I'm an educational and developmental psychologist at St Margaret's Berwick Grammar and an academic at the University of Melbourne, where I teach graduate courses on counselling skills and group work. With over two decades of experience in schools and private practice, I'm deeply committed to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people.

Elizabeth Hutton is in the final stage of her PhD at Swinburne University. Elizabeth's research focus is on mental health, specifically mental wellbeing and the dual-continuum model and how wellbeing science can be embedded in clinical practice.

Elizabeth has a First-Class Honours degree in psychology, and is also currently undertaking her Masters in Clinical Psychology at La Trobe University where she will complete in 2025. Prior to re-training to become a psychologist, Elizabeth worked in the property sector for more than 25-years in corporate and not-for-profit organisations.

Elizabeth has clinical experience supporting cancer patients in hospital and residential settings, trained and volunteered as a fully accredited Crisis Support Worker with Lifeline Australia, and volunteered with Anxiety Disorders Association of Victoria.

Katherine Watson (BAComm, BSocSci Hons, MPsych) is a Clinical Psychologist working in private practice. Before becoming a psychologist Katherine worked for an Oncology-related NGO, providing individual and group support for people affected by cancer. This piqued her interest in psychology, especially the positive psychology approach. Fast forward to now, Katherine has her own private practice in Sydney where she enjoys working with individuals and groups of people. Outside of psychology, Katherine is a keen long-distance runner and combines this interest with travel whenever possible.

Erica Frydenberg AM HONFAPS
MA, Dip Ed, Dip Clin Psych, PhD, GAICD
Erica Frydenberg is a clinical, organisational, counselling and educational psychologist who has practiced extensively in the Australian educational setting before joining the staff of the University of Melbourne. She is an Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow (Honorary) in psychology in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society. She has authored over 150 academic journal articles and chapters in the field of coping, published psychological instruments to measure coping, developed programs to teach coping and published numerous books on coping across the life-span, parenting and early childhood. Her interest in wellbeing, coping, resilience and fortitude is underpinned by the principles of positive Psychology. Her most recent book (August 2022) is Coping in Good Times and Bad: Developing Fortitude. She has engaged in a range of consultanci