Meet
Lynette Armstrong
MPsych (Health), GradDip (Counselling Psychology), BBehSc (Psychology)
Lynette Armstrong is a warm, person-centred psychologist with over ten years’ experience and a special interest in eating, weight and body-image concerns. She creates a supportive, non-judgemental and collaborative space to help clients make meaningful, lasting change.
About Lynette Armstrong
Lynette Armstrong is a psychologist at MedSurg Weight Loss with over ten years’ experience. She has a special interest in eating, weight and body-image concerns, including emotional eating.
Lynette also has extensive experience supporting people with trauma and PTSD, including the impact trauma can have on eating, weight and body image. She also supports people with depression, anxiety, low self-worth and relationship difficulties.
She draws on a range of evidence-based approaches, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Schema Therapy, Motivational Interviewing and Emotion-Focused Therapy. She tailors her approach to each client’s needs and goals.
Areas of Expertise
Lynette provides tailored psychological support to help clients understand and change their relationship with food, weight and body image. Some of the areas she works with clients on include:
- Emotional eating and the link between emotions and eating habits
- Eating, weight and body-image concerns
- Trauma and PTSD, including its impact on eating, weight and body image
- Depression and anxiety
- Low self-worth
- Relationship difficulties
You do not need to be seeing one of our doctors to access psychology services — anyone is welcome to book in directly. Lynette’s approach is collaborative, compassionate, and tailored to your individual goals.
Lynette's Approach
Lynette works in a warm, person-centred way, creating a supportive, non-judgemental and collaborative space for change. She works in close partnership with the rest of the MedSurg team, including our doctors, dietitians and exercise physiologist, to provide fully integrated, multidisciplinary care when appropriate.
If food, weight or body image have been weighing on you, talking it through with someone who understands can make a real difference.
Book with Lynette
Available in-person at our Brisbane clinic and via Telehealth. No referral needed.
Or call us: (07) 3373 0265
At a Glance
Role
Registered Psychologist
Special Interests
Emotional eating, body image, trauma & PTSD, anxiety & depression
Qualifications
Master of Psychology (Health), Grad Dip Counselling Psychology, BBehSc (Psychology)
Referral
No referral required
Ready to book with Lynette?
No referral needed. Appointments available at our Brisbane clinic and via Telehealth.