Amy Robins

Founder & Principal Psychologist | Guided Minds Psychology

Amy Robins is the Founder and Principal Psychologist of Guided Minds Psychology. She is a warm, compassionate, and experienced psychologist who believes that a strong therapeutic relationship is the foundation for meaningful and lasting change. Amy is passionate about helping individuals navigate challenges, build resilience, and achieve their personal and professional goals.

“I understand that making the decision to seek psychological support can feel overwhelming. My aim is to create a safe and supportive space where clients feel heard, understood, validated, and hopeful.”

Amy has experiencing working across both public health and private practice settings and has extensive experience supporting adolescents and adults with a broad range of mental health concerns. She has particular expertise in the assessment and treatment of Eating Disorders and has worked with individuals from diverse backgrounds presenting with complex psychological difficulties.

Amy provides evidence-based treatment for a wide range of concerns, including:

  • Eating Disorders and body image concerns

  • Anxiety and stress

  • Depression and mood disorders

  • Trauma and post-traumatic stress

  • Grief and loss

  • Adjustment difficulties and life transitions

  • Relationship and interpersonal challenges

  • Self-esteem and identity concerns

  • Perfectionism and high-achievement burnout

  • Emotional regulation difficulties

  • Women's mental health concerns

  • Fertility challenges and infertility-related distress

  • Pregnancy, prenatal, and postpartum adjustment

  • Parenting and family-related stress

  • Health-related anxiety and chronic illness adjustment

  • Workplace stress and occupational burnout

  • Life transitions, identity development, and personal growth

  • Self-harm and coping difficulties

  • Interpersonal and attachment-related concerns

Therapeutic Approaches

Amy adopts a collaborative and client-centred approach, tailoring treatment to each individual's unique needs, strengths, and goals. She integrates a range of evidence-based therapeutic approaches, including:

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) – helping clients identify and modify unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviours that contribute to emotional distress.

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) – supporting clients to develop psychological flexibility, navigate difficult thoughts and emotions, and build a life guided by their values.

  • Schema Therapy – assisting clients to understand and change long-standing patterns of thinking, feeling, and relating that may have developed earlier in life.

  • Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Skills – teaching practical strategies for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness, and interpersonal effectiveness.

  • Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) – helping clients reduce self-criticism, strengthen self-compassion, and foster emotional resilience.

  • Motivational Interviewing (MI) – supporting clients to explore ambivalence, enhance motivation, and make meaningful behavioural changes.

  • Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Eating Disorders (CBT-E) – a specialist evidence-based treatment designed to address eating disorder symptoms, body image concerns, and the factors that maintain disordered eating.

  • Mindfulness-Based Interventions – assisting clients to develop greater awareness of their thoughts, emotions, and experiences in the present moment.

  • Trauma-Informed Approaches – ensuring therapy is delivered in a safe, compassionate, and empowering manner that acknowledges the impact of past adverse experiences.

Amy is committed to providing a supportive, non-judgemental environment where clients can develop insight, strengthen coping skills, and work towards living a more meaningful and fulfilling life.

Qualifications

  • Master of Clinical Psychology – Swinburne University of Technology
    Recipient of the Head of School Award for Best Thesis in the 2019 Graduate Cohort

  • Bachelor of Psychology (First Class Honours) – Swinburne University of Technology

  • Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology & Forensic Science) – Swinburne University of Technology