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.
City campus counsellors
Laura Mulherin
Counselling Psychologist and Manager. Pronouns: she/her.
Bethany Angus
Clinical Psychologist and Senior Coordinator. Pronouns: she/her.
Megan McCabe
Counselling Psychologist and Senior Coordinator. Pronouns: she/her.
Persia Hegarty
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
Margaret Xiong
Clinical Psychologist. Pronouns: she/her.
Melissa Ty
Clinical Psychologist. Pronouns: she/her.
Rebecca Humm
Psychologist – Clinical Registrar. 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.
Elle Gardiner
Wellbeing and Inclusion Officer. Pronouns she/her.
Michael Swadling
Clinical Psychologist. Pronouns: he/him.
Bruswick and Bundoora campus counsellors
Lyndon Medina
Brunswick only. Counselling Psychologist and Senior Coordinator. Pronouns: he/him. Additional languages: Filipino.
Elizabeth Matjacic
Bundoora only. Counselling Psychologist and Senior Coordinator. Pronouns: she/her. Additional languages: Croatian.
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.
