Clinical Psychology for Meaningful Change
Evidence-Based | Compassionate | Results Focused Therapy
Welcome
You might have found your way here because something doesn’t feel quite right — even if you can’t fully explain why.
On the outside, you’re functioning. On the inside, it feels different.
Your mind doesn’t switch off. You replay things. Question yourself. Carry tension you can’t quite explain. Even when things are “fine”, something still feels off.
You’ve probably tried to manage it — push through, stay busy, think it through — but it keeps coming back.
At Kia Psychology, therapy focuses on helping you understand what’s driving this and work through it in a way that leads to meaningful, lasting change.
About Kia Karimi
Clinical Psychologist | Board Approved Supervisor
Kia Karimi is a Clinical Psychologist and Board Approved Supervisor with experience working across private practice, occupational rehabilitation, and community settings since 2017.
He works with adults presenting with anxiety, depression, trauma-related difficulties, stress, and patterns such as overthinking, self-criticism, and emotional dysregulation that can be difficult to shift, even with insight.
Kia brings a calm, considered, and collaborative approach to therapy. His work is grounded in evidence-based practice, with a focus on identifying and working through the underlying processes maintaining these patterns.
As a Board Approved Supervisor, Kia provides supervision to psychologists across different stages of their careers. His approach to supervision emphasises clear formulation, reflective practice, and precision in clinical thinking.
His approach across both therapy and supervision is grounded in clarity, depth, and a focus on work that leads to meaningful change.
Our Approach
Your experience is unique, and therapy should be shaped around that.
At Kia Psychology, treatment is tailored to your needs and goals, drawing on a range of evidence-based approaches to support meaningful and lasting change. These include:
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If you find yourself stuck in unhelpful patterns of thinking or behaviour, CBT can help you understand and change them. It focuses on how your thoughts, emotions, and actions interact, and builds practical skills to respond more effectively in challenging situations. This can support improvements in mood, confidence, and day-to-day functioning.
CBT is often helpful with anxiety, depression, stress, and sleep difficulties.
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If you feel caught up in overthinking, avoidance, or self-doubt, ACT helps you develop a different relationship with these experiences so they have less impact on your actions.
ACT focuses on building psychological flexibility and supporting you to move toward what matters to you, even in the presence of discomfort. This can lead to a greater sense of clarity, direction, and resilience.
ACT is often helpful for anxiety, burnout, low mood, and difficulties related to stress, identity, or life transitions.
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If you notice the same patterns showing up in your relationships or how you see yourself, Schema Therapy can help you understand and shift these at a deeper level.
These patterns often develop early in life and can contribute to ongoing difficulties such as self-criticism, emotional overwhelm, or disconnection. Therapy focuses on recognising these patterns and developing more adaptive ways of responding to your needs.
Schema Therapy can be helpful for persistent or recurring difficulties, particularly in areas of self-worth, relationships, and emotional regulation.
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If you feel stuck with memories or experiences that still trigger strong emotional reactions, EMDR can help reduce their intensity and hold over you.
It uses guided eye movements or other forms of bilateral stimulation while working with key memories, supporting the brain to process them in a more adaptive way. This can lead to shifts in how you feel, think, and respond in situations that previously felt overwhelming. Importantly, it does not require detailed retelling of your experience, which many people find more manageable.
EMDR can be helpful for PTSD, trauma, anxiety, specific phobias, and distressing experiences that continue to affect day-to-day functioning.
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If you feel stuck in patterns that haven’t shifted despite your efforts, EMDR 2.0 offers a more focused and efficient approach to help you move through them, relative to standard EMDR.
It uses increased working memory taxation alongside bilateral stimulation during processing to reduce the emotional intensity of distressing experiences. This can help shift patterns that feel deeply stuck, including negative beliefs and internal blocks.
EMDR 2.0 can be helpful for PTSD, complex trauma, specific phobias, anxiety, and difficulties related to performance such as low confidence, self-doubt.
Our Services
We provide individual therapy for adults (18+), delivered via secure telehealth across Australia.
Our work focuses on understanding what’s driving your current difficulties and helping you make meaningful, lasting changes using evidence-based approaches tailored to you.
Conditions we commonly support include:
Anxiety
Depression
Performance Anxiety
Trauma and Complex PTSD
Adjustment and Life Transitions
Work Stress and Burnout
Low Self Esteem
Mood Disorders
Panic Disorder
Grief and Loss
Life Stress
Session Details
A thorough clinical assessment designed to understand your therapeutic goals, medical background, psychological history, and social context. This session serves as the foundation for creating a tailored treatment plan that aims to address your unique needs.
Follow-up sessions focused on implementing your personalised treatment plan, guiding you towards achieving your mental health and wellbeing goals using evidence-based therapies and psychoeducation.
Kia provides primary and secondary supervision for Provisional Psychologists (5+1 Pathway), Generally Registered Psychologists and Early Career Psychologists.
Fees & Rebates
Standard Session (60 minutes): $285 | $135.95 out of pocket with a valid Mental Health Care Plan (MHCP).
Medicare Rebates of $149.05 per session are available with a valid MHCP referral from your GP. Medicare provides rebates for up to 10 individual sessions per calendar year, bringing your out of pocket cost to $135.95 per session. Please note Kia Psychology does not offer Bulk Billing.
A 50% deposit is required to secure your booking and will be allocated towards the cost of your appointment. This deposit is refundable if at least 48 hours’ notice is provided before cancellation.
Contact Us
Appointments & General Enquiries
Phone: +61 494 174 820
Email: Admin@kiapsychology.com.au
Information For Referrers
Kia Psychology welcomes referrals from General Practitioners, Specialists, Psychiatrists and other health care professionals.
Referrals can be submitted via:
Email: Admin@kiapsychology.com.au
Fax: +61 7 2145 8640
Please Note
Kia Psychology is not a crisis service. If you are in crisis, are experiencing suicidal or homicidal thoughts, or somebody else is in danger, please call Emergency 000 (Triple Zero), Lifeline on 13 11 14, and the Mental Health Access Line on 1300 642 255 (1300 MH CALL).