DrSophia Drysdale

Sophia is a clinical psychologist, supervisor and researcher at The Kidman Centre, University of Technology Sydney. She has a background in child and family community mental health and is driven by an insatiable curiosity to find innovative ways of working with children and adolescents where traditional approaches prove ineffective. As part of her role at The Kidman Centre, Sophia has worked with Dr Ross Greene – developer of the Collaborative and Proactive Solutions (CPS) model - to implement a randomised control trial to assess the effectiveness of CPS for children and adolescents with behavioural difficulties. Currently, her work is based in rural and regional NSW where The Kidman Centre is focusing on training educators and school counsellors in the CPS framework. Sophia holds a Doctorate of Clinical Psychology and a PhD in Psychology from the University of Sydney.

Sophia is driven by an insatiable curiosity to find innovative ways of working with children and adolescents where traditional approaches prove ineffective. She has a background in child and family community mental health, and draws on a range of evidence-based psychological approaches in her practice, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Schema Therapy, and Mindfulness based approaches. Sophia's work includes travelling to rural and regional areas across NSW to train educators and school counsellors in the CPS framework.