Melissa Mulcahy PhD, BPsych (Hons), MSuicidology

Psychologist
Brave Space Psychology
Suite 16, 20 Churchill Avenue, Subiaco
Perth, Western Australia 6008
Australia
Narrative of Services:
Since beginning her postgraduate clinical psychology training in 2016, Melissa has focussed much of her practice in working with individuals with OCD and remains passionate about this field. Her expertise extends to health anxiety, worry and rumination, and co-occurring eating disorders and body image concerns.

Melissa has completed further training in body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs), including skin-picking and hair-pulling, and Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention (CBIT) for tics and Tourette’s syndrome. She is a Credentialled Eating Disorder Clinician with the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Eating Disorders.

Training Description:

Melissa completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology on Perinatal OCD at Curtin University in 2021, including placements at the Curtin OCD clinic. She is an Approved Supervisor with the Psychology Board of Australia and operates her private practice, Brave Space Psychology.

Her commitment extends beyond clinical work through research, education, service development, and volunteering for OCDWA (Western Australia). As an invited member of the IOCDF Perinatal OCD Taskforce Research Subcommittee, she has published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at Australian and international conferences on Perinatal OCD.

Diversity Statement:
Melissa welcomes referrals and enquiries from clients of all cultural and religious backgrounds.
Melissa aims to provide a truly inclusive environment for clients from diverse backgrounds and minority groups, including BIPOC and culturally diverse people, LGBTIQA folk, and neurodivergent spaces. She committed to learning from lived experience voices as well as existing and emerging research in these areas to learn how she can best adapt treatment to clients’ individual needs.