Dina Dehauteur, Registered Clinical Psychologist in Wynnum, Brisbane
Thirty years of practice, across two countries.
Dina is a French-Australian clinical psychologist based in Wynnum, Brisbane, working with clients in both English and French. She sees adults and new or expecting parents for anxiety, depression, pregnancy and birth, adjustment to parenthood, grief and loss.
She trained in Clinical and Pathological Psychology at Université Paris V and started her career in Paris, running mothers' groups for migrant women from Africa and working in early childhood and daycare settings. She then spent five years supporting children and adults living with physical disabilities.
After moving to Australia in 2001, her work widened into adult mental health, supporting people with severe and complex difficulties, including psychosis and personality disorders, in supported accommodation across Sydney's Eastern Suburbs.
From there she found the work that has shaped the rest of her career. More than nine years in Perinatal Infant Mental Health Services across two major hospitals in Sydney South West Health deepened her understanding of how differently depression and anxiety can present in pregnancy and after birth, and how much of that adjustment goes unnamed. Alongside it, she spent eight years as school counsellor at the French School of Sydney, working with children and families.
Since moving to Brisbane in 2018 Dina has worked in private practice, focused on the perinatal period and on the everyday challenges adults bring through the door.
Clinical Psychologist Wynnum
Qualifications
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Clinical and Pathological Psychology, Université Paris V
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Registered Clinical Psychologist, Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
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Member, Australian Association of Psychologists Inc. (AAPI)
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Circle of Security Practitioner
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Trained couple therapist and art therapist
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APS training in non-directive pregnancy support counselling
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Basic Skills in Perinatal Mental Health, Centre of Perinatal Excellence (COPE), 2023
Practice Areas
Perinatal and infant mental health.
Specialties
Pregnancy, birth and the early years can bring profound change—emotionally, relationally and practically. I work with antenatal and postnatal depression and anxiety, birth trauma, the identity shift of becoming a parent, and the strain these changes can place on a relationship.
Nine years of hospital-based perinatal work sits behind this area of practice, bringing specialist experience to the room when things feel particularly overwhelming or unfamiliar.
Parenting and the parent-child relationship.
Parenting can bring moments of deep connection, as well as times when connection feels harder than it should. I support parents navigating some bonding issues and attachment patterns and the everyday challenges of understanding and responding to their child.
My Circle of Security training informs much of this work, with a focus on helping parents feel more confident in understanding their child’s needs while also making space for their own.
Adult mental health.
I work with adults experiencing anxiety, depression, Trauma ,stress and burnout in the work environment , grief and loss, relationship issues and any other challenges that can come with periods of transition. Taking the time to understand the underlying reasons of the emotional struggles an individual might experience can significantly change how a person deal with these struggles.
How Dina works
Therapeutic approach
Dina takes an integrative approach to psychological therapy, informed by her multicultural background and extensive clinical experience. She draws on a range of therapeutic frameworks, tailoring treatment to each client’s presenting concerns, goals and individual circumstances.
Her work is informed by psychoanalytic and psychodynamic perspectives, which provide a framework for understanding the underlying factors contributing to emotional difficulties. This may include exploring early experiences, relationships, attachment patterns and recurring ways of understanding oneself and others.
Alongside this, Dina incorporates evidence-based interventions from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Narrative Therapy, and mindfulness and breathing-based approaches. These approaches can support clients to manage distress, develop greater psychological flexibility, and build practical strategies for navigating difficulties in the present.
Dina recognises that different clients, and different stages of therapy, require different approaches. Some clients benefit from focused, practical strategies to address current symptoms, while others require space to develop a deeper understanding of their experiences before change can occur.
Her approach is collaborative and responsive, with treatment shaped around the individual rather than a fixed therapeutic model. The aim is to provide a clinically informed space in which clients can develop insight, strengthen coping strategies, and work towards meaningful and sustainable change.
Why this work?
Dina believes that supporting someone through therapy is one of the more meaningful things a person can do with a working life. Thirty years plus in, she believes the same .
