You don’t have to keep managing.

Let’s find a way forward.

Sydney based Clinical psychology — for people who are ready to do the deeper work.

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Most people arrive here having already tried a lot of things. That matters — and it’s exactly where we start.

I’m Dr Maria-Elena Lukeides — a Sydney-based clinical psychologist with 28 years of experience working with anxiety, trauma, depression, and the deeper patterns that keep showing up no matter what you do.

Dr Lukeides, Clinical Psychologist, Sydney in Persona nd onlne for interstate and international patients.

Individual Therapy

Individual therapy sessions in Sydney focused on evidence-based healing for anxiety, trauma, and depression.

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Psilocybin and MDMA Treatment is offered by Dr Lukeides. One of the first psychologists to do this work in Australia.

Psychedelic & MDMA Assisted Therapy

Among the first psychologists in Australia to deliver these treatments to the general public.

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Dr Lukeides has been providing supervision and training for over a decade.

Clinical Supervision

Clinical supervision for psychologists and mental health professionals looking to integrate mindfulness and somatic frameworks into established evidence-based treatments.

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“If I had to name the single thing that causes the most suffering — it’s this: trying to control what we can’t, and not working on what we can.”

- Dr Maria-Elena Lukeides

Where the deeper shift happens

Dr Lukeides leading Pilates on Retreat in Byron Bay

Retreats

A chance to step fully out of your life and into something that restores you at a level daily life rarely reaches. From reset and recharge experiences for those running on empty, to specialised themed retreats — including perimenopause and other life transitions — each retreat is intimate, fully residential, and deliberately kept small. Held in carefully chosen luxury settings where time slows, natural beauty envelops you, and the surroundings themselves become part of the healing.

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Dr Lukeides teaches meditation, breathwork and workshops on breaking through limiting beliefs, fears and harnessing your true potential.

Courses & Workshops

Psychology and mindfulness delivered in a way that actually lands. Each course is built around a framework — not a collection of tips — so that what you learn doesn’t just make sense in the room. It changes how you move through the world after you leave.

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Dr Lukeides has been teaching mindfulness anbd leading drop in meditation sessions in Sydney. Combined with Breathwork and beats it is a truly transformative experience.

Monthly Meditation & Breathwork

Once a month, a small group gathers to practice together. Ancient traditions and contemporary psychology, held in the same room. No prior experience required. Just a willingness to arrive, slow down, and spend ninety minutes honouring the inner you.

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Dr Lukeides is a clinical psychologist, keynote speaker and retreat leader based in sydney.

The science of being human - for organisations that want more than inspiration.

Most workplace wellbeing talks draw from one field. One framework. One lens.

Dr Maria-Elena Lukeides draws from all of them.

Neuroscience, cognitive psychology, mindfulness, stress and performance research, motivation science, ancient wisdom traditions, and the latest in health and wellness — synthesised into something your team can actually use. Not a highlights reel of feel-good ideas. A genuinely integrated understanding of why people do what they do, what gets in the way, and what the evidence says actually works.

Keynotes and leadership retreats on neuroscience, stress resilience, and mindful leadership — tailored to your industry, your people, and the specific challenges they’re navigating right now.

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Recent Podcast Appearances

RUINED BY THE INTERNET

The internet brought connectivity unlike anything we’d ever experienced. But by making so much of our communication instant and effortless, has it actually eroded everything we need to truly connect with each other?
Listen HERE
ALLIED HEALTH PODCAST

Dr Lukeides discusses how she got into her work and her passion to help everyone build unshakeable self worth and compassion.
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DR. DOCTOR PODCAST

Dr Lukeides and Dr Feingold sit down to have a frank, honest, raw and personal discussion around perimenopause and menopause and what its like to be a woman in this new era.
Listen HERE
NPN HUB PODCAST

Dr Lukeides discusses neuroplasticity and the brain in terms of healing, psychological adjustment and touches on consciousness. An exciting discussion.
Listen HERE