Catherine Hynes

Catherine has a passion for helping people to achieve wellbeing by harnessing the brain’s healing potential. She is a clinical psychologist has been an EMDR Consultant since 2018. She has a PhD in clinical psychology and neuropsychology from the University of Queensland, a Masters degree in functional neuroimaging from Dartmouth College (USA) and a BA in philosophy and neuroscience from the University of Toronto. Prior to becoming a therapist, Catherine conducted brain research on the neurological systems that support empathy and social cognition and behaviour. She has worked clinically in Australia and the UK in drug and alcohol, mental health rehabilitation and community mental health. Catherine’s current private practice work at Brisbane Harmony Centre focuses on treating complex trauma and dissociation in adults, and she is one of the clinic’s three directors. She supervises for the Psychology Board of Australia and the EMDR Association of Australia, offers trauma informed trainings for mental health practitioners, and provides wellbeing workshops to the general public. Therapeutically, Catherine works integratively, drawing on therapies whose mechanisms are consistent with brain science. She uses EMDR Therapy, Polyvagal Theory, Coherence Therapy, Schema Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy, Mindfulness Based Therapies and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in her therapies.