Meet our counsellors

Learn about the RMIT counsellors and discover their specialisations. 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.

Leadership team

Laura Mulherin

Manager CAPS and Principal Psychologist. Pronouns: she/her.

Megan McCabe

Manager Intake and Triage. Pronouns: she/her.

Elizabeth Matjacic

Manager CAPS and Mental Health Programs. Pronouns: she/her. Additional languages: Croatian.

City campus counsellors

Bethany Angus

Clinical Psychologist. Pronouns: she/her.

Persia Hegarty

Clinical Psychologist. Pronouns: she/her.

Michael Swadling

Clinical Psychologist. Pronouns: he/him.

Margaret Xiong

Clinical Psychologist. Pronouns: she/her.

Plia Vaisman Caspi

Clinical Psychologist. Pronouns: she/her.

Mallika Abbott

Clinical Psychologist. Pronouns: she/her.

Shoko Tomita

Counselling Psychologist. Pronouns: she/her. Additional language: Japanese.

Daphne Konas

Counselling Psychologist. Pronouns: she/her

Melissa Ty

Clinical Psychologist. Pronouns: she/her.

Rebecca Humm

Psychologist – Clinical Registrar. Pronouns: she/her.

Elle Gardiner

Wellbeing and Inclusion Officer. Pronouns she/her.

Zachary Penrith-Puchalski

Senior Advisor, Indigenous Social and Emotional Wellbeing. Pronouns: he/him.

Gunjan Kaur

Social Worker. Additional languages: Hindi. Pronouns she/her.

Kaye Sidhu

Student Services Officer. Additional languages: Malay, Indonesian.

Brunswick and Bundoora campus counsellors

Lyndon Medina

Brunswick only. Counselling Psychologist. Pronouns: he/him. Additional languages: Filipino.

Sam Zhong

Bundoora only. Mental Health Social Worker. Additional languages: Mandarin. Pronouns she/they.

Ruth de Jager

Brunswick only. Clinical Registrar Psychologist. Pronouns she/her.

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