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I see you because I've been you.
I'm Carlie — registered psychologist, neurodiversity advocate, and someone who knows firsthand what it feels like to hold everything together on the outside while quietly wondering if anyone really sees the full picture.
For nearly twenty years I've worked across health, organisational, and neurodiversity contexts — not because I followed a neat career path, but because I've always been drawn to the places where people fall through the gaps. The ones who don't quite fit the standard frameworks. The ones who leave appointments feeling like something important was missed.
I created Thriving Pathways because I kept meeting women like that. Capable, self-aware, often highly functioning — and exhausted in a way that the usual answers weren't touching.
About
Why I work the way I do
I'm a parent of neurodivergent children. Watching them navigate a world that wasn't quite designed for how their minds work — and recognising myself in that process — changed how I understand people. Including myself.
I've sat with my own health questions, my own midlife recalibrations, my own moments of something's got to give. I know what it feels like to finally find someone who holds the whole picture rather than just the presenting problem. And I know what it feels like when that doesn't happen.
That's what I want to offer you. Not a clinician who processes you efficiently, but someone who is genuinely curious about who you are and what you're actually navigating.
How I work
I'm not a one-size-fits-all practitioner. I draw on a range of evidence-based approaches — including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy, cognitive behavioural approaches, and positive psychology — but I hold these lightly.
What matters more than any framework is that I'm actually listening, and that what we do together fits you rather than a treatment protocol.
I have a particular interest in:
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Women navigating midlife — health, identity, perimenopause, and the quiet loss of self that can come with it
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Neurodivergence in women and girls — late identification, self-understanding, and learning to work with your brain rather than against it
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Burnout that goes deeper than tiredness — when you've been running on empty for so long you've lost track of who you are without the load
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The intersection of health and psychological wellbeing — when what's happening in your body is affecting everything else
A little more about me
I'm based in southeast Queensland, I homeschool my two boys, and I have an unhealthy relationship with my garden. I believe strongly that the people who are hardest to fit into boxes are often the most interesting — and that being genuinely understood changes everything.
I'm a registered psychologist with AHPRA and a Board-Approved Supervisor of other psychologists. I've spent nearly two decades working across health, community and organisational contexts, which means I understand the systems you're navigating, not just the inner experience of navigating them.
But honestly? What matters most is whether you feel safe enough to be real in the room with me.
I hope you do.
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