About

  • The idea of a “therapy home” isn’t something most people are taught to look for. But it matters more than you might expect.

    A therapy home is about finding a therapist you can come to know and trust. A secure base to grow from, and a stable therapeutic relationship to return to.

    This page is simply an invitation to think about what a therapy home might mean for you, and to trust yourself in choosing the one that feels right.

    When looking for a therapist, qualifications, registration and training matter. But in addition, ask yourself: What kind of presence is this person? What does it feel like to sit with them? Do I feel met here, as I am? Safe enough to be honest?

    When you find your therapy home, the reward is something more than feeling better and reducing symptoms. It’s a growing insight into the patterns you’ve lived with for a long time - often for good reasons.

    With insight comes choice, and with choice, comes change.

    Change may take time. But in the end, most things that are built to last do take time.

Elise Raymond

Registered Psychologist

Registration: PSY0002595108

I am a registered psychologist and clinical psychology registrar, but first and foremost, I am a therapist. Being a therapist is a privilege and a marathon, and it is one of the best decisions I have made in my life.

The values I practice by are much the same as the values by which I live: with quiet steadiness, humour, and a deep respect for lived experience.

Qualifications

Elise holds a Bachelor of Psychology with Honours and a Master of Clinical Psychology. She is a fully registered Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia and is a Member of the Australian Association of Psychologists. She also holds Associate Membership with the Australian Clinical Psychology Association.

Elise is accredited in a number of evidence-based parenting and attachment-focused programs, including as a licensed Circle of Security Parenting™ facilitator and an accredited Level 4 Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) practitioner.

Experience

Elise has clinical practice experience working with individuals and families across the lifespan, from infancy through to end of life. She has practised in hospital settings as well as in private clinics, supporting people experiencing a wide range of psychological and emotional difficulties.

Prior to becoming a psychologist, Elise spent several years working in the community sector, supporting neurodivergent children, their parents and families, as well as separating families navigating co-parenting challenges. She has also supported victims of violent crime and survivors of institutional child sexual abuse via Victims Counselling Support and National Redress programs.

This breadth of experience has shaped a way of working that attends to the individual without losing sight of the relationships, family environments, communities, cultures, and broader systems in which they live.