Find peace within and with others

”Peacemaker Psychology is a culmination of more than 20 years of professional and personal growth. I have learned, sometimes the hard way, no matter who you are, relationship is fundamental to your being. Your relationship with yourself, and your relationships with others, can at their worst, bring you to your knees; and at their best, raise you to heights you never dreamed of. I want to help people find peace within and with others.”  Belinda Stocks

Belinda Stocks is the founding Director of Peacemaker Psychology and Principal Psychologist. In her early career as a secondary teacher she held leadership positions in rural public education. Education has remained a passion throughout Belinda’s career, and she has held teaching and research positions at three Australian universities across schools of Psychology, Education, Business, Criminology and Criminal Justice, and Nursing Sciences. Belinda wrote and delivered the first Offender Profiling course offered by Griffith University and was a member of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security. She remains a registered teacher and has successfully blended psychology and education to excel in organisational learning and development in both the public and private sectors. She has held senior consultancy roles in the Queensland government in areas of employee wellbeing and leadership development. Belinda is committed to improving the psychological health and safety of organisations through evidence-based practice. While at Department of Community Services, Child Safety, and Disability Services, Belinda designed and implemented an organisation wide project to improve delivery of employee wellbeing services across the state. She continues to promote safe workplaces through employee assistance counselling and mediation services. Since provisional registration as a psychologist in 2004, Belinda has held clinical roles in community mental health, corrections, disability services, and education. She has worked with clients across the lifespan and is a full member of the Australian Psychological Society. Belinda is excited to be offering therapy services at a time when advances in psychological research offer more hope and healing than ever before, both in the types of therapy used, and how it is delivered. In 2019, Belinda earned accreditation as a mediator through the National Mediator Accreditation Scheme (NMAS). Belinda is also a proud mum to a teenage boy and enjoys the natural wonder that is Bribie Island, Queensland.