Dr Maya Flexer

Provisional Psychologist

  • Psychology BSc from Royal Holloway University of London

  • ​​MSc from University College London

  • Doctorate in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy from University College London

Dr Maya Flexer is a counsellor with over 15 years of experience in mental health, psychology and psychotherapy, having trained in London UK and moving to Sydney in 2024. 

Prior to moving to Australia, Maya worked in the Anna Freud Centre in London, a world leading centre in child and adolescent mental health, development and research. She has also worked in a variety of specialist services, including Early Years and Infants teams, Family Trauma and Adolescent Eating Disorders services. In Australia Maya will be undertaking her provisional registration in psychology to complement her current qualifications. 
 
Maya works with clients to help with:

  • Low mood and depression

  • Anxiety and stress

  • Self-esteem, identity and personal development

  • Grief and bereavement

  • Anger issues and violence

  • Divorce and family conflict  

  • Friendships and relationships  

  • Transitions  

  • Difficulties in learning and distractibility

  • Neurodevelopmental difficulties, including autism

  • Trauma (acute, chronic, developmental or complex).  

  • Developmental difficulties and early years - feeding, toileting and boundaries  

  • Behavioural problems

  • Sleeping difficulties

  • Separation anxiety and attachment difficulties  

  • OCD

  • Eating disorders Including FBT (family based therapy)

  • Phobias

  • Impulsivity and addiction

  • Suicidal ideation, self-harm

  • Parenting issues  

 
Maya utilises a relational and developmental approach, with a particular interest in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic thinking. This means helping clients to make sense of their thoughts, feelings and experiences by understanding how and why their struggles or difficulties came to be. With children Maya utilises play and art to help children communicate about their thoughts and feelings when they struggle to do so with words. Clients are supported to reflect, make links and understand themselves in depth, and this alleviates internal pain, shifts behaviour and unhelpful patterns or symptoms. The approach enhances development and supports clients to fulfil their potential.