About Us
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Vella & Co Psychology provides psychological therapy, assessment, and wellbeing services for adults, adolescents, families, and workplaces across Australia.
Founded by Psychologist Kurt Vella, the practice offers a thoughtful and relational approach grounded in over 15 years of clinical experience across private practice, hospitals, schools, community mental health, and forensic settings.
Our work is informed by contemporary evidence-based approaches including:
Attachment and developmental psychology
Trauma-informed care
Mentalization-based and relational therapies
Insight-oriented and emotion-focused approaches
We aim to provide a space that feels professional, grounded, and genuinely human — where people can slow down, make sense of their experiences, and move toward meaningful psychological change.
Services are available both in-person in Brisbane, Tenterfield and Online via telehealth across Australia and internationally.
In addition to therapy and assessment services, Vella & Co Psychology also provides workplace wellbeing consultation, supervision, and employee support services.
Meet Kurt Vella
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Kurt Vella - Director/Lead Psychologist
Kurt Vella is a registered psychologist with over 15 years of experience working across private practice, hospitals, schools, forensic settings, and rural mental health services.
His approach is grounded, relational, and insight-oriented, with a strong focus on helping people better understand themselves, their emotions, relationships, and patterns of coping.
Kurt works with a broad range of mental health presentations and life difficulties, drawing from evidence-based approaches including attachment theory, developmental psychology, trauma-informed care, mentalization-based therapy, and emotion-focused approaches.
In addition to therapeutic work, Kurt has experience providing psychological assessment, workplace wellbeing consultation, supervision, and medico-legal and family court related reporting.
Vella & Co Psychology offers services both in-person in Brisbane and Tenterfield, as well as Telehealth domestically and internationally.