About Us
Headz Up Health is a division of Headz Up Pty Ltd that provides specialist psychological assessment and therapy services out of our Therapy Centre located at Suite 3, 7-9 President Avenue, Caringbah, NSW 2229.
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Established by Troy Speirs in Arncliffe in 2005, under the banner of Headz Up Ministries Psychological Services, the Therapy Centre has a rich history in providing psychological care to the community in the south of Sydney. With expansion of face-to-face psychological care to include telehealth video and phone consultation services, the reach of Headz Up Health has increasingly extended into regional NSW, interstate and internationally. Many of our clients, when they move out of area, continue to receive services.
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Headz Up Health is led by principal psychologist, Troy Speirs, who is both a clinical and educational psychologist with over 20 years of psychological assessment and therapy experience. He has extensive experience working with clients with depression, self-harming behaviours, addictions, anxiety-related conditions, trauma, and complex mental health disorders. He has also worked with couples, supporting them to navigate the challenges of their relationship difficulties.
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He provides comprehensive educational assessments to school age students that guide the development of tailored welfare supports and learning opportunities across both school and home environments. He also provides medico-legal assessments for clients engaged with the court system, writing reports to communicate a psychological understanding of the client and any relevant findings from the assessment for consideration by legal professionals.
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Troy works together with his wife, Anna Speirs, who is a specialist child psychotherapist. Anna’s therapy approach is complementary to that of Troy’s, her having specialised skills for engagement with children and younger adolescents. She applies child-centred play therapies and age-appropriate cognitive and behavioural interventions in her engagement with her clients.
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Together, Troy and Anna offer family focussed assessments and interventions that seek to support families as they work through their presenting concerns.
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Our Value
Headz Up Health is well positioned to work with our clients to support them achieve positive mental, emotional, and social health through focusing on the provision of high-quality relational care and incremental improvements in client well-being.
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We value the expertise of our clients as the authors of their lives. We value the experience of our clients, where they have come from and where they want to go. We value how we can walk alongside them, meeting them at the junction of navigating life’s challenges with a focus on learning and growth.
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We are committed to helping individuals, couples, and families with a diversity of expertise and experience. We are dedicated to addressing a wide range of mental health concerns offering comprehensive assessments, non-drug therapies, and will work collaboratively with other stakeholders (such as your doctor) to the benefit of our clients.
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Our values include:
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fostering hope, agency, and optimism in our clients
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building a strong sense of rapport and trust with our clients
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providing a safe, non-judgmental, and supportive relational environment to facilitate therapeutic change
Our Team
Troy Speirs
Clinical and Educational Psychologist
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Troy is a registered clinical and educational psychologist. He is a full Member of the Australian Psychological Society and it’s College of Clinical Psychologists. He has graduated from the University of Western Sydney with postgraduate qualifications comprising a Master of Psychology (Clinical) and Master of Education (Counselling Psychology). He has also completed a Diploma of Christian Counselling and has a strong commitment to continuing professional development.
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Troy has extensive clinical experience and expertise in providing both psychological assessment and treatment services for complex mental health disorders, supporting individuals, couples, and families. He is skilled in providing comprehensive educational assessments to school age students and psycho-legal assessments for clients engaged with the court system.
Troy has also worked across private and public mental health, youth health, and aged care service systems during the last twenty years as manager, advisor, clinician, and educator.
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Anna Speirs
Child Psychotherapist
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Anna is a specialist child psychotherapist and a full member of the Australian Counselling Association. She is trained in the application of child-centred play therapies and cognitive behavioural interventions matched to children with differing functional abilities. She has graduated from the Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors with a Bachelor of Counselling qualification. She has a strong commitment to continuing her professional development with almost thirty years experience working with children. She also has qualifications and experience across communications and multimedia design.
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Anna has specialist skills in supporting children and families from diverse cultural backgrounds, having bilingual proficiency across English and Indonesian language groups. She has lived internationally across five of the seven continents that span the globe.
Anna has a keen interest in working with neurodivergent children to improve their communication and self-regulation skills for adaptive function and social interaction.
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