Kel Whittaker
CEO & Principal Clincian (Master of Social Work, Bachelor of Psychology, AMHSW)
Deborah Marks
Senior Clinician (Bachelor of Social Work, Masters in Counselling and Psychotherapy, PostGrad Family Dispute, Justice of the Peace, AMHSW).
Highly regarded and experienced therapist. Deborah is a highly skilled communicator with a passion for promoting the best interests and wellbeing of her clients. She is Medicare registered.
Anna Aldridge
Child and Family Clinician & NDIS Therapist (Bachelor of Social Work, Nurtured Heart, Circle of Security, Positive Parenting).
Anna is incredibly personable, and enjoys walking alongside parents in their journey. Her practice is underpinned by attachment theory and child-centred approach.
Behind the scenes team -
Admin
Rachel joins us with a wealth of experience. She is well-travelled and enjoys a challenge. She's the friendly voice you'll hear when you call.
Hannah
Treehouse course assistant and contributor
Eric
Treehouse Contributor
About the CEO Kel Whittaker, AMHSW, MSW(Q), BPsySc
Clinical Social Worker.
Accredited Mental Health Social Worker.
Kel is qualified to provide focused psychological interventions eligible for Medicare rebates and NDIS funding.
Kel values building trust and connection with her young clients and finds this engaging style to be effective in supporting children.
For the past eleven years, Kel has been visiting families in their homes.
She is trained in Child Aware practices supporting children of parents with mental illness. Kel has completed training in Mental Health in People with Intellectual Disabilities (University of Queensland.) She holds a certificate in Insomnia Diagnosis and Treatment and certificate in Infant Mental Health Foundations (University of Auckland), is trained in crisis counselling (Lifeline Australia), holds a certificate in Behavior Therapy for Tourette Syndrome in Children and Comprehensive Behavioural Intervention for Tics (CBIT), and completed the gold standard clinical training in Treating Eating Disorders. Currently studying towards diploma in Christian studies.
Kel began specialising in behavioural sleep interventions in 2012 and further to this, she teaches her approach to professionals through founding the Institute of Sensitive Sleep Consulting after identifying a need in the child sleep industry to support and educate professionals who identify themselves as respectful of attachment parenting values, positive parenting principles and other parenting styles that nurture the parent-child bond, whilst guiding clients to respectful solutions to their sleep issues. She has trained consultants all over the globe. Kel is a published contributor to the International Maternity & Parenting Institute and a featured Wisdom Expert for the Birth Institute. She also has a background as a Children's Ministry Leader (ages 1-10 years) in Darwin and Gold Coast. She has counselled children and parents in community organisation settings as well as new parents in a large hospital setting. Throughout her experiences with assisting parents, she has shaped her practice of assessing and coaching families to one that ultimately listens to the client and guides and counsels them to find their own solutions from a place of love and understanding.
Kel and her husband live on the Gold Coast with their little boy and girl.
Kel holds a valid professional Working With Children's Blue Card, NDIS Workers' Clearance and maintains Accredited Mental Health Social Worker status through regular professional development and supervision
