Dr Monica Hadges

Dr Monica Hadges is a provider of Focused Psychological Strategies under Medicare and a registered Clinical Counsellor and Psychotherapist with PACFA in Australia. She brings many years of psychotherapy training, teaching, and international clinical practice across healthcare, mental health, and digital practice evolution. Strengths lie in creativity, designing and facilitating trauma-informed curricula, and advancing best practices for multidisciplinary workforces. Monica’s approach is focused on empowering the voices and experiences of consumers, ensuring eco-systems of care evolve in ways that are inclusive, transparent, developmentally appropriate, and grounded in lived experience of recovery. Recent Telemental Health PhD research demonstrates commitment to advance client-centered care in e-collaboration. In teaching, Dr Hadges enjoys delivering high-quality learning experiences across both face-to-face and online formats. With an international career spanning over 25 years, Dr Hadges offers a strong reputation advancing interprofessional practice, applied research and consumer participation within mental health services and academia.