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Jacqueline Lyons
Overwhelmed, Stressed or Feeling Stuck?​
​Psychologist Eltham | Templestowe | Telehealth
Psychology that helps you understand the patterns shaping your internal world, so you can live with greater internal alignment. Supporting professionals and women navigating overwhelm, burnout and life transitions.
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Alignment is the practice of integrating self-understanding, emotional awareness and intentional choices. When these elements come together, people often experience greater clarity, balance and a deeper sense of direction.
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✓ Evidence-based care
✓ Warm, collaborative approach
✓ Tailored to your unique circumstances
AHPRA Registered Psychologist | APS Member |
Medicare, DVA & WorkCover Provider
Welcome to
Alignment Psychology
Psychological support for anxiety, burnout and life transitions
Psychology that helps you come back into alignment with yourself
'When life feels full - but not quite fulfilling'
You may appear to be coping on the outside while privately carrying stress, anxiety, self-doubt, or emotional exhaustion. Perhaps you are constantly managing responsibilities, supporting others, meeting expectations or navigating a significant life transition. Over time, this can leave you feeling disconnected from yourself, uncertain or unsure about the path ahead.
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Therapy offers a space to pause, reflect and develop a clearer understanding of the patterns shaping your internal and external experiences. Together, we explore both practical strategies and deeper insight to support emotional wellbeing, self-understanding and meaningful change.
You may be experiencing:
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Anxiety, chronic stress or persistent worry
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Emotional exhaustion, burnout or overwhelm
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Difficulty switching off or relaxing
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Feeling disconnected from yourself or your usual sense of confidence
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Life transitions, uncertainty or major change
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Relationship challenges or communication difficulties
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Patterns that no longer feel sustainable
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A sense that something needs to change, but you're not sure where to begin
Over time, therapy may help you:​​
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Feel calmer and more emotionally regulated
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Reduce overwhelm and mental fatigue
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Understand and shift unhelpful patterns
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Respond rather than react during periods of stress
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Strengthen resilience and self-awareness
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Rebuild self-trust and confidence
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Navigate change with greater clarity
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Feel more aligned in how you live, work and relate to yourself and others
Jacqueline Lyons
BBSc, Postgrad Dip (App Psych), M Psych (Health), MAPS
AHPRA Registered Psychologist | 20+ years’ experience
APS Member | Medicare, DVA & WorkCover Provider
Founder, Alignment Psychology
Alignment Psychology is a boutique psychology practice that helps high-functioning adults reconnect with themselves by bringing evidence-based psychology and personal alignment into the same conversation.
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Grounded in evidence-based psychology and informed by a biopsychosocial understanding of wellbeing, Jacqueline's Alignment Approach provides a framework that to help people better understand themselves, reconnect with what matters and make choices that reflect who they are and what is important to them.
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With over 20 years of clinical experience as a registered psychologist and a background in Health Psychology, including experience across health and medical settings, Jacqueline supports professionals and women in midlife navigating burnout, perfectionism, anxiety and major life transitions.
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Many of her clients are responsible, high-achieving individuals who continue to meet expectations at work, study or within their families, while privately feeling depleted, stuck or disconnected from themselves. Jacqueline provides a reflective therapeutic space where experiences can be explored openly, patterns can be understood and new perspectives can emerge.
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Through a collaborative and personalised approach, Jacqueline helps people strengthen emotional wellbeing, develop sustainable coping skills and make choices that feel more consistent with their values, priorities and the life they want to create.
Areas of Expertise & Therapy
Working with high-functioning adults (especially women) experiencing anxiety, burnout and chronic stress
Understanding Patterns and Creating Change
Therapy is informed by evidence-based approaches including CBT, ACT, DBT, Emotion-Focused Therapy and solution-focused strategies - tailored to your individual needs and goals.
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Moving from Overwhelm to Greater Calm
Sessions may incorporate mindfulness, grounding and nervous system regulation strategies to support stress recovery, emotional balance and improved self-regulation.
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A Steady, Attuned Therapeutic Relationship
A compassionate, trauma-informed approach supports greater self-awareness, resilience and insight into emotional, behavioural and relational patterns during periods of stress, change and transition.​
"Psychological alignment is about creating greater clarity between your thoughts, emotions and actions, helping you navigate overwhelm, anxiety and burnout with greater awareness and self-trust".
​Common areas of focus include:
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Anxiety, Chronic Stress and Worry
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High Functioning Anxiety and Burnout
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Menopause and Midlife Challenges
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Life Transitions and Identity Shifts
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Self-Worth and Inner Critical Dialogue
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Relationship Stress and Communication Patterns
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Student Stress and Academic Pressure
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Depression and Overwhelm
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Trauma and Difficult Life Experiences
The Alignment Approach
Alignment is the process of bringing clarity, emotional awareness and intentional action in the same direction - one that reflects who you are and what matters most to you.
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At the heart of this practice is a simple but meaningful way of understanding psychological change. Rather than focusing on fixing or changing who you are, therapy supports you in gently coming back into connection with yourself and what matters most.
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Therapy isn't about becoming someone different. It's about understanding yourself more deeply and reconnecting with the parts of yourself that may have been lost while navigating life's demands.
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Understand
Recognising the patterns, emotional responses and coping strategies that have shaped your experience.
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Reconnect
Reconnecting with your needs, values and sense of self.
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Realign
Making intentional choices that reflect what matters most and support a more sustainable way of living.
Many people come to therapy not because something is “wrong,” but because the way they have learned to cope no longer feels sustainable.
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In our work together, we focus less on fixing and more on understanding - especially the patterns that once helped you cope, adapt and keep going, but now leave you feeling disconnected or overwhelmed.
why the therapeutic relationship matters
Many people reach out after months or even years of trying to manage things on their own. You don't need to be in crisis to benefit from therapy. Support can be a way to gain perspective, understand yourself more deeply and find a different way forward.
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Therapy is a structured relationship built on safety, trust and consistency. My role is to help you understand patterns, regulate emotional responses and develop greater clarity in how you relate to yourself and others.
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Research consistently shows that feeling safe, understood and genuinely connected with your psychologist is one of the strongest predictors of positive therapeutic outcomes.
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Together, we work at a pace that respects your capacity, allowing space for reflection and meaningful change without pressure or overwhelm. Over time, the therapeutic relationship itself can become a steady place to make sense of your experiences and move towards greater balance, self-understanding and confidence.
​A Boutique Psychology Practice in Melbourne
​​Alignment Psychology is an independent private practice led by Jacqueline Lyons, a registered psychologist with over 20 years of clinical experience.
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With a background in Health Psychology and experience across health and medical settings, Jacqueline integrates evidence-based psychological approaches with a biopsychosocial understanding of wellbeing through her Alignment Approach - a framework focused on self-understanding, emotional awareness and intentional action.
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Therapy offers a space to slow down, understand yourself more deeply and reconnect with what matters. Jacqueline supports adults navigating burnout, anxiety, life transitions and periods of change.
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The primary consulting location is in Eltham, with additional appointments available in Templestowe and via Telehealth.
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Access
You do not need a referral to book an appointment. Medicare rebates may be available for eligible clients with a current GP Mental Health Treatment Plan.
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Why choose Alignment Psychology
✓ Over 20 years of clinical experience
✓ Developed The Alignment Approach Framework - integrating evidence-based psychology and a
biopsychosocial understanding of wellbeing
✓ A personalised approach for high-functioning adults navigating stress and life transitions
✓ Independent boutique psychology practice
Contact
For appointments, online consultation,
Telehealth or referral please contact me on:
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Tel: 1300 890 777
info@alignmentpsychology.com.au
​Locations - by appointment only
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Current or existing clients are welcome to manage their appointments online.
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New clients please register your enquiry below with the name of your referring GP (if applicable) and best contact number
Please note: Alignment Psychology is not a crisis service. If you require urgent assistance please contact emergency services on 000 or Lifeline on 13 11 14