Psychological support for adults navigating life's challenges, with a focus on perinatal wellbeing.

Therapeutic Approach

Ange aims to create a space where you feel understood and supported, where therapy is about working together to understand what's going on, and what is needed to move towards meaningful change.

Ange's therapy approach is trauma-informed and she holds in mind an attachment lens. Ange tailors her therapy approach to suit the needs of each individual, and draws from a range of evidence-based therapies including:

  • EMDR (Eye Movement Reprocessing & Desensitisation) - to process trauma and difficult life events and to help with a sense of being able to move forward.
  • Schema Therapy - to explore longstanding patterns and tend to unmet emotional needs.
  • CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) - to help you identify and challenge unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, and replace them with more adaptive ones to improve your emotional and physical wellbeing.
  • ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) - to help build psychological flexibility and capacity to roll with difficult thoughts and feelings using mindfulness-based approaches, while moving towards your values or what is meaningful to you.
  • Compassion-Focused Therapy - to support self-kindness and reduce harsh inner criticism.

We'll work together to find the approach, or combination, that best fits your unique patterns, aims and preferences.

Above all, Ange believes in the value of connection, both within the therapeutic relationship, and with the parts of yourself that may have been neglected, silenced, or overwhelmed.

Areas of Practice

  • Perinatal anxiety and depression
  • Birth trauma and adjustment
  • Fertility and IVF-related stress
  • Grief and pregnancy loss
  • Termination for medical reasons
  • Identity and role changes in the transition to parenthood
  • Anxiety (e.g., generalised anxiety, panic, phobias, social anxiety)
  • Depression
  • Trauma and PTSD
  • Low self-esteem and self-criticism
  • Stress
  • Life transitions
Ange Bankier's therapy room at Sycamore Health

Who Ange Works With

Ange Bankier's workspace

Ange works with adults from all walks of life, and in various seasons of life, including but not limited to those navigating pregnancy, fertility challenges, early parenthood, or other significant life transitions. Ange is experienced with and enjoys supporting adults with a varied range of mental health concerns.

Ange is not currently accepting referral of WorkCover clients, and does not provide couples therapy, nor legal assessments/reports. Ange does not work with clients moving through current domestic violence or family court as she believes more specialised supports and services are better suited.

About Ange

Ange is an experienced clinical psychologist, having worked with adults in both hospital outpatient and private practice settings. Following working initially within Queensland Health at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH) and the Ipswich Hospital, in 2008 Ange established her own private practice. She has supported people through a wide range of mental health concerns, life transitions, and personal challenges.

In the past few years Ange developed a particular interest in perinatal mental health— supporting individuals through the emotional complexities of fertility, pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood. This work often includes processing identity shifts, managing anxiety or low mood, working through trauma, and finding ways to reconnect with yourself and nurture important relationships during a time of profound change.

Ange holds general registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) in conjunction with the Psychology Board of Australia and is endorsed in the area of clinical psychology. Ange completed her tertiary training in psychology at the University of Queensland, and holds a Bachelor of Arts with a double major and honours in the field of Psychology, and a Masters of Clinical Psychology.

Ange is also a certified birth & postpartum doula and has experienced supporting women and their families in this role as well. Ange is not currently working as a doula, but finds that her doula experience and being alongside women in birth and early postpartum providing emotional, informational and physical support has enriched her work as a psychologist, particularly in supporting women who have experienced birth trauma.

Ange has three children spanning early primary into high school. Her lived experience traversing the delights and challenges of becoming and being a parent helps to keep her grounded and non-judgmental. In her free time Ange loves being in nature, live music, singing, song-writing, eating yummy food in good company, and listening to podcasts and audiobooks about her latest area of interest!

Fees

Standard session (50-minutes): $225

Please note there will be a fee increase to $245 from 1 January 2026. This is still well below the Australian Psychological Society National Scheduled of Suggested Fees.

Medicare rebates

If you have a valid Mental Health Care Plan from your GP, you may be eligible for a Medicare rebate of $145.25 per session (for clinical psychologists). Up to 10 rebated sessions are available per calendar year.

*Please note you are welcome to attend without a GP referral however you would not be eligible for Medicare rebates.

Ange is also registered to provide support and counselling under Medicare's "Non-directive pregnancy counselling" item, which is a referral for 3 sessions for any pregnancy-related concerns or for termination of pregnancy support. Eligibility is during pregnancy or for 12-months following a recent pregnancy.

Private health insurance

If not claiming a Medicare rebate, you may be able to claim a rebate through your private health insurer, depending on your level of extras cover.

Cancellation policy

Please provide at least 48 hours' notice for cancellations or rescheduling. Late cancellations may incur a fee.

How to Book & Clinic Days

Phone our friendly reception team on 1300 088 918 and they will provide further information and assist with booking a suitable appointment time.

Ange's consulting days are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 8:30am - 4pm.

Location & Directions

You'll find us at:

Located within Sycamore Health

Shop 1

Level 3/1 Courage Street

Sippy Downs Qld 4556

We are on the third floor of the HQ building across from the Bower Tree club and opposite to the Sienna College main entrance. We are directly above Junk restaurant.

🔍 Find Us: Sycamore Health Sippy Downs

How to access us

You will find an elevator at the rear of the HQ building (1 Courage St). It is next to Sweet Pieces Café on the ground floor, around the back. Enter the elevator, or access the adjacent stairwell. Go to level 3, follow signage to Sycamore Health Suites and walk along the breezeway to the reception.

Parking

Park in the carpark at the rear of the building, or on the street. Parking on Courage St is 2P free parking.

Sycamore Health building exterior

For Referring Doctors - How to Refer

Preferred method: You can refer to Ange directly via Medical Objects - Ange Bankier (located within Sycamore Health, Sippy Downs - Medicare provider # 4016256X )

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