Aaron Coote

Registered Psychologist

Aaron is a Registered Psychologist who joined the team at Newcastle Psychology & Health in 2021. He sees clients from a broad range of diverse backgrounds and ages, ranging from senior-high-school age to older retirees. He helps clients who are struggling with anxiety, depression, self-esteem, trauma, substance use, intrusive thoughts, grief and mourning, life transitions, and relationships. He uses a variety of modalities including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Emotion Focused Therapy, Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, and Coherence Therapy.

 Aaron’s approach to therapy draws from affective neuroscience and interpersonal neurobiology, giving clients tools to understand and navigate their emotions and relationships from a scientific perspective. He cultivates warm, open, and empathetic therapeutic alliances to help promote positive neurological changes, and is particularly interested in helping clients gain a deeper understanding of their core self.

He previously worked as a Tibetan translator and oral interpreter in India and Nepal, taught classical literary Tibetan, and edited English-language translations of Buddhist philosophical texts. He is an advocate for the benefits of mindfulness practice.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Development Studies (2004), University of Newcastle

Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) (2020), University of Newcastle

Marjory Kromodikoro (Books Closed)

Marjory Kromodikoro is a Clinical Psychologist and has over 20 years of experience working across all age groups. She has enjoyed working in a diverse range of clinical settings both in the Netherlands and in Australia which has significantly informed her compassionate, respectful, and professional nature.

Marjory primarily utilises an Emotionally Focused Therapy approach, but is also trained in the Conversational Model, Brief Psychodynamic Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Schema Therapy, Interpersonal therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Marjory utilises a holistic and strength-based approach, believing that if we understand, accept, and embrace our blind spots, this can lift some of our daily burdens and set a foundation for being our authentic self.

Marjory has an interest working with adults overcoming (generational) trauma, grief and loss, perinatal mental health concerns (pregnancy to 12 months post-birth), and adjustment issues. She has experience and enjoys working with clients from a mixture of cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
Marjory is a Board Approved Supervisor for students undertaking the Master of Clinical Psychology program and psychologists completing their registrar program.

She is bilingual and speaks fluent Dutch.
Marjory’s books are currently closed. 

Dr Stuart Edser (No Longer Seeing Clients)

Dr Stuart Edser is a Counselling Psychologist and previous owner of Newcastle Psychology & Health. He is currently retired from direct clinical work, but continues to supervise and lend his wealth of expertise to other clinicians at the practice.

Stuart has a particular interest in anxiety, sexual issues and assisting the LGBTQ community. For over ten years, he lectured on the topic of gay sexuality and taught counselling skills for sexual issues to third year students in the Bachelor of Medicine program at the University of Newcastle. He also supervises a number of local and regional psychologists.