Our Team

 GINA HUISY 許聖瑜 (MAPS, FCCLP) 
Principal Clinical Psychologist & Certified Schema Therapist
Hypnotherapist
AHPRA Board Approved Supervisor
Fellow of the APS College of Clinical Psychologists

Gina is an Australian Chinese Clinical Psychologist 資深心理諮詢師 based in Adelaide, South Australia.

Having held psychology positions in the private, public sector and NGO, she offers considerable experience delivering specialist psychological services. Gina works with people from all walks of life from executive and senior level corporate professionals to people with alternative lifestyles, students, and people who live and work across cultures. She has delivered Employee Assistance Program support to personnel from varying industries and occupations. She is experienced in working with the LGBTIQ+ & neurodivergent communities. Gina is familiar with the firsthand struggles of parenting a child with special needs & navigating NDIS, being a mother to a twice-exceptional (2e) child.

In addition to working with individuals of Caucasian Anglo-Saxon backgrounds, Gina has an extensive history working cross-culturally providing specialised therapy to the Chinese, Southeast Asian and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Gina is multilingual with the capacity to provide treatment in English, conversational Cantonese (廣東話) and basic Chinese Mandarin (普通話). 

Her main clinical treatment approaches include:

• Schema therapy
• Elements of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
• Cognitive behavioural therapy
• Acceptance and commitment therapy (mindfulness)
• Elements of Dialectical behavioural therapy
• Hypnotherapy (Hypnosis)
• Solution-focused therapy

As a Full Member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS); Fellow of the APS Clinical College; and Full Member of the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST), Gina also holds the following qualifications, training, and certificates:

• Master of Psychology (Clinical) – University of South Australia
• Master of Psychology (Work & Organisational) – University of South Australia
• Bachelor of Psychology (First Class Honours) – University of South Australia
• Diploma in Clinical Hypnosis – South Australian Society of Hypnosis
• Accreditation in standard individual Schema Therapy with the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST)
• Certificate in EMDR Training Level 1 & 2 – Psychology Training
• Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy – CBT Australia
• Full registration with The Psychology Board of Australia with endorsement in clinical psychology (AHPRA)
• Board Approved Supervisor at all levels with The Psychology board of Australia (AHPRA)
• Clearance for Working with Children (WWCC) – DHS
• Responding to Risks of Harm, Abuse & Neglect – Education & Care Training (RAN-EC) – DE

Gina is also trained in work and organisational psychology. She is accredited in Hogan’s Assessment and Genesys. She brings to Huisy Howland Psychology specialist knowledge and experience in:

• Academic research and publication
• Assessment Centre project management and delivery
• Candidate search methodologies
• Career coaching and transition management
• Clinical report writing
• Diverse research and investigative techniques
• Psychometric assessment for career coaching and recruitment, as well as clinical assessments to support therapy

Gina’s publications:

• Tuckey, M.,, Li, Y., Huisy, G., Bryan, J., de Wit., & Bond, S. (2023) Exploring the relationship between workplace bullying and objective cognitive performance. Work & Stress – An International Journal of Work, Health & Organisations. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02678373.2023.2251126
• Huisy-Howland, G. Schema connection to Chinese culture. Schema Therapy Bulletin 21 (March 2021). International Society of Schema Therapy. 
• Day, Andrew., Casey, S., Jess, J. & Huisy, G. (2011). Assessing the social climate of Australian prisons. Australian Institute of Criminology: Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice. Website: https://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/tandi427

CHRISTOPHER HOWLAND 克里斯托弗·豪蘭
Principal Psychologist
Senior Organisational Development Consultant

Christopher Howland is a Registered Psychologist with specific training and experience in Organisational Development Consultancy, Mediation, Narrative approaches to therapy and Career Transition Management. Christopher holds the following qualifications:

• Master of Psychology (Work & Organisational) – University of South Australia
• Full registration with The Psychology Board of Australia

Various certificates underpinning continuing professional development in:

• Mediation
• Mental Health First Aid
• Narrative Therapy
• Risk management
• Suicide prevention
• Working safely with potentially violent clients

Christopher has also developed advanced skill-sets in:

• 360-degree/ Multisource assessment
• Assessment centre methodology, design and delivery
• Behavioural Competency Framework development
• Career coaching and transition management
• Design and project management of leadership development initiatives
• Editing and professional writing
• Evidence based recruitment and selection methodologies
• Organisational Surveys and Training Needs Analyses
• Project Management of multi-stakeholder initiatives
• Psychometric assessment for recruitment and career development
• Vocational Assessment for post injury redeployment
• Workshop design and delivery