personalised therapy sessions tailored to your unique needs and goals.
Learn practical strategies to manage anxiety and depression, reduce symptoms, and improve your quality of life with evidence-based anxiety treatment approaches.
School Based Challenges
School Based Challenges
School Based Challenges
At school, your child may be experiencing difficulties with anxiety, attention, learning, coping with workload, struggling with social isolation or bullying. These problems may manifest as avoiding school, meltdowns, or anger outbursts. We focus on identifying issues and supporting the child and family to address these in the school environment whether it be homeschooling, distance education, or the mainstream setting.
Family Therapy
School Based Challenges
Parenting Support
Family Therapy is offered to improve relationships and communication within the family system.
Families are supported to create change at an individual and/or group level. Assistance with moving on from a significant event or mental health challenges or improving interactions within the family system.
Parenting Support
Life Skills Development
Parenting Support
Strengthen your family bonds, improve communication, and resolve conflicts with a compassionate, family-focused approach to therapy.
Parenting can be both rewarding and challenging, especially when navigating a child’s unique developmental, emotional, or behavioural needs. We provide support to help caregivers build confidence, strengthen relationships, and develop practical tools for everyday parenting.
We work collaboratively with parents and carers to:
- Understand your child’s individual temperament, neurodevelopment, and needs
- Learn positive behaviour support strategies that are grounded in connection, not control
- Build skills in emotional coaching, co-regulation, and boundary setting
- Navigate common challenges such as meltdowns, sibling conflict, sleep issues, or school difficulties
- Support your child’s autonomy, strengths, and self-esteem
- Understand and support neurodivergent profiles (e.g., autism, ADHD, sensory sensitivities)
Whether you're facing specific concerns or seeking to deepen your parenting approach, we offer a non-judgmental space to reflect, learn, and grow. Our approach is grounded in attachment theory, trauma-informed care, and neurodiversity-affirming principles — helping families thrive, not just cope.
Neurodiversity
Life Skills Development
Life Skills Development
Neurodiversity affirming therapy honours each person’s identity and lived experience, recognising that many challenges faced by neurodivergent people stem not from their neurology, but from environments, systems, and expectations that are not designed with them in mind.
Our therapeutic approach focuses on:
- Fostering self-understanding, self-acceptance, and self-compassion
- Identifying and engaging individual strengths, special interests, and values
- Supporting emotional regulation, sensory wellbeing, and managing co-occurring symptoms such as anxiety, depression, or burnout
- Exploring identity, self-advocacy, and autonomy in safe, respectful spaces
- Unpacking the impact of masking, camouflaging, past traumatic experiences, and internalised stigma
- Empowering clients to make meaningful choices in education, employment, relationships, and community engagement
Neurodiversity refers to natural variations in humanity, including autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and executive dysfunction, dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, intellectual, developmental, and neurological differences.
Life Skills Development
Life Skills Development
Life Skills Development
Life skills are the everyday abilities that help us navigate the world with confidence and independence — from managing time and emotions to making decisions, solving problems, and interacting with others.
We support children, teens, and emerging adults to build the foundational skills they need to thrive in their personal, social, and vocational lives.
We tailor support to each person’s goals, developmental stage, and learning style, with a focus on:
- Executive functioning: improving organisation, planning, attention, and task initiation
- Emotional regulation: building awareness of feelings and strategies for self-soothing and coping
- Social communication: developing skills for navigating friendships, boundaries, and interpersonal problem-solving
- Daily living: supporting routines, hygiene, money handling, transport use, or cooking
- Self-advocacy: empowering individuals to understand their needs, communicate effectively, and make informed decisions
Our life skills support is neurodiversity-affirming, strengths-based, and highly individualised.
Whether someone is preparing for greater independence, considering entering the workforce, or working toward personal goals, we offer practical strategies and a safe, supportive space to grow.