Our Staff

Director
Robyn Smythe
Clinical Services Manager
Ana Maria Allimant Holas
Counselling Team Leaders
Kerri Berardi
Riziki Saidi
South East Regional Coordinator
Sophie Coote
Counsellor/Advocates
Akar Pardedar
Dart Russell
Donatien Ntikahavuye
Galawej Ebrahimi
Ghani Nasery
Gulshan Hussain
Jacqueline Taylor
Lisa Jenkins
Maria Morales-Boyce (Senior Counsellor)
Matthew Seabrook (Nurse Lead)
Mehak Khandeparkar
Melanie McGuigan
Nellie Anderson
Rhett McDonald (South East Region)
Sarah Purcell (Senior Counsellor)
Sonia Kiriyanthan
Caseworkers
Rima Abu-Assi
Slavica Dedijer (Senior Caseworker)
Community Development Officer
Everine Munyonge
Complementary Therapists
Lyn Butler
Robin Mellors
Bi-Cultural Support Worker
Fatima Shah
ICT & Operations Manager
Daryl Eckermann
Finance Officer
Rachel Inness
Administration Assistants
Carol Cantlon
Komang Sukraeni-Francis
Neelima Kafley
Intake & Clinic Coordinator
Alica Varesanovic
Intake & Clinic Assistant
Maria Siros
Refugee Mental Health Clinic
(Visiting Clinicians)
Dr Jayakrishnan Nair (Psychiatrist)
Dr Vani Kaler (Psychiatrist)
Amanda Gierasch (Psychologist)
Jessica Evans (Psychologist)
Wendy Anderson (Psychologist)
Sharlene Pope (Mental Health Social Worker)
Projects Officer
Hayley Radford
Joanne Riddle
Refugee Health Nurses
Bridgit McAteer
Muslima Huka
Chronic Pain Counsellor/Advocate
Aparnadas Amritha