Our Professional Staff

I am a registered psychologist with AHPRA and a member of AAPi. I offer a warm, collaborative, holistic and evidence-based approach to supporting my clients.

My areas of work are varied, giving me a broad scope and perspective across rehabilitation, K-12 school settings, allied health, and private practice.

Some of the evidence-based practices I use are CBT, DBT, SFBT, Schema, Trauma-informed therapy, including accredited training in EMDR and ED. I provide formal ADHD and ASD assessments and reports for children, adolescents, and adults.

Outside of my professional work, I value time with my family, especially the really little ones, gardening, and connection with friends and community, which continue to inspire my belief in resilience, compassion, kindness, and hope.

Dr.Wajih Syma is an experienced General Practitioner with a strong focus on preventative care and chronic disease management. He completed his GP training through the Rural Stream WAGPET program (2002–2005) and became a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in 2005. He also holds a Fellowship with the Australian Medical Acupuncture College (2013), incorporating acupuncture into his holistic approach to patient care.

Dr Syma has special interests in child health and immunisation, chronic disease management, men’s health, seniors’ health services, and sexual health. He is particularly dedicated to supporting patients with conditions such as diabetes and providing comprehensive health assessments to promote long-term wellbeing.

He practices evidence-based medicine with a focus on safe and appropriate treatment pathways, including a preference to avoid prescribing medications of dependency unless clinically necessary and supported by specialist care.

Dr Syma is fluent in English, Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu, allowing him to effectively communicate with a diverse patient community and provide culturally sensitive care.

B.A.Hons (UNISA) | M.A. (Couns.Psych.)(Natal, South Africa)

Penny takes a humanistic holistic approach to therapy focussing on the unfolding, here-and-now client-therapist relationship, developing a bond that nurtures and encourages clients to: enhance their authenticity, experience competence, encourage flexibility and compassion in self-care, and create personal, realistic appraisals of their environment (home and work) and relationships (families, partner, friends and colleagues).

Vanessa is a privately practising midwife providing personalised antenatal and postnatal care. With over 10 years of combined experience as a nurse and midwife, her approach is centred on compassionate, woman-focused support, building strong, trusting relationships and ensuring continuity of care throughout the journey.

She is dedicated to helping women feel informed, confident, and supported during pregnancy and early parenthood. Vanessa works closely with the GP team at Willetton GP to provide coordinated, holistic care for both mother and baby.

Graduating from Curtin in 2012, began his career as a physiotherapist in Victoria working in rehabilitation hospitals and aged care facilities. This early experience ignited his passion for bridging the gap between hospital care and a patient's return to everyday life at home. He has been working as a clinical lead and team leader as a community-based physiotherapist for the past 9 years in the local area. Clinical interests include chronic pain, gerontology, orthopaedic conditions, sports injury management and lifestyle-integrated functional exercises. Outside of work and after chasing around the kids, he is keeping himself mobile playing futsal/golf and cycling.

Fabian is a qualified physiotherapist who has an extensive range of experience from geriatrics, hospitals to private practice. He has a particular interest in sports injury management and rehabilitation. He worked in the local community for over 6 years and also had a 3-year stint with the Singapore Sports Institute where he worked with a large variety of elite para and able-bodied athletes on injury management, recovery, and rehabilitation. During his 3 years in Singapore, he travelled extensively and attended numerous major sporting games and competitions such as the 2016 Rio Olympics, 2015 S.E.A Games, 2014 ASEAN Games (Incheon) as the lead physiotherapist for different sports discipline and teams.

Dr. Ram graduated from the Kathmandu University, Nepal and has also completed a Masters of Science & Population Health at the university of Wollongong, NSW. He has over 5 years experience working in various specialities at St John of God Subiaco, Swan District hospital, St John of God Murdoch Hospital, Royal Perth Hospital and St John of God Midland Hospital. Dr. Ram has a special interest in chronic disease management, acute medicine and comprehensive care.

Dr. De Silva brings over 20 years of knowledge and expertise as a Medical Practitioner to Willetton GP. He is interested in children’s health, men’s health, mental health, chronic disease management, skin cancer checks, musculoskeletal conditions, and family medicine, among many other aspects of general practice.

Dr. Rasika Perera is a General Practitioner at Willetton GP. She has strong family values and is determined to bring these values into her practice. Dr Perera offers a range of medical services for all ages. She graduated in Sri Lanka 2003 & She moved to Australia in 2011 with her husband and twin boys.