Dr Eliza Ahmed
Child & Family Psychologist
Psychology
Services for Children, Adolescents, Parents and Families.
Thank you for visiting the website of Dr Eliza Ahmed, an Educational and Developmental Psychologist based in Canberra.
Eliza’s strengths are working with young people and their families in the assessment and diagnosis of developmental delays, learning disorders, attention and behavioural difficulties, and autism spectrum disorder, conducting and reporting on cognitive, learning, behaviour and adaptive assessments. Eliza prides herself on the establishment of best-practice, evidenced-based assessments and treatment approaches in her practice.
Eliza is passionate about providing early intervention services to children and she believes it is important to intervene early in the life of an issue before small issues become large ones.
She works closely with parents and caregivers to develop therapy plans and approaches that connect with their child for their mental health and wellbeing. Helping neurodivergent children thrive not only requires encouragement and acceptance but also requires timely support and accommodations.
Therapeutically, Eliza is particularly experienced in supporting clients to manage a range of difficulties including anxiety, selective mutism, OCD, and self-regulation. She offers face to face and telehealth appointments.
Eliza provides child-friendly Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for various concerns that may affect children. CBT therapy is a proven method to help individuals challenge unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, develop coping skills and cultivate psychological flexibility. At its core, CBT is a therapy that focuses on the power of thoughts in shaping emotions and behaviours.
Eliza has received formal accredited training in Cool Kids, Secret Agent Society, Westmead Feelings Program and Cogmed.​
MISSION
Eliza is registered with the Psychology Board of Australia/Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, full member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) and Australian Association of Psychologists Inc (AAPi).
She is an endorsed Educational and Developmental Psychologist, a Fellow of the APS College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists (CEDP).
Eliza earned her Ph.D. degree in Psychology from Australian National University in 2000. Her research focuses on improving socio-emotional and behavioural outcomes for children, particularly how they can be influenced by family and school dynamics. Eliza has published academic papers in national and international journals, and has presented her research in both Australia and internationally.
Eliza is married and has three beautiful adult children. In her personal time, she enjoys reading, listening to music, cooking, traveling, and spending time with family and friends.
PUBLICATION LIST
Dr Eliza Ahmed
PhD, MAPS, MAAPi, FCEDP
ABOUT
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All information and records regarding you / child are kept strictly confidential. We will not release any information about you / child to anyone except with your authority. There are some exceptions to this, which will be discussed in your initial session.
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If you attend sessions with a referral, we need to provide regular reports of your progress to your referrer.
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If there are particular issues that come up in your therapy that you do not wish to have written about, please indicate this as soon as you can.
