Ms Simone Mastrillo Armstrong
Ms Simone Mastrillo Armstrong
Clinical Psychologist
BA (Hons), M Psych (Clinical)
Simone is a warm and empathic psychologist, committed to helping individuals live their best life. Simone’s approach is highly collaborative and she values building strong therapeutic alliances to support people in making meaningful changes in order to achieve their goals.
Simone has a vast range of experience working with people across the lifespan in community, private and hospital settings. She has worked with individuals experiencing a variety of mental health difficulties, including mood and anxiety disorders, emotion dysregulation, ADHD, cancer related distress, substance use, sexuality/identity acceptance and trauma.
“Life is a balance between holding on and letting go – Rumi”
Get to know Simone
Simone aims to bring balance into her life through singing in a community choir, dancing, taking long walks in nature and spending time with family and friends. Simone loves a good dance class where she can feel challenged and still enjoy the simple joy of moving to music with others. She enjoys finding pockets of calm in her week with her two gorgeous cats, a great book, connecting with nature and playing the piano and guitar.
Simone developed a passion for psychology whilst working as a registered music therapist in child, adolescent and adult mental health. Alongside her music therapy work, Simone undertook a Graduate Diploma in Psychology followed by a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) with first class honours at the University of New England. She then completed the Master of Clinical Psychology at the University of Technology Sydney. Simone has worked in a variety of settings including child, adolescent and family public health service, cancer care outpatient unit, acute inpatient mental health units and university clinic.
Simone utilises a variety of evidenced based psychological modalities according to individual needs and preferences, inclusive of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Schema Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Mindfulness Integrated Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (MiCBT).
Availability
Simone is available Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays including Early Mornings, After Hours and Online Sessions.