About Us
Dr Samantha Schubert
Dr Samantha Schubert is a Clinical Psychologist based in Sydney, Australia. Sammy holds a PhD in clinical psychology, is an AHPRA-registered supervisor, researcher, and has an extensive professional work history in mental health system reform and human rights (both domestically and internationally with the United Nations). Sammy has worked in clinical and leadership roles within NSW Health, and overseen the establishment of award winning trauma and suicide prevention services for adults and youth within South East Sydney Local Health District.
Sammy completed her Masters in Clinical Psychology and PhD at the University of Sydney. Her research explored the professional identity of mental health professionals and how supervision spaces transform how we think about our work. Sammy also holds a Masters of Community Development (International) from the University of New South Wales, which enriches her work by giving her a comprehensive understanding of human-rights.
Sammy applies a range of therapeutic models in her work and has been extensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Sammy has established and coordinated DBT programs in adult and youth public health settings, and has a particular interest in supporting mental health professionals working in this space. Sammy also has experience working within private practice settings.
In her clinical work and supervision of colleagues, Sammy values curiosity and thinking creatively, asking questions that promote meaningful change, and fundamentally working to ensure clinical services are of a high standard and provided with integrity.
Dr Brooke Donnelly
Dr Brooke Donnelly is an experienced Clinical Psychologist, AHPRA-registered supervisor, academic, and researcher. Brooke has worked for more than 16 years across tertiary hospital settings, primarily in the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Peter Beumont tertiary eating disorder team, where she was the Senior Clinical Psychologist providing expert clinical consultation and supervision to Statewide LHD teams as part of the tertiary outreach team. Brooke also has experience in her own clinical practice, and university teaching.
Brooke completed her Masters of Clinical Psychology at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and subsequently her PhD in Psychology (Neurobiology and Neuroimaging) at the University of Sydney's Brain Mind Centre, where she used functional MRI to investigate how specific mental health conditions affect brain function.
Brooke holds a senior clinical research position at a leading Australian university. She is a Board-approved Supervisor with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and has extensive experience supervising multidisciplinary teams, allied health professionals, nursing teams, psychologists and registrar psychologists across a range of settings and presentations. Her supervision style reflects her values as a clinician: warm, evidence-based, individually affirming, and genuinely invested in each supervisee's professional growth.
Brooke is a Senior Reviewing Editor for the Journal of Eating and Disordered Eating (JEAT) and a member of the Society for Mental Health Research (SMHR) EMCR Committee (2025–2026). Brooke's research has been published in peer-reviewed journals including Frontiers in Psychology, European Eating Disorders Review, Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, Nutrients, and the Journal of Eating Disorders. She is currently an investigator on the CoAST project (Co-designing Anorexia Support and Treatment), in collaboration with the Murdoch Children's Research Institute as part of an NHMRC MRFF grant.
