Jennifer Lloyd
M.Psych (Counselling), M.Psych (Clinical), Dip.Ed., MAPS

Jennifer is qualified as a fully endorsed Counselling Psychologist with an additional master’s degree in and endorsement in Clinical Psychology. She has over 40 years of experience working with adults and older adults in counselling and mental health settings. She has gained a wealth of experience across public health, tertiary education, training, and private practice settings.

Jennifer has significant experience in working with clients who have OCD symptoms from a specialist OCD clinic. She uses Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), which is widely considered to be the evidence-based ‘gold standard’ therapy for OCD. Following ERP, she is able to draw on her experience of additional evidence-based psychological treatments, where clinically appropriate, to assist individuals experiencing treatment-resistant OCD and/or co-occurring psychological conditions. These are Imagery Rescripting, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Hypnotherapy, Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).

Jennifer has a special interest in assisting individuals with treatment-resistant OCD and co-occurring trauma. Her experience includes a significant number of years working with individuals who have experienced trauma, sexual or physical abuse and with culturally and linguistically diverse groups.