Experience

Creating Change Psychology and Counselling

• Australia
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Psychologist

  • May 2018 - Present



Excelsia College

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sessional Lecturer

  • Aug 2019 - Jul 2021

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Hillsong Health Centre

• Baulkham Hills, Sydney

• Christian Marriage & Family Psychologist

  • Dec 2015 - May 2018

  debbiecollaros.com.au Dr Debbie Collaros is a registered psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and practices in the Hills District of Sydney, Australia. She obtained two Masters degrees in Psychology in South Africa. One in Research (cum laude) in which she was selected to work with the Chairman of the Association of Christian Counsellors in SA to create a curriculum for the efficient training of lay Christian counsellors. The other Masters was in Counselling (cum laude) and involved an internship at an established Therapy and Assessment Centre in Johannesburg as well as a dissertation on assessing the impact of a Christian self-help group facilitation programme (run at her local church). This is her 20th year in private practice and she deals predominantly with adults in marital and family therapy, individual therapy (ADHD, ASD, mood disorders) as well as trauma counselling. She has a passion for psychoeducation and has been invited to address delegates on Conference, run multiple marriage courses and workshops for parents, teachers and adolescents, and has been asked to comment on Radio several times about a range of subjects including: Psychodrama, The changing roles of men and women in relationships; Recovering from post-traumatic stress; The effects of Xenophobia and its graphic images on children; Secondary trauma; Irritating people; and How the public forms perceptions. She has submitted a PhD in the Division of Forensic Medicine and Pathology at WITS Medschool, on the subject of the geographical profiling of serial murder in South Africa. She also created, coordinated and lectured a part of the Forensic Psychology curriculum for the Forensic Honours students at Medschool. She is an ex-member of the following societies: British Psychological Society; Psychological Society of South Africa; South African Society for Clinical Hypnosis; Medical Protection Society (UK) and Association of Christian Counsellors (SA). Show less



Alphacrucis University College

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Sessional Lecturer

  • Aug 2017 - Dec 2017



Centre for Effective Living

• Bella Vista and Westleigh, Sydney

• Marriage / Relationships Psychologist

  • Dec 2015 - Jun 2017



University of the Witwatersrand Medical School

• Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Forensic Psychology Honours Course Co-ordinator and Lecturer

  • Feb 2015 - Nov 2015

  Co-ordinated the Forensic Psychology Honours programme and compiled and lectured half of the course in the Division of Forensic Medicine and Pathology - Faculty of Health Sciences. Co-ordinated the Forensic Psychology Honours programme and compiled and lectured half of the course in the Division of Forensic Medicine and Pathology - Faculty of Health Sciences.



Churches & Schools

• Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Speaker: Marriage Workshops & Parent Talks at Schools

  • Jan 1999 - Oct 2015

  Debbie has a passion for psychoeducation and has run multiple marriage courses and workshops. She has regularly been invited to address parents/teachers at school meetings on a range of subjects including: boundaries; discipline; social media; hubbly-bubblies; dissension in the home; and stress management for final schoolyear students. Debbie has a passion for psychoeducation and has run multiple marriage courses and workshops. She has regularly been invited to address parents/teachers at school meetings on a range of subjects including: boundaries; discipline; social media; hubbly-bubblies; dissension in the home; and stress management for final schoolyear students.



Self-employed

• Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Counselling Psychologist

  • Dec 1998 - Oct 2015



Radio 702, Highveld Radio

• Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Media: Guest Speaker on Talk Radio

  • Jul 1997 - Oct 2015

  Debbie has been asked to comment on Radio several times about a range of subjects including: Psychodrama, The changing roles of men and women in relationships; Recovering from post-traumatic stress; The effects of Xenophobia and its graphic images on children; Secondary trauma; Irritating people; and How the public forms perceptions. Debbie has been asked to comment on Radio several times about a range of subjects including: Psychodrama, The changing roles of men and women in relationships; Recovering from post-traumatic stress; The effects of Xenophobia and its graphic images on children; Secondary trauma; Irritating people; and How the public forms perceptions.