Dr Renee Cachia is an experienced psychologist and the founder of Inner Bloom Psychology Practice. She has a decade of experience working across a variety of settings including early intervention organisations, private practices, educational institutions, and world-class universities. Renee is highly committed to improving the lives of families by empowering parents with psychoeducation and creating environments for young people to genuinely thrive from the inside out.

Renee loves to work with children, adolescents and their parents to insightfully and compassionately assist them to navigate different developmental challenges, mental health and psychological symptoms, and to guide them to reach their full potential. She is very experienced in supporting children and adolescents with a range of mental health problems and developmental disorders, including anxiety, depression, autism spectrum disorder, and much more.

Renee has a unique interest in bringing the scientist-practitioner model to life, bringing the latest evidence-based research and knowledge to real-life families in her private practice. She is passionate about combining her doctoral and academic research experience including publishing on progressive topics and presenting her research internationally, with her highly trained clinical skills to improve community mental health. 

Renee believes that therapists should be authentic, honest and relatable as a fellow vulnerable human in the room. She advocates for the value of therapy, a listening ear and a safe space to help us to feel less alone in our struggles, but also to improve our psychological wellbeing and stamina to live a more meaningful and bold life, in accordance with our values so that we can achieve our full potential.

Academic Background

Dr Renee Cachia was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Master’s degree on a full scholarship at Monash University, after receiving a first-class Honours equivalent and Bachelor of Psychological Science. During her doctoral studies, she developed a successful empirically validated mindfulness-based parenting intervention program for parents with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Dr Renee won high-quality publication awards for her doctoral research.

Clinical Experience

In addition to academia, she has worked as a psychologist in private practice for hundreds of families over the last six years, after specialising working across early intensive behavioural intervention and positive behaviour support settings with children and adolescents with high and low-functioning ASD, developmental delays, rare genetic disorders and other disabilities. She is known for developing very strong and long-term relationships with her clients. Dr Renee designs intervention programs for a range of mental health and developmental disabilities and is a board-approved Clinical Supervisor of registered psychologists.