Michelle Wharton
Clinical Psychologist
Michelle is a psychologist with clinical and forensic endorsement based in Adelaide, South Australia. Practising since 2005, Michelle has spent a significant proportion of her career working with adults and adolescents involved in the criminal justice system in Australia, the UK, and New Zealand – teaching problem-solving skills, emotion regulation skills, and other skills for managing offending behaviour. She has also worked with adults, adolescents, and couples in clinical private practice. Throughout her career, Michelle has been committed to assisting people to identify and regulate difficult thoughts and emotions and to make lasting behavioural changes through identifying both old ‘roadblocks’ and new life paths.
Michelle is trained in several treatment modalities, including TEAM CBT, cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). She works with people with problems including anger, violence and aggression, depression, anxiety, obsessive and compulsive behaviours, offending behaviours, relationship problems, grief, trauma, and work and life stress.