Mrs Alexina Baldini Psychologist

Alexina has over 35 years’ experience in working with children, adolescents, and families in forensic contexts, including family court. Her work in this area was recognised in 2015 with her award of Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society (APS). She is currently the National Convenor of the Child, Adolescent and Family Psychologists Interest Group of the APS, and has previously served as the Victorian Convenor of the group. In addition to the recognition of her peers with the Fellowship, Alexina has experience in child protection, consulting through the Behaviour Intervention Support Team (BIST) as manager in the Southern Metropolitan Region of the Department of Health and Human Services in Melbourne after working in the Northern Metropolitan Region as a psychologist. Prior to this government work, she had youth work experience in both the voluntary and correctional settings, and she still consults as expert witness in youth rehabilitation and youth justice settings. Alexina specialises in forensic assessments of children, adolescents, and their family members in relation to mental health conditions, behavioural considerations, and family dynamics. She has operated her own private practices since 1993 and regularly supervises other psychologists working in the forensic and child and adolescent arena. Her practice, Enable Workplace Consulting, contracts clinical psychologists, psychologists and clinical social workers and other professionals with expertise in child welfare, physical and sexual abuse, and family reunification. In addition, they provide comprehensive assessment and counselling services for individuals, groups and families involved in forensic setting.