About

Alexandra Woollacott is a registered psychologist and relational psychotherapist based in Australia. She practises at Woodwalk Psychology and is co-founder of Self & Other, a psychotherapy practice in Seattle.

She works with adults experiencing anxiety, depression, relational trauma and life transitions, as well as people exploring questions of identity, belonging and connection. She has a particular interest in supporting highly sensitive, empathic and introverted people.

Through Woodwalk, Alexandra offers therapy in Australia. She also continues to see clients in Washington state by telehealth through Self & Other.

Approach

Alexandra supports clients in their search for greater meaning, belonging and agency in a world that is increasingly isolating and fragmented. Her approach is relational and psychodynamic: together, therapist and client explore how past experiences and relationships shape patterns in the present, and what might make change possible.

Her practice is informed by contemporary psychoanalysis, existential philosophy, feminist theory and mindfulness. She offers a thoughtful, collaborative space that makes room for grief and uncertainty, alongside joy, connection and playfulness. She works with clients to understand themselves in context and reconnect with their desires, relationships and sense of possibility.

Background and training

Alexandra is a registered psychologist in Australia and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Washington state. She is also a psychoanalytic candidate at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis in Los Angeles.

Alexandra earned a Bachelor in Arts and a Bachelor in Sciences at the University of Melbourne, Australia and the Universite Lumiere Lyon in France, majoring in Psychology, French and Political Science. Alexandra also completed the honors program in Psychology at La Trobe University and wrote a thesis on the topic of synchrony in bilingual parent-child dyads.

Alexandra worked for 5 years in crisis services for a mental health agency called Mind Australia, and volunteered for a local health care service to support people with anxiety and depression. Alexandra has experience providing behavioral therapy to children with Autism, and supporting their families – she also worked as a research assistant to conduct and publish a study on emotion regulation in children with Autism.

Alexandra moved to Seattle in 2015 and completed graduate training in the Existential program at Seattle University. While at SU, she enjoyed broadening her understanding of the subjective experience in its greater context and exploring themes of relationality, interpretation, purpose, identity and loss. She now lives and practises in Australia.

Her work has also included co-organising Northwest Climate Circle, a mentorship program through the Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Studies, serving as Secretary of the Alliance’s Board, and co-organising a climate psychology study group for therapists.