Anita Guyett

Anita has a robust professional history in mental health, including grief and bereavement having as the former National General Manager at Red Nose/Sands Australia, and sports working within mental health services at Hawthorn Football Club. Her clinical training includes valuable experiences at Austin Hospital and Eastern Health hospitals, where she contributed to the Child & Youth Mental Service, Chronic Pain Management Service, and Older Adults Service.

As a mother of three, Anita’s life experiences inform her warm empathetic perspective and her understanding of the complexities of life, and mental health across different challenging life stages. She enjoys working with individuals of all ages, focusing on assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of a variety of mental health conditions. Anita has particular expertise in areas such as neurodiversity, childhood development delays, hearing loss, difficult medical diagnoses, anxiety, depression, sports psychology, grief, women’s perinatal mental health, perinatal loss, and supporting the carers and families throughout difficult life circumstances. Anita believes in the scientific value of brief intervention utilising CBT, Play Therapy, ACT, MI and Mindfulness. Anita’s caring nature makes everyone feel welcome, heard and understood. 

Notably, Anita authored Australia’s first guidelines for bereavement care in perinatal loss, highlighting her commitment to improving the mental health landscape. Anita is an active member of AHPRA and the Australian Psychological Society, affirming her dedication to professional growth and ethical practice. Anita’s clinical research area was also in the development of clinical consensus statements for the treatment of problem gambling. 

In her spare time, Anita enjoys traveling, preferably to sunny destinations. Anita enjoys a good book and volunteering at her children’s sports events. Anita values the power of music enjoys listening to all genres of music.  

Anita integrates animal-assisted therapy into her practice upon request, working alongside Jemma, a Beaglie, or bunnies Miffy and Muffin, to create a warm and engaging therapeutic environment. Jemma is currently in her therapy training stage.