The Team

Monique has been a registered Psychologist since 2003. 

Monique is also a certified Cultural Intelligence (CQ) Advisor (USA) and has trained staff from over 350 organisations in cultural safety. For 6 years she was the Lead Lecturer for ‘Multicultural Counselling’ and ‘Culture and Psychology’ at the Australian Catholic University and is a regular guest lecturer at other universities.

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AREAS OF EXPERTISE

A bit more about Monique’s career so far….

After working as a School Psychologist for 8 years, she founded Nasihah Consulting Group – Northern Psychology Clinic in 2005. For the past 26 years she has delivered Psychological services, mental health and family violence training, wellbeing and capacity building programs with CALM /CALD communities.

For just under 3 decades she has managed countless types of therapy and psycho-education programs for adolescents, parents and adults. She has delivered hundreds of presentations at conferences and seminars in the areas of mental health awareness, family violence & respectful relationships, Intercultural awareness & Cultural Intelligence (CQ). 

She is one of Australia’s leading cross-cultural psychologists and is a thought leader, trainer and policy adviser in the area of cultural intelligence to businesses, state and federal government departments and many not-for-profit organisations.

She has a special interest in the role of mental health, wellbeing and faith/spirituality and has delivered psychological services, project management and professional consulting services to over 40 Australian Muslim organisations, making her one of the highest profile Muslim Psychologists in Australia. She served on the board in the role of President of the Jewish Christian Muslim Association of Australia (JCMA), which coordinates a range of Interfaith conferences and anti-racism interfaith education initiatives in schools for students and teachers, twice sat on the Board of the Islamic Council of Victoria and is Co-founder of the newly established Centre for Muslim Wellbeing (CMW). She is the host of the CMW, ‘BE WELL’ Insta-series, where she interviews a variety of Mental health professionals and community mental health advocates. 

Monique delivered ‘Culture eats individuality for breakfast’ at TEDx Docklands (2019) and is a commentator on the psychological impact of exclusion, the psychological impact of lockdowns during the pandemic and racist bullying for ABC news. She has been seen on the Amazon Prime docuseries ‘Unheard’ (2021), ABC News and Lateline, featured in The Australian, The Age, The Herald-Sun, ABC and 3AW radio. She was a speaker at the 2016 Melbourne Writer’s Festival and delivered the 2017 Tasmanian Annual Peace Trust Lecture.

Monique has a number of published works including her debut book, Without You: Rising above the impact of an abusive relationship (2014)

This is where i grew up. A really safe place to explore. I'd catch the train into the city getting off here at Flinder's Street Station and walk through the the laneways up to Royal Arcade and through to Bourke Street Mall.

This is where i grew up. A really safe place to explore. I'd catch the train into the city getting off here at Flinder's Street Station and walk through the the laneways up to Royal Arcade and through to Bourke Street Mall.

 

 

You are only as good as the artists you work with.

You are only as good as the artists you work with.