About

Coaching and support to help you improve and maintain your health

About me

Hello - my name is Clea. I have had the privilege of being a GP since 2012, and I have a strong interest in both mental wellbeing and in the use of lifestyle interventions to prevent and help manage chronic disease. I am an accredited health coach and a Medicare-registered provider of Focussed Psychological Strategies (FPS). I have a love of ongoing learning in these areas, and I am currently completing a masters in Lifestyle Medicine through James Cook University.

Whilst I enjoy using these skills in my general practice work, I have founded Resonance Lifestyle to be able to offer both health coaching and counselling as stand-alone services separate from my general practitioner role, allowing me to conduct longer appointments with a focus on wellbeing.

Outside of work I am a mum to two school-aged children, and enjoy reading, walking, cooking and camping.


Qualifications

  • MBBS/BMedSci (University of Melbourne)

  • FRACGP (Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners)

  • DCH (Diploma of Child Health)

  • Board Certified Lifestyle Medicine Physician (IBLM)

  • FASLM (Fellowship of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine) (ASLM)

  • Accredited health coach (Accredited Health Coaching Australia/ HCANZA)

  • Advanced Certificate of Clinical Nutrition (HealthCert)

  • Focussed Psychological Strategies (FPS ST) training (ASPM)

  • Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) training - ACT for Depression and Anxiety, Trauma, Brief Interventions and Grief and Loss (Dr Russ Harris)

  • CBT for insomnia Level 1 training (Australian psychological society/ Aus Sleep Association)

  • Recognition of extended skills in Psychological Medicine with the FRACGP (RES-FRACGP)


Professional affiliations and memberships

  • Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)

  • Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM)

  • Australian Society of Psychological Medicine (ASPM)

  • Health Coaches Australia and New Zealand Association (HCANZA)

Who do I help?

My approach focuses on building sustainable lifestyle change, and suits people who:

  • are at risk of type 2 diabetes or have ‘pre-diabetes’

  • have high blood pressure or high cholesterol

  • have a chronic disease such as PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) or diabetes

  • are struggling with low mood, anxiety or feel stuck in life

  • want to support their overall wellbeing by developing healthy lifestyle habits to improve their mental health and physical wellbeing

  • are committed to developing sustainable lifestyle measures that support long-term optimal health.