Samantha Wanigabaduge

Samantha graduated from Macquarie University with a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours). She is currently completing her Masters of Clinical Psychology at Macquarie University (expected late 2025). Samantha is provisionally registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

Samantha is passionate about tailoring assessments to help individuals gain a better understanding of themselves. She has experience with autism, ADHD, cognitive and learning assessments across all ages. Samantha is committed to providing personalised strategies to support difficulties identified within these assessments.

Samantha is also committed to providing evidence-based treatments to support and manage mental health difficulties. She has experience working with individuals of all age groups in private practice. Samantha also has experience providing therapeutic support to carers and children in out-of-home care, as well as young persons in custody.

Samantha enjoys working with children, adolescents, adults and families. She has experience supporting various mental health difficulties such as depression, anxiety, anger management, parenting stress, childhood externalising/internalising problems, low self-esteem and interpersonal challenges. Samantha draws from a range of evidence-based modalities including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).

Samantha believes in a person-first, strengths-based approach and adapts evidence-based treatments to support the individual. She is passionate about working from a trauma-informed and culturally safe lens.