About Guidelight Psychology Gold Coast

Peter Doyle
Founder & Psychologist

An endorsed Counselling Psychologist and Organisational Psychologist, Peter Doyle founded the Guidelight Psychology practice in Southport in 1994, expanding into Brisbane in 2011.

Under Peter's skilled and caring leadership, our Gold Coast Psychologist Centre has been able to help thousands of individuals, couples, families and businesses for nearly 25 years.

Peter finds it particularly rewarding to help his clients find solutions, and gain results, across all types of people and performance problems. You can find out more about his executive coaching services here.

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Naoko Bridle 
Psychologist

BPsych, BBiomedSC, MPsycClin, PhD Candidate

Naoko is a Gold Coast psychologist with a special interest in issues related to marital conflict, marital discontent after childbirth, work life balance, dealing with changes, stress, anxiety and depression. She has worked with and supported many individuals and couples to resolve stress and conflict issues. 

Noako has highly developed skills and expertise in supporting individuals and couples to accommodate and revitalize their resilience and self actualization, and is experienced in assisting with:

• Couple relationship conflict and communication issues;

• Work related challenges and work-life balance techniques;

• Dealing with change;

• Advanced stress management techniques and solutions;

• Effective tools/strategies for dealing with anxiety or depression.

   

Naoko works from a Gottman Institute Couple Counselling approach, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, and Brief Psychotherapy, and has earned an extensive range of university qualifications including:

• Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Griffith University;

• Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Science from Bond University;

• Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from IUHW in Tokyo;

• Currently a PhD candidate with IUHW. 

Naoko’s professional memberships include registration with the APA (American Psychology Association) and The Association of Japanese Clinical Psychology. Since 2015 she has been a director of Kokoro Centre in Tokyo focusing on providing a healing and educational environment for corporates, individual and couple clients.

To book an appointment with Naoko Bridle, please call our Gold Coast Psychologist Centre on (07) 5527 0123.

Penny Hendrie
Psychologist

BA (Psych), PG Dip Psych

Penny is a fully registered psychologist and an associate member of the Australian Psychological Society. She became a psychologist to work more closely with people, understanding that many of us encounter difficult and challenging times in our lives, where additional support is necessary and valuable.

Penny has worked with adults of all ages, adolescents, and children in a variety of health, community and private settings. She provides a personal approach to therapy, believing that each person has a unique history to be valued and respected.

Her area of experience include:

• Depression, Anxiety and Stress management

• Sleep issues

• Workplace issues

• Grief and loss

• Perinatal issues

• Parenting, and Family and relationship conflict

• Trauma

• LGBTIQ+ and gender related issues

Penny works from a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) approach, while incorporating other therapeutic techniques, eg Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Mindfulness-based practices.

Penny offers a compassionate, non-judgmental and supportive service, and is looking forward to working with and assisting people over the age of 16 years with the many challenges they may face.

To book an appointment with Gold Coast Psychologist Penny Hendrie, call Guidelight Psychology on (07) 5527 0123.

Duncan Armstrong OAM

Duncan became a household name with his upset win in the 200m freestyle in 1988, when he claimed one of only three Olympic Gold medals Australia won at the Seoul Games.

Coached by the unstoppable & charismatic coach Laurie Lawrence, Duncan’s success in the pool led to honours such as Young Australian of the Year and the Order of Australia medal. Duncan broke the 200 freestyle World Record to win Australia's 100th medal in Olympic competition and his career in the pool spanned 10 years proudly representing the Green and Gold.

Nowadays Duncan divides his time raising his five children with his wife Rebecca, a corporate career with Telstra, media work with swimming, corporate coaching, and numerous charitable commitments across the country.

Duncan is an accomplished keynote presenter and Guidelight workplace performance group workshop facilitator. With many years’ experience in the media industry, including television and radio, he brings great depth to his role as a motivational corporate coach and as a consultant within the Guidelight Leadership Circle.

Khia Hemming,
Office Manager

Khia is the wonderful Office Manager and friendly receptionist at our Gold Coast Psychologist and Counselling Centre. She will handle all your booking and accounting enquiries, together with any general enquiries you may have. 

Khia came to join Guidelight Psychology over 5 years ago, after moving to the Gold Coast from New South Wales.

Prior to joining Guidelight, Khia worked as a legal secretary for over 20 years. She also has experience in the fields of IT and childcare administration.                                                        

Karin Jansma,
Health & Wellness Consultant

Karin was first drawn to yoga, pilates and group fitness 13 years ago, when she learned of its many benefits, and became a certified yoga teacher and pilates instructor in 2013. 

Currently Karin is studying Public Health at Griffith University with a focus on Environmental Health, Climate Change and Sustainablity. A woman of many talents, Karin is also the current Muscle Mania (Natural Body Building) Ms Model Australian champion. 

As a busy mother of 3, Karin believes in the power of yoga and physical fitness to create positive change in mind and body, through encouraging strength, focus, balance, flexibility and openness. Karen introduces herself in the video below. 

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