Maggie Macleod

Director/Psychologist

Maggie obtained her undergraduate and post-graduate qualifications at Macquarie University, Sydney.  She has extensive clinical experience, and has worked with clients of all ages over the last 17 years, although her work has primarily focused on children, adolescents and families.

Prior to moving to Canberra Maggie was a co-founder of the Sydney Child and Family Therapy Centre (SCAFTC), a practice in Sydney comprised of highly passionate Psychologists who specialised in working with children of all ages and their families.  During her 10 years at SCAFTC Maggie worked in close partnership with her clients and other treating professionals.  She is passionate about working collaboratively to ensure complete client care.

Maggie has extensive experience helping with a range of anxiety disorders, mood disorders, low confidence and resilience, trauma, school refusal, behaviour and attention difficulties, and general improvement in family relationships and functioning.  Her work has also regularly involved assisting the siblings of individuals with a mental health condition or other disability.

Additionally, as a consultant Psychologist to a government funded organisation she has previously undertaken psychometric assessments and therapy, and advised staff on how to assist adolescents and adults with mental health challenges, personality issues and psychotic illness, to obtain and sustain employment.  She also has past experience working with young people with serious chronic medical conditions such as cystic fibrosis.

Maggie’s post graduate thesis focused on factors contributing to a healthy work-life balance.  Her work with families since then has reinforced and fueled her interest in collaborating with adults to help them gain increased insight, habits and skills to ensure they attain their desired balance.

Maggie's work is influenced by family systems theory.  She has undertaken training and/or supervision in a number of modalities including:

• narrative therapy,
• schema therapy,
• acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT),
• psycho-dynamic therapy and
• cognitive behavior therapy (CBT)

She is committed to ongoing professional development and works from a trauma informed approach.

Maggie is a Psychology Board approved supervisor.

Although Maggie is sad to be saying goodbye to long term client therapy, she is excited about bringing a new service to Canberra. She aspires to collaborate with as many families as possible to increase family stability and harmony through improved relationships, mental health and overall well-being.  She strongly believes that by helping people become conscious of their pattern of relating to others and to themselves, there is potential for genuine and lasting change.

When she’s not at work Maggie enjoys spending time in nature with her family and dog, traveling, catching up with friends, cycling, reading and attempting (although sometimes unsuccessfully!) a number of creative pursuits.

Zane Macleod

Clinical Director/Clinical Psychologist

Zane obtained his undergraduate qualifications and his Clinical Master's degree at Sydney University.

Zane's post-graduate thesis focused on the accurate assessment of relational functioning in couples and families, which has and continues to inform his therapeutic work.  Since graduating in 2001 Zane has developed advanced skills in a broad range of areas, having worked in numerous private and corporate practices, child and family mental health hospitals, and medical-legal contexts.

Zane's career has focused on working with children, adolescents and families. He has worked at Rivendell Child and Adolescent Unit (Sydney Southwestern Area Health) for seven years and Coral Tree Family Service (Northern Sydney Area Health) for two years; both being specialised tertiary referral units with inpatient and outpatient services, multidisciplinary teams and Department of Education Special Schools located on site. Zane has also consulted to a variety of Disability Employment Services, has worked alongside youth with drug and alcohol dependency, published research, managed a counselling service for a pharmaceutical company, and supervised other psychologists. In 2010 he co-founded the Sydney Child and Family Therapy Centre where he undertook the roles of Director and Clinical Director.

Zane has considerable experience helping those struggling with mild or severe mental illness (such as Depression, Anxiety, AD/HD, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Personality Disorders, Bipolar Disorder, first episode psychosis), adjustment to medical illness or physical disability (such as chronic fatigue syndrome, traumatic brain injury, chronic pain), as well as those difficulties presented by everyday life (financial hardship, family and marital discord, exam anxiety, gaming addiction). Zane has a special interest in autism spectrum disorders, diagnosing and treating such individuals almost daily since 2001. Zane also has a reputation for thorough and skilled psychological and neuropsychological assessments, and of being knowledgeable, professional, and above all, genuine and caring.

Over the years Zane has sought supervision and training in varied therapeutic modalities including:

• psycho-dynamic therapy,
• cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
• acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT),
• family and systems therapy, and
• neuroscience based therapy

When not working or spending time with his family, Zane enjoys dipping into one of his many hobbies including electronics, Lego, bonsai, reading up on philosophy and psychology, and dual line kite flying - to name a few!

Most importantly though, Zane has been reassured by a reliable five-year-old that his puppeteering “isn’t that lame”.