Chris Barnes is a Clinical Psychologist and has been in private practice for over 27 years. Starting her career with severely emotionally dysregulated children and their families, then working with clients focusing on grief, loss, pregnancy, and fertility, adoption, foster care, her passion for women’s emotional wellbeing has been a driving force in her career.

In therapeutic work, Chris employs various modalities such as CBT, ACT, DBT, play therapy, attachment theory, and family therapy skills. After having children of her own, Chris focused on: mediation, trauma work, EAP, and training on building resilience, self-care, and stress reduction. She also completed a year-long Infant Observation with NSWIPP and then seven years ago she started work at Gidget House as a Clinician.

In 2018 she co-developed and facilitated the Gidget Village group program and is now the Senior Clinical Team Leader. Chris is a registered Supervisor with AHPRA and provides supervision to Clinicians within Gidget Foundation Australia and helps coordinate recruitment. She is a member of the APS, and a fellow of the College of Clinical Psychologists and enjoys being involved in the media and presenting on PNDA, raising awareness of parental emotional wellbeing in the community.