A difficult workplace situation can unsettle your confidence, relationships and sense of who you are. Virginia offers space to work through the personal impact while thinking clearly about the situation you need to navigate.
Virginia HenningsenSenior Psychologist
Complex workplace and employment matters
Support for the situation you are in.
Virginia works with individuals facing sensitive, demanding or uncertain situations at work. Her support brings psychological care together with an understanding of how organisations operate, so the emotional impact and practical realities can be considered together.
Situations she supports
Stand-downs and workplace investigations
Workplace conflict and bullying
Significant organisational change
Prolonged career and employment uncertainty
Return to work and career transitions
What the work can focus on
Managing distress and day-to-day functioning
Maintaining perspective under pressure
Making space for considered judgement
Navigating difficult workplace relationships
Preparing for the next stage
A way through
Support for now. Perspective for what comes next.
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Find steadiness
Attend to distress and the impact on the employee’s everyday life.
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Make sense
Explore the personal impact alongside the workplace context.
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Consider options
Reflect on relationships, pressures, and the responses available.
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Navigate ahead
Work towards a return or an ongoing process or transition.
Psychological care. Workplace understanding.
Virginia is a Senior Psychologist with 25 years of experience spanning clinical psychology, organisational psychology, executive coaching and senior corporate environments.
She understands that workplace problems can be deeply personal, and that supporting someone well requires an understanding of both the individual and the organisational context. Her experience spans adult psychotherapy, organisational psychology, and supporting employees at all levels through challenging workplace situations. This breadth of experience informs her work with people navigating complex employment matters.
QualificationsBachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology) Honours Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology (Behavioural Studies in Healthcare) Honours
Both gained from La Trobe University, Melbourne.
Professional standingAHPRA registered Member, Australian Psychological Society
You still have a life to live while work is unresolved.
You may be waiting for an outcome, managing difficult working relationships or wondering whether to stay or move on.
Virginia offers psychological support that takes these realities seriously, with room to reflect, manage distress and consider your next steps. Her work supports employees at different levels, from individual contributors through to managers, other professionals, and executives.
The work is both psychological and practical. Priorities are shaped around what you are facing, how it is affecting you and the support you need.
Psychological support
Make room for what this is doing to you.
Explore distress, uncertainty and loss of confidence, with attention to everyday functioning.
Organisational perspective
Understand the context around the person.
Consider working relationships, organisational pressures and the dynamics of an ongoing process alongside your own experience.
Judgement under pressure
Create space to consider your response.
Work on maintaining perspective and sound judgement when emotions are strong and decisions feel consequential.
What comes next
Support through uncertainty and transition.
The focus may be returning to work, rebuilding relationships, navigating an ongoing process or preparing for a transition.
Start with the support you need.
For complex workplace and employment matters, begin with a general enquiry about suitability.
Workplace and employment support
Discuss your situation with Virginia.
Call or email Virginia, or enquire via LinkedIn. She can help you arrange the appropriate consulting pathway, including seeing her at Henningsen Psychology. Keep your initial enquiry general and ask how to arrange a confidential conversation.
Please keep initial enquiries general. Ask how to share health information or workplace documents securely before sending them.
A clearer first step.
Who is workplace support for?
Individuals facing complex or sensitive workplace situations, including stand-downs, investigations, conflict, bullying, significant organisational change or career uncertainty. Virginia’s experience spans employees at different levels, including senior roles.
Does the workplace issue need to be resolved first?
No. Support can focus on managing distress, maintaining perspective and day-to-day functioning while a process is ongoing, and considering what comes next.
Is this legal advice or workplace investigation?
The service described here is psychological support for the individual. It does not replace independent employment or legal advice, or determine the outcome of an organisational process.
Can I still see Virginia for adult therapy?
Yes. Virginia also works with adults in clinical settings. Please contact her to discuss the appropriate pathway to either MVS or NeuroCare, or her private practice.
What should I include in an initial enquiry?
Keep it brief and general: the type of support you are seeking and a request to discuss suitability. Ask how to share sensitive information securely before sending health details or workplace documents.
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