CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY · CROYDON, INNER WEST SYDNEY
Therapy that goes deep.
For people who have always felt more than they let on — and have carried it long enough to know something needs to change.
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WHO WE’RE FOR
You've tried therapy before.
It helped — to a point.
You left with something, but not the thing. The patterns came back.
You're not just looking for coping strategies. You want to understand how you got here and why it keeps happening. You want a psychologist who will stay in the harder parts with you — not redirect you or just hand you a worksheet.
You're carrying something you've been carrying a long time, and you're done pretending it's fine.
"What clients notice — sometimes in the first session — is that someone is actually thinking about them. Not following a protocol. Not keeping their distance. It's rarer than it should be. And it matters more than most people expect."
RECOGNISE YOURSELF?
The people we work best with tend to be like this.
Not clinical categories — descriptions of a kind of person we recognise immediately, and work well with.
i
You've always felt things more deeply than most
The mood in a room. The thing no one said. What someone meant versus what they actually said. You've spent years wondering whether something is wrong with you. There isn't.
ii
You carry things quietly and for a long time
Capable, functional, held together on the outside. You've gotten very good at that. Inside is a different story — there's a gap between who you appear to be and how you actually feel.
iii
You give endlessly and receive very little
You're the dependable one. The person people call. Somewhere your own needs stopped being considered — not dramatically, just gradually, until one day you realised you couldn't remember the last time someone asked how you actually were. And meant it.
iv
Therapy has let you down before
You went. It helped to a point. But you could feel the protocol — the slight impatience when you went somewhere they weren't expecting. The assumptions they made about you that hurt. You're trying again. This time you have a clearer sense as to what you're looking for.
v
You're ready to do the real work
Not just a chat or a vent. Something in you has always known the real work hasn't happened yet. You're ready to do something about it.
Our Team
James Croft
Principal Clinical Psychologist
Dr Natali Dilevski
Clinical Psychology Registrar
Not sure where to start? Send us a brief note about what's brought you here.
We'll respond personally and help you work out who's the right fit.
ONE PHILOSOPHY. TWO CLINICIANS.
James and Natali share a clinical conviction: warmth without rigour is comfort without change. Rigour without warmth is technique without trust. They don't try to balance these. They hold both.
The right clinician for you depends on your presentation and what you need — not on whether you need warmth or rigour. Both of them bring both. The difference is experience level and the complexity of the work.
Dr Natali Dilevski has immediate availability for new clients. James is currently waitlisted. If you're unsure who is right for you, reach out and we'll help you work it out.
WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT
Both at once.
Not one, then the other.
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The relationship is the mechanism
Not the vehicle for delivering techniques — the mechanism itself. Being genuinely met by another person, at the level of your actual experience, is what makes the deeper cognitive work possible. Both James and Natali understand this. It shapes everything about how they work.
02
Warmth and rigour are the same thing
Warmth without rigour is a good conversation. Rigour without warmth is a protocol. Neither is therapy. Both James and Natali understand this — not as a philosophy they've adopted, but as something they've seen in the room.
03
Work that reaches the root
The beliefs that formed early — defectiveness, emotional deprivation, never being quite enough — have been quietly shaping everything since. Most approaches work around them. This one works on them. It takes longer. It reaches further.
04
Unhurried by design
Both James and Natali see a limited number of clients — not because of capacity, but because the work requires it. When you are here, you are the only person being thought about. That is not something that can be true at scale.
"What I see, over time, is people who carry themselves differently. Not because things got easier. Because they stopped making it harder."
— JAMES CROFT, PRINCIPAL CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
LOCATION
93 Edwin Street
Croydon NSW · Inner West
HOURS
Fridays & Saturdays
In-person · by design
TRANSPORT
2 min from Croydon Station
T2 Inner West line
MEDICARE
Rebates available
With valid GP referral
FEES FROM
$230 per session
Medicare rebates available
MAKE AN ENQUIRY
The right support
is worth
finding.
This practice works with adults navigating longstanding patterns — not crisis presentations or brief interventions. If you're unsure whether you're the right fit, reach out anyway and we'll help you work it out.
Send a note about what's brought you here. A real person reads it — James or Natali, not an admin system — and responds personally, usually within a day. No forms. No obligation. No automated reply telling you we'll be in touch.
"Not sure if this is the right place? Reach out anyway. We'd rather have a short conversation now than have you wait too long to find the right support."
i. Send a brief note about what's brought you here.
ii. We respond personally about availability and fit.
iii. If we're a good match, we arrange your first session.
Not sure who to see? Tell us what's brought you here and we'll help work out who's the right fit.
A breeze to get to.
Conveniently located in Sydney’s Inner West, our Croydon practice is just moments from nearby Ashfield, Summer Hill, Burwood, Canada Bay, Five Dock, Haberfield, and Leichhardt.
Coming by train? We’re just a 2 minute stroll from Croydon station (Inner West & Leppington line T2).
Driving? Enjoy free parking right out front!
