Welcome

I’m Kristie McMaster (she/her), a Principal Therapist providing complex relational care for individuals, couples, and families navigating high-impact or entrenched relational challenges. My work is grounded in careful assessment, clinical formulation, and structured intervention, supporting people to move toward greater stability, clarity, and relational functioning.

I hold a Master of Counselling degree from Monash University, am an ACA Level 3 clinician and Approved Clinical Supervisor, and have advanced training in couples therapy (including the Gottman Method), neurodivergence-affirming practice (including autism and ADHD clinical specialisations), HeartMath biofeedback, and complex systems work. I also have extensive experience integrating relational, behavioural, and systemic perspectives into high-stakes intervention work across family and life transitions.

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What is Complex Relational Care?

Complex relational care recognises that many difficulties do not sit neatly within one person, diagnosis, or relationship. Emotional distress, behavioural challenges, neurodivergence, and relational strain often interact within broader systems — families, partnerships, schools, workplaces and other life contexts — creating patterns that can feel difficult to shift.

My approach focuses on understanding these patterns through careful assessment and formulation, and then responding with purposeful, proportionate intervention. Rather than open-ended therapy without direction, the work is structured to support stabilisation, clearer decision-making, and sustainable change, with the intensity and pace guided by the complexity of the situation.

Who I Work With

I work with people who are facing situations that cannot be resolved through slow, weekly therapy alone — for example:

couples navigating significant relational rupture
families striving to stabilise multiple intersecting pressures
individuals and systems where patterns have become entrenched
neurodivergent clients navigating behavioural and relational complexity

In all cases, I combine rigorous assessment, thoughtful formulation, and targeted intervention to support people in making sustainable change. My practice emphasises:

safety and regulation of the nervous system
relational and systems thinking
evidence-informed modalities tailored to each client’s context
partnership rather than passive support

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