Sera Metwally Elmasri
Psychologist
Languages: English
Client Focus: Adult
Sera is a fully registered psychologist with over 30 years of experience supporting adults experiencing a broad range of mental health concerns and life challenges. She brings warmth, humour, and mature insight to therapy, creating a compassionate and collaborative space where clients feel heard, understood, and supported. Clients often describe Sera as highly empathic, knowledgeable, and clinically skilled in helping them make sense of complex experiences and move towards meaningful change.
As a qualified MAPP (Master of Applied Positive Psychology) practitioner, Sera integrates strengths-based, evidence-informed, and wellbeing-focused approaches to support clients in building resilience, enhancing self-understanding, and reconnecting with what gives their lives meaning and purpose. She has a strong appreciation for the role of spirituality, culture, identity, and personal values in psychological wellbeing, and understands the challenges that can accompany major life transitions, loss, and periods of uncertainty.
Sera has particular interests in supporting individuals experiencing OCD, trauma related difficulties, anxiety disorders, adjustment challenges, and those seeking greater self-understanding, personal growth, and self-development.
Drawing on more than three decades of experience across diverse mental health settings, she works collaboratively with clients to tailor therapy to their individual goals, strengths, and circumstances. Sera welcomes adults aged 18 years and over and accepts referrals through Medicare and private pathways with the following presentations:
Acute Stress Reaction
Adjustment Disorder
ADHD Adult Assessments and Reports
Burnout/ Occupational Stress
Depression
End of Life/Transition concerns
Generalised Anxiety disorder
Health/Illness Anxiety
Social Anxiety
OCD
Panic Attacks
PTSD
Strengths Assessments
Self Esteem
Stress Reduction
Traumatic stress disorders
Skilled in the following treatments:
ERP Exposure and Response Prevention
Exposure Therapies
Existential Therapy
Positive Psychology Interventions
MBSR Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
CBT
ACT