Josh Battin
Registered Psychologist and Board-Approved Supervisor
BPsychol, GradDipPsych, MProf Psych
Josh is a Registered Psychologist who works with children, teens, and adults. He creates a supportive and collaborative space where families feel understood and supported.
Josh has a special interest in helping young people and their families manage challenges with problem gaming. His approach goes beyond reducing screen time, he helps clients build insight, strengthen values, and develop healthier ways of coping with stress and emotions. Using evidence-based therapies, he also supports a range of concerns including anxiety, depression, and non-substance related disorders.
Josh is a Medicare provider (6065722L) and is registered with AHPRA (PSY0002174386).
Motivational Change
Josh knows that strict rules and quick fixes rarely work, and often just create more conflict at home. That is why Skill Tree Psychology’s approach combines evidence based principles from self determination theory with practical parent strategies.
Josh focus on three key areas:
Choice – supporting children and teens to feel some sense of control, while guiding parents on how to offer structure that does not feel like punishment.
Skills – building everyday abilities like managing routines, responsibilities, and emotions, and when children are not ready to engage directly, parents are supported to coach and model these skills.
Connection – strengthening family relationships so home life feels calmer and more cooperative, even when gaming remains a challenge.
With this approach, gaming becomes just one part of life, rather than the centre of it, and parents feel equipped to make progress even when their child finds it hard to take part in treatment.
Who Does Josh Work With?
Children
Josh helps families create clear and predictable routines that reduce arguments, he encourages cooperation instead of punishments, and he works directly with parents when younger children are not ready to take part themselves.
Teens
Josh works with teenagers to develop gaming plans that balance freedom and structure, he supports them in building healthier habits around time, school, and responsibilities, and he helps parents and teens get on the same page so gaming causes less conflict.
Adults
Josh supports adults to find balance when gaming begins to affect work, study, or relationships, he teaches practical ways to manage urges and triggers, and he helps reconnect gaming with personal goals and wellbeing.
