Palm Tree Psychology is located in the heart of Station Street, Fairfield on the fringe of the
Inner North and Inner East of Melbourne, surrounded by the leafy streets of Alphington and Ivanhoe,
and the eclectic milieu of Northcote and Thornbury.

Our caring and experienced psychologists support children, teenagers, parents and adults with
In-person and Telehealth Counselling, as well as Autism Assessments, ADHD Assessments, Cognitive Assessments, and Learning Assessments (e.g. Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia).

We help children, teenagers, parents and adults with difficulties including Anxiety, Depression, Low Self Esteem, Stress, Relationship Difficulties, Parenting/Family Stress, Social and Emotional Difficulties Relating to Autism and ADHD, and Difficulties with Adjustment to Life Transitions.

Our Vision, Mission and Values

Our motto is: All of You is Welcome Here. At Palm Tree Psychology, we want our clients to feel safe to be who they are, while compassionately discovering new parts of themselves and developing skills to help live a meaningful life aligned with one’s values and goals. Our consulting space in Fairfield has been thoughtfully styled to help you feel calm and supported, with dimmable lights, a large variety of sensory grounding tools (a.k.a. figdet toys or fidget tools), and soft cosy blankets.

Our mission is to provide high quality, compassion focused, ethical and evidence based psychological counselling and assessments to support children, teenagers, parents and adults with difficulties including Anxiety, Depression, Low Self Esteem, Stress, Relationship Difficulties, Social and Emotional Difficulties Relating to Autism and ADHD, and Difficulties with Adjustment to Life Transitions.

At Palm Tree Psychology we strive toward continual learning and growth, aiming to ethically and mindfully work as culturally sensitive, trauma informed and neuroaffirming psychologists.

We value Kindness, Compassion, Authenticity, and Growth.

Your Psychologist

Tamara Zafiropoulos is a dedicated Educational and Developmental Psychologist with extensive experience supporting the mental health and learning needs of children, adolescents and adults. Tamara is a trauma informed, neurodiversity affirming psychologist deeply committed to working with individuals, families, schools and other key stakeholders/organisations in a clients life. She has over 10 years of experience working in various professional and volunteer roles with people across the lifespan, including within government and independent schools, the disability sector, and non-for profit organisations.

Tamara provides individual counselling support to children 10 years+, adolescents, adults and parents/carers. Counselling sessions may be conducted in person in our inner north-east Melbourne psychology room in Fairfield, or online via Telehealth.

Tamara draws upon an integration of evidence based principles, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), and Humanistic Psychology as guided by each client's needs, goals and their context.

Tamara has experience working with people experiencing difficulties with

• Anxiety

• Low Mood/Depression

• Stress

• Social and Emotional Difficulties Relating to Autism and ADHD

• Relationship Difficulties

• Low Self Esteem and Confidence

• Difficulties with Adjustment to Life Transitions

• Parenting/Family Related Stress

• Supporting Children with Challenging Behaviours

• Parenting Neurodivergent Children including parenting Autistic children, parenting ADHDers, or Parenting AuDHDers.

Tamara also conducts a variety of assessments for children and young people aged 4 years and older, including Autism Assessments, ADHD Assessment and Learning Assessments (such as Dyslexia Assessments, and other SLD Assessments). Educational and Developmental Psychology assessments can help us to understand a person’s learning needs, and overall social, emotional and behavioural functioning. Assessments may also help to uncover specific diagnoses, such as Autism, ADHD, Intellectual Developmental Delay, or a Specific Learning Disorder such as Dyslexia or Dysgraphia.

Know all the theories, master all the techniques, but as you touch a human soul, be just another human soul - Carl Jung