Ms Emma Langham (Psychologist)
- Name
- Ms Emma Louise Langham
- Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Psychology University of Newcastle Australia 1997
- Master of Psychology (Clinical) University of Newcastle Australia 2007
- Occupation
- Psychologist
- Gender
- Female
Emma has 20 years of experience as a Psychologist throughout a range of services in the Hunter region, working with families and children alongside Paediatricians, Nurses, Social Workers, Speech Pathologists and Occupational Therapists. Emma is dedicated to working with children and their families for almost any issue that is preventing them living a full and happy life. This passion led Emma to establish an accessible family friendly centre with a team of dedicated, warm and engaging therapists for the provision of timely and high quality interventions for which she is immensely grateful.
Emma enjoys providing assessment and intervention for children where the cause of challenging behaviour is unclear and complex, and where differential diagnoses (other explanations for the problem) need clarifying. This is particularly relevant regarding children who have suffered family based trauma or neglect and are experiencing developmental, behavioural or emotional concerns such as anxiety, hyperactivity, oppositional behaviours, or obsessive concerns. Emma welcomes referrals for children in Out of Home Care where it is unclear whether the child may have a developmental/ behavioural disorder, (such as ADHD, ODD, Autism Spectrum) and/or trauma. Emma is accredited to use the Griffiths (developmental assessment), Autism Diagnostic Observational Schedule and Autism Diagnostic Interview in her assessments, and uses a wide range of other evidence based assessments in her work.
Emma also has particular expertise and interest in working therapeutically with children who are in Out of Home Care and their carers. Emma works from an attachment model (considering key relationships between children and their carers) and is trained in Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (Family Focused Psychotherapy), having undertaken training with American Psychologist Dan Hughes in his first ever Australian based training in 2014. Emma also utilises Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Narrative and other Family Therapy frameworks in her work. Emma is also accredited in Triple P parenting coaching, Tuning Into Kids parenting, the parent-child Exploring Together program, is a Fun Friends facilitator and is Circle of Security trained.
Emma also provides assessment and consultation regarding problem eaters with limited diets and for children with food aversion utilising the Sequential Oral Sensory model, with limited therapy appointments.
Adding further to Emma’s extensive knowledge base she completed a Graduate Certificate in Developmental Trauma through the Australian Childhood Foundation in 2016.
Emma is a Psychology Board Approved Supervisor of psychologists in training at all levels, including for Clinical endorsement and higher degree students. Emma also does some casual lecturing to Masters and PhD candidates at the University of Newcastle.
Outside of work, Emma spends time with her young family bike riding and exploring the outdoors.
- Affiliated Clinics
- The Jacaranda Centre
Practice Locations
NSW
- The Jacaranda Centre
- Address
- 10 Harrison Street
Cardiff NSW 2285
Australia
- Phone
- 02 4954 8822
- Fax
- 02 8003 9208
