Ms Vikki Tsoukalas (Psychologist)

Name: Ms Vikki Tsoukalas
Qualifications: GradDipPsych
Occupation: Psychologist
Gender: Female
Languages Spoken: Greek

Links: http://insightcfps.com.au

Vikki is a registered Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and has held a full membership with the Australian Psychological Society (APS) for a cumulative period of 20 years. She completed her Bachelor of Education Degree (Secondary), majoring in Psychology and Post Graduate Diploma at Deakin University in Melbourne from 1992-1997. Vikki has worked in a variety of settings. An area of specialisation includes working with children and young people who are experiencing learning and behavioural difficulties. Her special interests include Learning Difficulties, Anxiety and Social Emotional Development. Vikki enjoys working with children and young people of all ages.

Primarily working with children and adolescents , Vikki is especially familiar with issues likely to emerge across the developmental stages. She provides one on one support to young people as well as within a group setting. Vikki aims to develop supportive relationships in order to empower children and their families and collaboratively developing a range of practical strategies in an engaging, creative and age appropriate manner.

Vikki works closely with young people and their families to address a broad range of challenges including but not limited to; anxiety, depression, challenging behaviours, self esteem, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and navigating friendships and social difficulties. In counselling sessions, Vikki draws on evidence based techniques most suited to the person and the issues presented. Vikki utilises a range of therapeutic approaches including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Mindfulness.

With 20 years of experience, Vikki has worked across a range of settings including; the Department of Human Services-Child Protection, Disability Client Services-Behaviour Intervention & Support Team (BIST), as well as the Department of Education and Training-Early Intervention Services. She currently works part time while maintaining her other roles which include: School Psychologist in a secondary setting and an assessor for funding applications for Victoria School systems. Vikki undertakes assessments for the Department of Education, Catholic Education of Melbourne as well as various other Independent Schools. She is well equiped in advocating and applying for students to receive additional supports within the educational system.

Vikki has extensive experience in assessment work and offers comprehensive cognitive and educational assessments as well as assessments of adaptive behavioural and emotional functioning. She has also been involved in the Australian and New Zealand Standardization Projects for; Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-Fourth Edition, WPPSI-IV, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fifth Edition, WISC-V and the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test-Third Edition, WIAT-III.