Who we are

Melissa had led a number of award winning mental health care innovations that have transformed the delivery of Clinical Mental Health care and she is an excellent example of the benefits of exposure to a diverse set of career experiences.

An organisational psychologist who is clinically trained, Melissa was Director of Psychology at Monash Health for 11 years, Chair of Vic/Tas/ACT Regional Psychology Board for 4 years, Deputy Chair for a further 3 years and teaches in the Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery at Monash University.

Melissa has extensive experience in co-design and change in the hospital & health care sector. She is highly skilled in Management, Change Management, Enterprise Process Improvement methodologies and Complexity Science as it applies to organisations and people. Her executive education at Harvard Business School focussed on Value Based Measurement in Healthcare.

Wanting to go deeper in understanding human systems and how to improve their functioning, Melissa pursued doctoral and post-doctoral studies in neuroscience and has applied her deeper understanding of neural networks and neuroplasticity to organisational design and change in healthcare over the last 15 years.

Melissa’s career has ranged from highly analytical work (large-scale change in the Australian Taxation Office) to patient care (in Healthcare). As a result, she brings a unique mindset to identifying innovation and change-management opportunities. Melissa’s capabilities were specifically recognised in the Columbia University Press text, Design Thinking for the Greater Good (Liedtka, J et al., (2017), a seminal work on innovation in the social sector.

As a clinical psychologist she has worked in senior clinical roles at a number of major teaching hospitals in Melbourne.

In the roles of Senior Psychology Advisor at NorthWestern Mental Health and as the Senior Psychologist at the mental health program of Melbourne Health she has worked with and consulted on complex presentations, risk management and service development.

Margaret is experienced in the development and provision of training for staff and has a particular interest in staff support and well-being to maximise service delivery and resilience amongst staff. She has provided supervision for SPECTRUM Personality Disorder Service and Monash Health and has provided service review on patient suicides to an interstate mental health service.

Margaret was a psychology member of the Victoria Psychologist’s Registration Board and has provided Independent Opinion on professional and practice standards in cases of notifications to AHPRA. Margaret is a member of the MBS Review Advisory Committee for the Department of Health. She has also developed a successful private practice over a number of years providing psychotherapy and supervision.

Matthew Csabonyi is a registered clinical psychologist and board approved supervisor, who holds a Bachelor of Psychology with Honours, and a Masters of Clinical Psychology. As well as working extensively in private practice, Matthew has acted in various roles in public health over his career, including as the acting Discipline Senior for clinical psychology at the Monash Health Gender Clinic, and is currently a psychology supervisor at The University of Melbourne Psychology Clinic. Matthew is registered with the Psychology Board of Australia (AHPRA) and a member of the Australian Clinical Psychology Association (ACPA), the Australian Psychological Society (APS), the Australian Professional Association for Trans Health (AUSPATH), and the Association of Domestic Violence Intervention Providers (ADVIP).

Tess has worked in both public & private settings – she has a particular interest in trauma, having worked as a senior clinical psychologist in a state-wide service supporting people recovering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Tess works in a warm, empathic, open, and engaging manner to develop a strong working relationship, and a shared understanding of what the challenges and goals are for therapy. She uses evidence-based techniques tailored to each individual. This includes cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), schema therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) techniques to help clients in their recovery and goals.

His professional experience prior to joining Agile Mental Health includes casual work as a pharmacy assistant, and disability support worker at Social Plus Support Work.

David graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2021 and holds a Bachelor of Biomedicine, majoring in Pharmacology.

Previous to joining the Agile team, Dylan held a co-joint Psychology research affiliate position with Monash Health and Monash University, where he contributed to the Monash Health’s submission to the Royal Commission into Mental Health, as well as assisting the various specialised departments within Monash Health.

Dylan holds a Bachelor of Biomedicine, with a major in Immunology. Previous to starting his career in healthcare, he obtained a Bachelor of Music in Classical Voice, and still occasionally freelances as a tenor.

He has 15 years experience working in a state wide trauma treatment service, including 5 years as the Senior Psychologist there. In mid-2022, Ben left the public mental health setting to set up in private practice in Eltham. Ben practices from a cognitive behavioural framework, with a particular interest in meditation and mindfulness. Other interests include Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Schema Therapy.

She has worked as a psychologist in in the employment sector as well as within public mental health services, including working with clients with severe mental illness and as a senior psychologist in a state-wide trauma recovery service. In addition to individual therapy she also runs group sessions, provides supervision to other psychologists and delivers training.

Vivienne views the relationship between psychologist and client as the foundation for therapy and works to ensure that clients feel comfortable, heard, safe, and supported within sessions. She finds it very rewarding to assist clients to collaboratively develop and achieve their treatment goals. She draws from a range of evidence-based therapies including cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), cognitive processing therapy (CPT), prolonged exposure therapy (PE), eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing therapy (EMDR), and mindfulness techniques.