Meet the RMIT counsellors. The team are experts in the psychological issues students experience.
Some of our counsellors speak languages other than English (see below). If you would like to meet with a specific counsellor, you can select when booking your appointment.
Intake and triage team
Ruby Krupka
Social Worker. Pronouns: she/her.
Gunjan Kaur
Social Worker. Additional languages: Hindi. Pronouns she/her.
Ayesha Fernandes
Social Worker. Pronouns: she/her.
Deanna De Luca
Social Worker. Pronouns: she/her.
Noor Alkazali
Clinical Psychologist. Pronouns: she/her.
City campus counsellors
Daphne Konas
Counselling Psychologist. Pronouns: she/her.
Shoko Tomita
Counselling Psychologist. Pronouns: she/her. Additional language: Japanese.
Plia Vaisman Caspi
Clinical Psychologist. Pronouns: she/her.
Mallika Abbott
Clinical Psychologist. Pronouns: she/her.
Melissa Ty
Clinical Psychologist. Pronouns: she/her.
Rebecca Humm
Clinical Psychologist. Pronouns: she/her.
Persia Hegarty
Clinical Psychologist. Pronouns: she/her.
Margaret Xiong
Clinical Psychologist. Pronouns: she/her.
Emma Abeyaratne
Clinical Psychologist. Pronouns: she/her.
Matthew Dellosa
Social Worker. Pronouns: he/him.
City and Brunswick campus counsellors
Bethany Angus
City and Brunswick campuses. Clinical Psychologist. Pronouns: she/her.
Michael Swadling
City and Brunswick campuses. Clinical Psychologist. Pronouns: he/him.
Brunswick and Bundoora campus counsellors
Lyndon Medina
Brunswick only. Counselling Psychologist. Pronouns: he/him. Additional languages: Filipino.
Ruth de Jager
Brunswick only. Clinical Registrar Psychologist. Pronouns she/her.
Sam Zhong
Bundoora only. Mental Health Social Worker. Additional languages: Mandarin. Pronouns she/they.
Leadership team
Laura Mulherin
Manager CAPS and Principal Psychologist. Pronouns: she/her.
Elizabeth Matjacic
Manager CAPS and Mental Health Programs. Pronouns: she/her. Additional languages: Croatian.
Megan McCabe
Manager Intake and Triage. Pronouns: she/her.
Support staff
Kaye Sidhu
Student Services Officer. Additional languages: Malay, Indonesian.
Elle Gardiner
Wellbeing and Inclusion Officer. Pronouns: she/her.
