Clinical Psychologist · Director · Supervisor
BA (Psych/Crim), PGDip Psych, DPsych Clinical
MAPS, MCCLINP, EMDRAA
Qualifications and registration
Kara holds a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Psychology and Criminology, a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology, and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. She has been registered as a psychologist since 2004.
Kara is registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) with clinical endorsement and is a member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS), APS College of Clinical Psychologists and EMDR Association of Australia (EMDRAA). She is approved by the Psychology Board of Australia (PBA) to provide clinical supervision to registered psychologists, psychologists seeking clinical endorsement, and those completing postgraduate training programs.
Therapeutic approach
Kara draws on a broad range of evidence-based frameworks, tailoring her approach to each client’s individual needs, goals, and strengths rather than applying a single model to every presentation. Her training includes:
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) · Schema Therapy · Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) · Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) · Emotion Focused Therapy · Psychodynamic approaches · Motivational Interviewing · Positive Psychology · Somatic approaches · Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Kara is committed to ongoing professional development and regularly engages in clinical supervision and continuing education to ensure her practice remains current, evidence-based, and responsive to each client’s needs.
Areas of expertise
Kara works with both male and female adults and adolescents across a wide range of presentations, including:
- Addiction and substance use
- Adjustment difficulties and life transitions
- Anxiety disorders, including panic attacks
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Communication, conflict, and relationship difficulties
- Depression and mood disorders
- Emotion regulation, including anger management
- Grief and loss
- Motivation, productivity, and goal setting
- Parenting support
- Personality disorders
- Self-esteem and identity
- Stress and worry
- Survivors of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse
- Trauma and PTSD
- Workplace issues including stress, conflict, bullying, and critical incidents
Dr Kara Granger has spent more than 20 years helping people navigate some of life’s most challenging experiences — and she brings to every session the same qualities that have defined her practice from the beginning: genuine warmth, clinical rigour, and an ability to make people feel at ease.
People often describe sessions with Kara as feeling different from what they expected. There is space to slow down, breathe, and reconnect — to look at what’s been difficult with clarity and without judgment. The therapeutic relationship Kara builds with each client is grounded in trust, genuine care, and safety. Clients are never made to feel defined by their struggles. Instead, they are supported to understand them, work through them, and move forward.
Kara works with adults and adolescents presenting with a broad range of concerns, from everyday stress and life transitions through to complex trauma, anxiety, and depression. She is particularly known for her trauma-informed approach and her ability to work with clients who have found it difficult to engage with support in the past.