about ashra sherwood
Ashra (she/her) is a registered Clinical Psychologist working in private practice in South-East Queensland. She offers a warm and supportive therapeutic space for her clients to explore their difficulties and find new meaning and connection to themselves and life.
Ashra takes an integrative and innovative approach to evidence-based therapy. Her broader therapeutic framework is diverse, and includes elements of Depth Psychology, Existential Psychology, Ecopsychology, Somatic Psychology, and Neuroaesthetics. In the therapy room, her preferred model is Schema Therapy. As an ISST Certified Schema Therapist, Ashra also incorporates mindfulness, compassion, nature, and somatic based interventions in her work.
In addition to her work as a therapist, she has a particular interest in the intersection between culture, nature, and psychology. She believes the role of psychotherapy is to assist people to not only recover mental health and wellbeing, but to gain the skills, psychological flexibility, and self-knowledge to thrive, even in the face of the inevitable challenges that life presents.

psychological services provided for:
Depression and Mood Disorders
Anxiety
Stress Management
Complex Trauma
Grief and Loss
Existential Concerns
psychological services not provided for:
Specific Phobias and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Eating Disorders
Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorders
Relationship or Sexual Dysfunction Counselling
Child and Family Psychology
Drug and Alcohol Counselling
Anger Management/Forensic Presentations
WorkCover, family court, other legal matters
Professional Qualifications and Memberships:
Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours – First Class)
Master of Clinical Psychology
Member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS MAPS)
Member International Society Schema Therapy (ISST)
Associated Awards:
Dean’s Commendations for Exceptional Academic Achievement (Griffith University)
2018 APS Award of Excellence (Griffith University)
2020 APS College of Clinical Psychologists Student Prize
Peer-Reviewed Publications:
Sherwood, A., Carydias, E., Whelan, C., & Emerson, L. M. (2020). The explanatory role of facets of dispositional mindfulness and negative beliefs about worry in anxiety symptoms. Personality and Individual Differences, 160, 109933.
Emerson, L. M., de Diaz, N. N., Sherwood, A., Waters, A., & Farrell, L. (2020). Mindfulness interventions in schools: Integrity and feasibility of implementation. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 44(1), 62-75.
Sherwood, A., Paynter, J., & Emerson, L. M. A brief online mindful parenting program: Feasibility and initial effects pilot in a community sample. J Child Fam Stud (2023).
Other Qualifications:
Bachelor of Business (Marketing)
Master of Arts (Ancient History)
Doctor of Philosophy (Ancient History)
