Sydney, NSW · In-person & Telehealth

Sawubona. Support that sees the whole person.

Divya Naidu is a Clinical Psychologist Registrar drawing on experience across schools, child protection, forensic mental health, and university clinics. She works across the lifespan, with a style shaped by six years as an educator before she moved into clinical practice.

Master's, Clinical Psychology
Forensic & child protection experience
Telehealth available

A practice shaped by

Experience across settings

  • School psychology, supporting students, teachers and families
  • Child protection and trauma-informed care with young people and carers
  • Forensic mental health, within a high-secure clinical setting

About Divya

An educator's instinct, a clinician's training

"Sawubona" is a Zulu greeting that translates roughly to "I see you" — the idea that a person is truly seen and acknowledged. It's the spirit Divya brings to her practice. Before training as a psychologist, she spent six years as an Early Childhood Educator, and that grounding in child development still shapes how she works today. Her combined clinical experience spans school-based support, child protection and trauma-informed care, forensic mental health, and university-based assessment — giving her a breadth of practice across neurodevelopmental disorders, mood and anxiety disorders, complex trauma, psychosis, and substance use. She supports clients from a wide range of cultural and educational backgrounds, in person and via telehealth, including crisis support.

Areas of practice

What Divya supports clients with

Drawn from clinical work across schools, community services, and forensic mental health settings.

Neurodevelopmental disorders
Mood & anxiety disorders
Complex trauma
Psychosis
Substance use
Crisis support & counselling
Child & adolescent psychology
Trauma-informed parent & carer support
Neuropsychological assessment
Behaviour support & treatment planning

Combined experience

The kind of psychology Divya practices

Her clinical style draws together experience from several settings, rather than sitting in just one.

School-based psychology

Supporting students, teachers and families with assessment, treatment and everyday wellbeing, for children through to young adults.

Trauma & child protection

Trauma-informed assessment and treatment for children and young people with significant trauma histories, and support for birth parents and carers.

Forensic mental health

Assessment and treatment within a high-secure forensic hospital, working with complex presentations including psychosis and substance use.

Assessment & neuropsychology

Psychological and neuropsychological assessment across a broad age range, informing individualised treatment and behaviour support plans.

Credentials

Education & training

2021 – 2023

Master's Degree, Clinical Psychology

Western Sydney University

2018 – 2019

Bachelor of Science (Honours), Psychology — Second Class Upper

Murdoch University

2011 – 2013

Diploma in Early Childhood Care & Education (Teaching)

Temasek Polytechnic

Honours & Awards

  • Vice Chancellor's Commendation for Academic Excellence
  • Murdoch University Annual Alumni Appeal Scholarship
  • Dean's Merit List

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Select an available slot below. In-person sessions run from Divya's Sydney practice; telehealth sessions are available by video for clients Australia-wide.

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