Dr Alana Rogers

Clinical Psychologist

About

Alana is a registered Clinical Psychologist and a member of the Australian Psychological Society (MAPS).  She has extensive experience working within both primary and tertiary mental health settings.

Alana enjoys helping people move through challenging times, building a strong, collaborative relationship as she supports people to develop strategies to feel more confident in their ability to cope.  She works from a person-centred approach with warmth, kindness and compassion.  Throughout her practice, she tries to create a safe space in which people feel heard and understood, and experience unconditional acceptance, authenticity, integrity and hope.

Alana is experienced in helping clients with issues such as stress, adjustment, Anxiety, Depression, anger, emotional management difficulties, grief and loss, perfectionism, eating and body image related concerns, life transitions, trauma, complex trauma, existential, sleep and relationship difficulties.

Complementing her clinical work, Alana has authored various researcher papers focusing on perinatal mental health.  Please see below.

Therapeutic Approaches

Alana is experienced working with children, young people and adults.  While understanding that every individual is unique, she draws on a range of therapeutic approaches including

Publications

  • Rogers, A., Obst, S., Teague, S., Rossen, L., Spry, E., Macdonald, J., Sunderland, M., Olsson, C., Youssef, G., Hutchinson, D. (2020). Association between maternal Perinatal Depression and Anxiety and Child and Adolescent Development: A Meta-analysis. JAMA Pediatrics, 174(11), 1082–1092. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.2910

  • Rogers, A., Youssef, G., Teague, S., Sunderland M., Macdonald, J., Allsop, S., Elliot, E., Mattick, R., Olsson, C., & Hutchinson, D. (in press). Association of Maternal and Paternal Perinatal Depression and Anxiety with Infant Development: A longitudinal study. Journal of Affective Disorders.

  • Rogers, A., & McKinlay, A. (2019). The long-term effects of childhood traumatic brain injury on adulthood relationship quality. Brain Injury, 35(33), 649-656.

  • Lowrie, N., Le Bas, G., Youssef, G., Macdonald, J., Teague, S., Rogers, A., Sunderland, M., Mattick, R., Elliot, E., Allsop, S., Burns, L., Najman, J., Jacobs, S., Olsson, C., Hutchinson, D. (2022). Association of adolescent and young adult depression and anxiety with perinatal mental health in fathers: Findings from an Australian Longitudinal Study. Journal of Psychiatric Research.

  • Macdonald, J.A., Mansour, K.A, Wynter, K., Francis, L., Rogers, A., Angeles, M.R., Pennell, M., Biden, E., Harrison, T., & Smith, I. (2020). Men’s and Boys’ Barriers to Health System Access. Literature Review Methods and Data Extraction. Prepared for the Australian Government Department of Health, Canberra. https://osf.io/ywxuf/

Publications being processed:

  • Association of maternal and paternal perinatal depression and anxiety with infant development: A longitudinal study

  • Men’s and boy’s barriers to health system access

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Psychology (Clinical Psychology), Deakin University

  • Honours in Psychology, The University of Melbourne

  • Bachelor of Arts, Major in Psychology, The University of Melbourne

Professional Memberships