Luella Adams is a Newcastle-based psychologist providing compassionate, evidence-based telehealth Australia-wide for adults with ADHD, autism, anxiety, neurodivergence, relationship, life transitions, & performance concerns, stress, burnout, & trauma. She accepts private, Medicare, NDIS, defence, disability, and DVA clients.

Hi, i’m Luella

I have a warm and compassionate interpersonal style and like to take a person-centred and strengths-based approach at the client’s pace, empowering people to be the expert in their own lives and achieve their goals.

I see private, Medicare, NDIS, defence and DVA funded clients via Telehealth and in the community (NDIS only) with a focus of 16 and over (see fees & rebates).

I utilise Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness Based Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solutions Focused Therapy, and Social Skills Training frameworks (see about).

My special interests include health psychology, neurodivergence, the role of sleep, diet and exercise in psychology, sport and performance psychology, music psychology, working with high performance occupations, creativity, and trauma.

My focus areas include:

• Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

• Attention-deficit & hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

• Generalised anxiety

• Health anxiety

• Performance anxiety

• Social anxiety

• Body image concerns

• Building independence

• Depression

• Life transitions

• Performance & productivity

• Perfectionism & procrastination

• Relationship concerns

• Stress & burnout

• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

• Trauma