We have immediate availability for Autism, ADHD, and Learning Assessments
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, WISC-V, and WAIS-IV
- Academic Profile and Specific Learning Disorders: WIAT-III
- Autism: ADOS-2, MIGDAS-2, and ADI-R
- ADHD: NEPSY II, DIVA 5, and CTP-3
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 coaching 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.
About Enigma Psychology
about Us
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 homely and relaxed setting, with a spacious waiting room with toys, colouring in, free WIFI, and a space for the young ones.
Our practice is grounded in cultural competency, trauma-informed care, 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 and ADHD, as well as Cognitive and Learning Assessments.
Jodie also brings a strong advocacy focus and in-depth knowledge of the NDIS, both as a service provider and participant representative.
Cheryl Chee, Provisional 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 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.
Cheryl is available for both assessment and therapy. She provides thorough assessments for autism, ADHD, and learning differences for both adults and children.
Specializing in Mindfulness-Based Therapies
At Enigma Psychology, we specialize in mindfulness-based therapies to help our clients gain greater self-awareness, reduce stress and anxiety, and improve overall well-being. Our therapists have extensive training in mindfulness practices and integrate them into evidence-based treatment plans to help clients achieve their goals.
Transform 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.
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.
Neurodivergence
Life Skills Development
Life Skills Development
Diagnostic Assessment and Therapy for neurodivergent individuals is tailored to the unique cognitive, emotional, sensory, gender, and social experiences of neurodivergent individuals. Neurodivergence refers to natural variations in brain function and includes conditions such as autism, ADHD, dyslexia, intellectual disability, and other developmental or neurological differences.
Rather than aiming to “fix” or mask these differences, neuroaffirming therapy embraces them as valid expressions of human diversity. It 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 amplifying individual strengths, special interests, and values
- Supporting emotional regulation, sensory wellbeing, and managing co-occurring conditions such as anxiety, trauma, or burnout
- Exploring identity, self-advocacy, and autonomy in safe, respectful spaces
- Unpacking the impact of masking, camouflaging, and internalised stigma
- Empowering clients to make meaningful choices in education, employment, relationships, and community life
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.