Veronica West Psychologist | My Thriving Mind
Meet Veronica West
Registered Psychologist | Founder of My Thriving Mind
BPsychSc(Hons), MPH, MPsych (she/her)
I'm Veronica, a registered psychologist and the founder of My Thriving Mind. My work sits at the intersection of clinical practice and digital therapy resources. I built My Thriving Mind because the resources I wanted to use in my own sessions, evidence-informed, beautifully designed, and ready to use, were not available anywhere I could find them. So I started making them.
About My Thriving Mind
My Thriving Mind is a digital therapy resource business serving mental health professionals across Australia, the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The catalogue includes over 1,000 worksheets, handouts, and bundles covering the clinical topics I see most often in practice: trauma, ADHD and neurodivergence, anxiety, attachment, codependency, emotional regulation, burnout, and more.
We have served over 32,000 sales worldwide to date. Our clients are typically early-career psychologists, counsellors, social workers, and coaches who want high-quality, ready-to-use resources without spending hours creating them from scratch.
Clinical expertise
I work clinically with adults and older teens across a range of presentations, with particular depth in:
- Trauma and PTSD, including complex trauma and somatic work
- ADHD and neurodivergence-affirming practice
- Anxiety, including health anxiety, social anxiety, and panic
- Attachment, codependency, and relationship dynamics
- Emotional regulation and the practical use of DBT, CBT, and ACT
- Burnout and chronic stress responses
- Working with couples in crisis using a values-based approach
My clinical approach
My approach is collaborative and evidence-informed. I treat clients as the experts on their own lives, while bringing the therapeutic frameworks and skills I have developed across nearly a decade of registered practice and several years in the mental health space before that.
The therapies I draw from most are Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), and strength-based and trauma-informed somatic approaches. Across all of them, the through-line is the same: meeting clients where they are, working with what matters to them, and adapting the work to fit the person in front of me, not the other way around.
Background
I became a registered psychologist in early 2018, after three years working in practice management for a psychology clinic. Since registration, I have worked across employment services, regional and rural mental health in Queensland, telehealth, and clinical program design.
I served as Queensland State Manager for Back to Work, an employment services provider, leading clinical teams and developing therapeutic resources for partners and clients. I later joined We Lysn as a clinician and then as Head of Clinical Programs, where I developed content, programs, and resources for telehealth delivery to clients across Australia.
This background, both clinical and operational, shapes how I think about therapy resources. Worksheets, handouts, and structured tools are not just clinical artefacts. They are how good treatment becomes scalable, accessible, and consistent across very different practice contexts. That is why I built My Thriving Mind.
Featured in
My commentary and clinical insights have been featured in major publications including:
- Toronto Sun — Checking up on your ex? You may suffer from Phantom Life Syndrome
- Mamamia — What's a Social Hangover? 6 Signs You've Got One
- News.com.au — Why Young People Are Rejecting the Grind
- Success — How to Recover From Burnout and Rediscover Balance in Your Life
- Bustle — TikTok's How They Come Is How They Leave Relationship Theory, Explained
- Body and Soul — Are Waitlists for Mental Healthcare Pushing People Into Alternative Therapies?
- Domestic Shelters — Your Responses to Trauma Are Normal
- Today's Parent — Kids Activity Tables: What Parents Should Look For
Plus Parade, SheKnows, Lifehacker, Homes & Gardens, Pride.com, Dexerto, Madamenoire, MindBodyDad, Psychreg, and others.
Published research
Fredriksson SV, Alley SJ, Rebar AL, Hayman M, Vandelanotte C, Schoeppe S. Knowledge of physical activity and physical activity behaviour in Australian adults. PLOS ONE, 2018.
(Published under previous name Sara Veronica Fredriksson.)
For media inquiries
I respond to journalist requests within 24 hours and am comfortable speaking to both clinical and consumer audiences on topics including trauma, anxiety, ADHD and neurodivergence, attachment, burnout, emotional regulation, EMDR, and the practical use of therapy worksheets in modern practice.
For interview requests, expert commentary, or media inquiries, please reach out via email at info@mythrivingmind.com.au or through the My Thriving Mind contact page.