Meet Bethany Kimber

Bethany is a registered psychologist and clinical psychology registrar known for her warm, compassionate, and grounded approach. She creates a collaborative and supportive space where clients feel understood, valued, and empowered to make meaningful change. Bethany works with adolescents and adults, helping them navigate life’s challenges, understand themselves more deeply, and strengthen their emotional wellbeing.

Her clinical experience spans a diverse range of presentations, including anxiety, mood disorders, trauma, obsessive–compulsive disorder, and neurodivergence. Bethany values a holistic and person-centred approach, recognising the interplay between biological, psychological, and social factors. She aims to help clients build self-awareness, develop effective coping strategies, and move towards a more fulfilling life.

• Honours Degree in Psychology (Advanced), University of Adelaide
• Master of Psychology (Clinical), University of Adelaide
• Clinical Psychology Registrar

• Evidence-Based Interventions: Drawing upon Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Schema Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and mindfulness-based interventions.
• Collaborative Practice: Working closely with clients to understand their values, goals, and life experiences, ensuring therapy is tailored to each person’s unique needs.
• Warm and Compassionate Style: Creating sessions characterised by empathy, curiosity, and respect, fostering a therapeutic environment that feels safe, validating, and empowering.
• Personal Growth and Insight: Supporting clients to develop self-awareness, increase self-compassion, and build skills in emotional regulation.
• Sustainable Change: Helping individuals make meaningful, lasting changes that enhance overall wellbeing and quality of life.

• Anxiety Disorders: Supporting individuals to understand and manage anxiety disorders including generalised anxiety, phobias, health anxiety, social anxiety, panic, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
• Mood Disorders: Supporting individuals to understand and manage depressive disorders including major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder.
• Stress Management: Equipping people with tools and skills to manage stress effectively.
• Emotional Regulation: Improving people’s ability to manage and cope with difficult emotions.
• Neurodivergence: Working with individuals to support understanding and wellbeing related to autism and ADHD.
• Trauma: Providing a safe, validating space for individuals processing trauma and life changes.
• Older Adult Mental Health: Assisting older adults to manage depression, anxiety, and adjustment to life transitions or health-related changes.