Clinical leadership
Five years as a Senior Clinical Services Manager, with responsibility for clinical quality, complex work and service delivery.
About Brent
Experienced care, delivered by the person you meet.
Brent Munro is the Clinical Psychologist, Managing Director and Board-approved supervisor behind Axis. He works directly with every Axis client, from the first consultation through to review and completion.
Owner-led practice
Continuity matters in psychological care.
Axis is intentionally personal. You will not be passed between an intake team, clinician and administrator. Brent handles the clinical work himself, allowing for consistency in formulation, therapy and communication with referrers.
His style is calm, direct and collaborative. Sessions make room for careful reflection, while staying connected to the changes you want in everyday life. The work may be practical and focused, exploratory and relational, or a considered combination of both.
A respectful relationship
A good therapeutic relationship should allow honest conversation, shared decisions and room to say when something is not working.
Experience and perspective
Clinical work shaped across therapy, services and leadership.
Brent's experience extends beyond a single private-practice setting. It informs how he thinks about complexity, systems, risk, relationships and what treatment needs to achieve in real life.
Community and alcohol or other drug services
Experience across not-for-profit and public service settings, including Next Step drug and alcohol programs.
Trauma, children and complex care
Work with trauma, child protection, young people, families and complex care arrangements, including professional training in child trauma and sexualised behaviours.
Supervision and private practice
Board-approved supervision, private-practice leadership and consultation across formulation, ethics, reports and professional development.
Clinical approach
Evidence-informed methods, integrated around the individual.
Therapy is not selected from a menu in advance. Brent develops a shared understanding with you, then draws from established approaches according to the concern, your preferences and how the work is progressing.
Cognitive and behavioural therapies
CBT and related approaches can help make sense of patterns between thoughts, emotions, behaviour and the situations you face.
Acceptance and commitment therapy
ACT can support a more flexible relationship with difficult internal experiences while building action around what matters.
Trauma-focused work
EMDR and other trauma-informed methods may be used when they are clinically appropriate and you are ready for that work.
Schema and relational work
Longstanding patterns can be explored through schema, interpersonal and psychodynamic perspectives where useful.
Skills for intense emotions
DBT-informed strategies can support distress tolerance, emotional regulation and steadier interpersonal responses.
A shared formulation
Methods sit within a clear, collaborative understanding of what is happening and what may be maintaining the difficulty.
Inclusive care
Ask what matters rather than assume.
Culture, gender, sexuality, disability, neurodiversity, faith, family, language and socioeconomic circumstances may shape both the problem and what useful care looks like. Brent asks about their relevance without treating any one identity as the whole person.
Axis welcomes LGBTIQA+SB clients and people whose experiences have been overlooked, misunderstood or reduced to a label in previous care. Inclusion is expressed through respectful clinical work, privacy and a willingness to discuss the work openly.
A thoughtful beginning
The first sessions are about understanding, not rushing.
- 01Your reason for comingThe current concern, its impact and what you hope will change.
- 02Relevant contextHistory, relationships, health, work, culture and other factors that may matter.
- 03Safety and prioritiesImmediate needs, risk, supports and what should be addressed first.
- 04A plan you can discussA working formulation, therapy options and a plan reviewed together.
Taking the next step
See whether working with Brent feels like the right next step.
You can make an initial enquiry without a referral. Share only the basic information needed to arrange a private conversation.
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