Meet Our Team
Our specialised psychologists are here to help. Meet the wonderful team behind My Appletree...

Director - Psychologist
Melanie Khashadorian
Melanie has been working as a psychologist for over 18 years with experience in a variety of settings. It has been her vision to create a business where people can come to create the changes they want in life, be it in relationships, emotionally or physically. It is with this idea she established My Appletree, to gather like-minded people to be inspired and encouraged. Melanie specialises in couples counselling, relationship education and sexual health.

Psychologist
Mayouri Sukhapure
Mayouri creates a caring and collaborative environment that fosters self-connection and relationship satisfaction. She supports clients in navigating transitions and overcoming relationship challenges, improving their connections with partners, family, friends, colleagues, and oneself. She also offers therapy tailored towards children and adolescence, addressing a number of issues and concerns.
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Clinicial Psychologist
Adrian Cuerva
Adrian is a registered clinical psychologist with a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) from Macquarie University and a Master of Clinical Psychology from the University of Sydney. Adrian works with individuals facing a range of challenges, including anxiety, depression, and trauma-related concerns. His therapeutic approach is grounded in evidence-based practices such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Schema Therapy.​

Clinicial Psychologist (Online Only)
Justin Doran
Justin Doran is a clinical psychologist who brings a warm, respectful and collaborative approach to helping people explore difficulties and new ways of being in the world. He adds a generalist psychological approach the My Appletree team, seeing clients experiencing depression, anxiety, significant stress, grief and loss, life transition and other challenges.
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Psychologist
Noga Nicholaeff
Noga is a Psychologist with 25 years experience. She enjoys working with couples and families on relationship issues to improve skills in communication, problem solving and conflict resolution. Initially working with individuals, she witnessed how strong, solid relationships can heal emotional wounds and empower growth.

Remedial Massage Therapist, Pilates Instructor and Personal Trainer
Jessie Espinosa
With six years experience as a Pilates instructor, Jessie has had refined her skills in helping numerous clients with various injuries, be it sporting injuries or the grind of day to day sitting at a desk that so many of us do. ​​
Her treatments focus on marrying physical and mental health through deep tissue manipulation, correcting posture and increasing strength and balance.
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Psychologist
Michaela Josephson
My focus as a therapist is prevention. I want to de-stigmatise therapy as a daunting experience and instead turn it into a building block which supports couples and individuals in implementing strategies to build and create strong and positively functioning life long relationships.
Note - Michaela is currently not accepting appointments.
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