Francieli Sufredini

Fran (Francieli) is a Brazilian psychologist with 15 years of experience working with children, teenagers, adults, and families. In her practice, she focuses on enhancing every client’s internal resources, with a spontaneous and non-judgemental perspective. Her approach emphasises providing a safe and empowering environment in which to heal trauma and build trustworthy relationships throughout life.

With additional training in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Gottman Method Couples Therapy (Level 2), and Family Systems Therapy (Familiare Institute), Fran’s expertise can help individuals, families, and couples experiencing any life transitions such as parenthood, marriage, separation, divorce, disease, loss, and grief. She also has experience in communication and relationship difficulties, decision making, stress management, as well as common mental health issues such as depression and anxiety.

She is skilled at psychometric assessment, particularly in contexts of abuse and violence. Her Master’s thesis investigated the relational dynamics of families that have experienced childhood/adolescent sexual abuse. Fran also has experience assessing and writing reports for visa applicants who have suffered domestic violence. Fran works with the assessment of children’s development and treatment of phobias, adjustment difficulties, separation anxiety, among others, and can help parents to deal with such difficulties.

Fran holds a Bachelor and a Master’s (Research) in Psychology from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). She is also a member of the Australian Association of Psychologists Inc (MAAPi) and a professional member of the Australian Association of Family Therapy. Francieli is currently a PhD Candidate (Health) at the University of Technology Sydney. She is investigating the association between social support, depression, and anxiety during pregnancy and the postpartum period through a mixed-methods study.

In her spare time, Fran likes to read, play board games and go on adventures with her two boys. She is also passionate about learning new languages and has a particular interest in sign languages like LIBRAS and AUSLAN.

Sessions in English and Portuguese.