About Us

Attachment Resilience Connection

At ARC we specialise in providing intervention to help children, adolescents, adults and families to be strong, resilient and connected. ARC’s core perspective on attachment, resilience and connection are at the heart of all practice. We offer sensitive and responsive support to help our clients work through current issues to improve their overall well-being and quality of life. Our approach aims to be collaborative, non-judgemental, confidential, caring, and underpinned by an understanding of the client’s and families true values and goals.

Vison and Values

Our Vision

To be a model of client centred best practice in the delivery of psychology services - that enhance the lives of children, young people and adults and support the referring community in doing so.

Our Values

To commit to best practice standards and principles for the benefit of clients, well regarded consultants and our referrers.
To do the best for our clients and to never harm them. We respect and promote their autonomy, self-determination, without judgement, and tailor our approach to suit their individual needs, capabilities and wishes.
To be professionally competent. At ARC we are continually developing our professional skills and knowledge through further education, supervision, feedback and self-reflection. We also recognise and work within our limits of competence and only provide services where we have adequate training or experience.
To be proactive and responsive.
To meet the needs of clients, medical referrers, and community.

Meet the Team

Megan Jones

Clinical Psychologist and Director

Montana Wood

Psychologist

Jan Jones

Office Manager

Scout

Resident Puppy

Megan Jones has over 20 years experience working as a Clinical Psychologist both nationally and internationally. She has expertise in providing assessment and treatment across a range of mental health concerns as well as extensive experience working in adult and adolescent mental health, child and family health, fostering and adoption, and youth offending.

She has a special interest in working with women, complex trauma, parenting, and parent child relationships.

With a passion for supporting clients through all stages to ensure achieve they work to achieve their goals. Megan works to cultivate a safe, relaxed, and confidential environment and has a strong commitment to use evidence-based assessment tools and therapies.

Megan draws on a range of therapeutic interventions to tailor intervention to individual needs including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), Trauma focused CBT (TF-CBT), Mentalisation based therapy (MBT), Schema therapy, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), Parent child interaction therapy (PCIT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Narrative Therapy, and Attachment based therapies.

Qualifications:

Master of Psychology (Clinical) University of New South Wales, Australia.
Bachelor of Advanced Science (Honours in Psychology) University of New South Wales, Australia.

Registrations:

General registration as a Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
Endorsement in Clinical Psychology (AHPRA)
Member of the Australian Clinical Psychology Association (ACPA)
Approved Medicare Provider
Endorsed and Registered Supervisor (AHPRA)

Montana has over 13 years of experience working with children, young people and their families within a school setting. She draws on a variety of therapeutic modalities such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to support young people experiencing a range of difficulties and mental health concerns including anxiety, disruptive behaviours, ADHD, adolescent stress and study, low mood and depression.

Montana is passionate about using creative and engaging techniques to build trusting and safe therapeutic relationships with her clients. She works collaboratively with families, schools, medical and allied health professionals to provide a holistic approach to achieving the goals of the young person.

Montana has expertise in administering a range of psychological assessments including cognitive, adaptive and behavioural assessments. She has a particular interest in educational assessments and learning difficulties. Montana currently works Saturdays only.

Qualifications:

Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) University of Sydney, Australia
Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) University of Newcastle, Australia

Registrations:

General registration as a Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
Member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS)
Approved Medicare provider
Endorsed and Registered Supervisor (AHPRA)

Jan has had many years experience in private hospital services, before coming out of retirement to manage all the ins and outs behind the scenes, as well as being the welcoming face of ARC Family Psychology.

Scout is our resident mini schnauzer therapy pup. He just loves being cute and make friends. He loves a pat and will be our best mate if you give him a treat (ask Jan for one to give him!). He'll make you feel nice and relaxed. He isn't in the office all the time, sometimes he likes to hang out with his other puppy friends!