ANA C NUMA-BERMUDEZ
Newtown,Australia
Summary
A compassionate, highly skilled bilingual psychologist with over 15 years of clinical experience across international settings. With AHPRA full registration and extensive experience working with individuals, children, families, and NDIS participants. Recognized for creating warm, therapeutic relationships built on respect and empathy while maintaining professional boundaries. Combines evidence-based therapeutic approaches with mindfulness and creative expression techniques to deliver holistic, client-centered treatment plans.
Particularly passionate about trauma recovery and the mind-body connection in therapeutic settings. Combines analytical assessment skills with a warm, patient-focused approach that emphasizes wellbeing and personal autonomy.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Psychologist
Independent Contractor
02.2022 - Current
- Deliver clinical mental health services to children, adults, and families, perform behavioral analysis to diagnose mental health disorders, and develop treatment plans to improve coping mechanisms and quality of life
- Perform mental health assessments, evaluate results of patient interviews, and utilize evidence-based therapy for patients
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to develop appropriate treatment plans, analyze patient data, and ensure safe environments for children
- Maintain confidential medical records, reports, and patient information
- Evaluated patients' goals, as well as mental and practical conditions, to develop individualized courses of treatment.
- Interacted with clients to assist in gaining insight, defining goals, and planning action to achieve effective personal development and adjustment.
Provisional Psychologist
Geelong Psychology Group
05.2021 - 02.2022
- Deliveried individual, group, and/or family therapy using evidence-based techniques, including developing and implementing treatment plans, conducting assessments, and providing ongoing support.
- Collaborating with families, carers, and other professionals to ensure comprehensive care and support for clients
- Engaging in ongoing supervision, professional development activities, and self-care to enhance skills and knowledge.
Clinical Psychologist
Online Private Practice
01.2014 - 12.2021
- Provide therapeutic intervention services to individual, couples, and family with a variety of presenting problems.
- Provide consultation to other treatment professionals, including doctors, psychiatrists and nutritionists.
- Specialise in the treatment of anxiety disorders and depression.
- Provided psychotherapy incorporating cognitive-behavioral, client-centered and play-therapy to treat wide range of psychological problems in patients.
- Linked clients to other programs and community agencies to enhance treatment processes.
Friends for Good friendline Supervisor Queensland
Friends for Good Inc
12.2020 - 04.2021
- Ensure that friendline remains a high quality service to the Australian community.
- Provide orientation sessions for the call takers, ensuring that only those volunteers who can provide emotional support and, friendship to a very high standard are permitted to continue in the role.
- Provide individual and group debriefing sessions for volunteers call takers, ensuring that their health and wellbeing is paramount.
- Assist in data collection, development of resources and community education activities.
Support Worker
MAMRE Association INC. Registered NDIS Provider
10.2018 - 04.2021
- Assist people with disabilities and support then to build and sustain meaningful relationships within their communities and the Mamre community.
- Member of the Decision Making Possibilities practice group, working directly with people who need active support with their communication and decision making.
Student Counsellor
Wellbeing for Communities Inc.
02.2016 - 04.2021
- Support students with One-to-one counselling support via face-to-face and/or Zoom sessions.
- Provide referrals to external services as appropriate.
- Development of a range of self-help resources for students.
- Support students to develop confidence in their career choices, giving them advice in their study and employment options by obtaining and examining information relevant to their abilities and needs.
- Provide support to choose an educational institution and academic program in Australia, based on individual needs.
- Give personalised career ideas and individual advice to help the process of choosing a professional path.
- Support in the creation of a professional network relationship.
Volunteer
Brisbane Festival
09.2018 - 10.2019
- Responding to enquiries from the general public regarding the Brisbane Festival.
- Assisting with workshops - making art, building robots, or learning a dance.
Volunteer Mentor
Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME)
06.2018 - 08.2019
- AIME is a mentoring bridge between the university and high school, and my role as a Mentor is to deliver free tutoring with the aim of closing that gap between the school and the University.
- Being part of different activities offered to give indigenous students advice on how they can best achieve their goals is something that is often overlooked.
Support Worker
Private Support Worker
05.2017 - 05.2019
- Supervise and monitor the safety of children in their care.
- Prepare meals and organise mealtimes and snacks for children.
- Help children keep good hygiene.
- Organise activities or implement a curriculum that allows children to learn about the world and explore interests.
Psychologist
District Department of women
05.2014 - 06.2015
- Domestic violence counselling as a psychologist of the 'Equality and Opportunities Women House'.
- Implementing, monitoring and evaluating public policies for women.
- Counselling for the empowerment of women to exercise their rights.
Psychologist
America Solidaria Foundation
01.2011 - 01.2014
- Coordinating the selection of professional volunteers.
- Implementing the training to professional volunteers.
- Assessing professional and personal capabilities in order to facilitate the volunteers in their projects choices.
- Identification of the professional volunteer's values and attitudes and their congruence to be part of a social project.
- Counselling to support the professional volunteers to face challenges related to the social projects they are part of.
Psychologist Volunteer
America Solidaria Chile
07.2009 - 07.2010
- Disability Education Project.
- Clinical diagnosis process for children who are about to enter the school integration project.
- Plan and execute training for teachers to help them to develop education processes for children with cognitive issues inside the classroom.
- Follow up children who are in the school integration program.
Education
Masters in Clinical Psychology - Clinical Psychology
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Bogota, Colombia 10-2012
Bachelor in Psychology - Psychology
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Bogota, Colombia10-2008
Skills
- Trauma-Informed Care: Specialized in understanding the physical and psychological footprints of trauma, with formal training in EMDR (Level 1)
- Evidence-Based Practice: Expert application of empirically validated treatments with demonstrated outcomes, including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing
- Creative Therapeutic Approaches: Uniquely skilled in incorporating art, drama, movement, and expressive therapies to facilitate emotional communication and healing
- Mindfulness Integration: Certified yoga teacher who effectively incorporates mindfulness practices into therapeutic interventions
- Cross-Cultural Competence: Bilingual practitioner with international professional experience, adept at working with diverse populations
Certification
Certifications:
- Certified in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR Level 1). Psychology Training Australia, Melbourne, 2025
- Eating Disorder Core Skills: eLearning for Mental Health Professionals, 2023
- Imagery Rescripting as a Therapeutic Technique, 2024.
- Certified Yoga Teacher, 2019
Timeline
Registered Psychologist
Independent Contractor
02.2022 - Current
Provisional Psychologist
Geelong Psychology Group
05.2021 - 02.2022
Friends for Good friendline Supervisor Queensland
Friends for Good Inc
12.2020 - 04.2021
Support Worker
MAMRE Association INC. Registered NDIS Provider
10.2018 - 04.2021
Volunteer
Brisbane Festival
09.2018 - 10.2019
Volunteer Mentor
Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME)
06.2018 - 08.2019
Support Worker
Private Support Worker
05.2017 - 05.2019
Student Counsellor
Wellbeing for Communities Inc.
02.2016 - 04.2021
Psychologist
District Department of women
05.2014 - 06.2015
Clinical Psychologist
Online Private Practice
01.2014 - 12.2021
Psychologist
America Solidaria Foundation
01.2011 - 01.2014
Psychologist Volunteer
America Solidaria Chile
07.2009 - 07.2010
Masters in Clinical Psychology - Clinical Psychology
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Bachelor in Psychology - Psychology
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
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