Psychologist
Dr Mandy Ellis
Helps you to understand and tackle the difficulties you and your family are facing. Dr Ellis specialises in helping children, teenagers, their caregivers and siblings. Dr Ellis offers up-to-date research and clinical strategies along with her own unique, down to earth touch. She is here to help you every step of the way.
Dr Mandy Ellis has a Doctorate in Educational and Developmental Psychology, a Masters in School Psychology and a BSc in Psychology and has extensive experience in working with the Family Court of Australia as a Child Expert.
Dr Mandy Ellis’s rooms are located in Brookvale on the Northern Beaches of Sydney.
Specialist Reports and Assessments
- Single Expert DV/FV/IPV Single Expert Reports/Family Reports with Risk/threat assessment
- Violence/IPV Risk/Threat Assessment
- Child Impact Report
- ADHD Assessments
Family Separation and Divorce
Mandy Ellis is passionate about helping children, adolescents, families, young adults and couples cultivate healthy psychological growth and improve relationships during and post family separation.
She provides individual and family therapy before, during and after the litigation process, and also runs child educational individual and group programs such as Circle of Security, Tuning Into Kids, Tuning Into Teens, Positive Behaviour Strategies, Seasons for Growth, and provides parenting coordination services.
As a child consultant, she brings to this role, not only her wealth of experience, but also a depth of care for children, adolescents and their parents. Dr Mandy Ellis is passionate about working with children and teens to understand their point of view and needs post parental separation.
Parenting Coordination
Dr Ellis has been a qualified Parenting Coordinator since 2021.
Parenting coordination is a child‑focused, post‑separation intervention that assists parents in implementing court orders or parenting plans and managing ongoing parenting disputes. The parenting coordinator does not “take sides”; rather, they assist the parents in focusing on the children’s needs, improving communication, reducing conflict, and making day‑to‑day decisions within the framework of existing orders. This can include clarifying and operationalising orders, facilitating joint problem‑solving around practical issues (for example, handovers, school events, holidays, health and extracurricular activities), and, where authorised, making limited recommendations or determinations on minor disputes.
The overarching aim of parenting coordination is to provide a structured, low‑conflict pathway for parents to resolve recurring issues so that children experience greater stability, predictability, and emotional safety.
You are in good hands…
Dr Ellis has membership to APS, Ahpra Psychology Board, Medicare, AFCC (Association of Family and Conciliation Courts), APATAP (Asia Pacific Association of Threat Assessment Professionals), NDIS.
Suite 6, 7 Grosvenor Place
Brookvale, NSW, 2100