- Nancy McWilliams
Kane Solly
Psychologist, Psychodynamic Psychotherapist
Kane Solly Psychology
Spring Hill, Brisbane QLD 4000
In Person + Telehealth
Philosophy & Vision
My approach to therapy is grounded in individual psychodynamic and relational thinking, along with group psychotherapy and analysis. Rather than focusing only on reducing symptoms, I work with people to understand the deeper emotional and relational patterns shaping their lives. Often the ways we learned to cope earlier in life — within our families, cultures, and social worlds — once made sense, but may now feel limiting, confusing, or painful. Therapy becomes a space to explore these patterns, make sense of emotional reactions, and develop a clearer understanding of yourself and your relationships.
I commonly work with people experiencing longstanding difficulties with self-esteem, identity, shame, and interpersonal relationships. Many of my clients are hoping to understand themselves better rather than just receiving quick fix, including those who have previously had unhelpful or disappointing experiences with therapy.
Background
Before starting private practice, I worked across youth work, research, and community mental health services supporting people from all walks of life. I have always, and continue to work closely with multicultural, migrant, refugee, and asylum seeker backgrounds, and those who experience difficulties with gender and sexuality expressions. Much of this work involved supporting individuals and families navigating trauma, displacement, resettlement stress, and complex social circumstances. Alongside my private practice, I continue to work within community mental health where I contribute to programs addressing suicide prevention, gambling harm, and alcohol and other drug use within multicultural communities.
Services
I provide individual psychotherapy for adults experiencing difficulties such as anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, shame, identity concerns, and relationship struggles. My work is informed by psychodynamic and relational approaches, with a focus on understanding the deeper emotional and interpersonal patterns that shape distress.
I also offer psychotherapy groups, which provide a unique space to explore how we relate to others in real time. Group therapy can help people better understand their interpersonal patterns, receive feedback from others, and develop new ways of connecting in relationships.
Quality Provision
I place strong importance on offering a reliable, attuned, and psychologically minded therapeutic relationship. I aim to meet people in a way that helps them feel understood in the complexity of their experience, while also making space to think carefully about the patterns, vulnerabilities, and emotional needs that may sit underneath distress. I think that therapy is a process, whereby we explore together difficult processes, including our relationship in real time.
Areas of Interest
Accreditations
- Bachelor of Psychological Science - 2018 - University of Queensland
- Master of Clinical Psychology - 2023 - Queensland University of Technology
Modalities
ACT - Attachment Theory - Compassion-Focused Therapy - Conversational Model - Dream Work - Existential - Experiential - Integrative - Interpersonal - Person Centred - Process Oriented - Psychoanalytic - Psychodynamic - Self Psychology - Short-term Psychodynamic - Systems Theory - Trauma-Informed
Therapy Approach
My approach to therapy is primarily psychodynamic and relational. Rather than focusing only on reducing symptoms, I work with people to understand the deeper emotional and relational patterns that shape their lives. Often the ways we learned to cope earlier in life made sense in the context in which they developed, but may no longer fit our current lives or relationships. Therapy offers a space to think carefully about these patterns, explore difficult feelings, and develop a clearer understanding of yourself and how you relate to others. Paying attention to what emerges in the therapeutic relationship can also help illuminate these patterns in real time, opening possibilities for new ways of understanding and responding to yourself.
Professional Associations
- Australian Clinical Psychology Association
Practice Locations
Suite 29, Ballow Chambers
121 Wickham Terrace
Spring Hill QLD 4000
Fees & Insurance
Fees for therapy are available on my website. A Medicare rebate may be available with a valid Mental Health Treatment Plan from your GP. Please contact me or visit my website for current fees, rebate information, and payment details.
Payment Options
Payment is made on a fortnightly or monthly basis via invoice. A receipt will be provided upon payment that can be claimed through your provider or Medicare, if applicable.
Contact Kane
Please contact me to make an appointment
A conversation with Kane Solly
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I was drawn to psychotherapy through an interest in how people make sense of their lives, relationships, and emotional worlds. Over time this developed into a commitment to work that takes people’s experiences seriously and tries to understand distress in the context of their histories, relationships, and broader social worlds. Psychotherapy offered a way of doing work that is both intellectually engaging and deeply human.
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My work is grounded primarily in psychodynamic and relational traditions, which focus on understanding the unconscious patterns, emotional meanings, and relational experiences that shape our lives. I am particularly interested in how early relationships, internalised expectations of others, and patterns of self-experience influence the ways people relate to themselves and others over time.
Alongside this, my thinking has been influenced by discourse-oriented and critical traditions that examine how psychological suffering is shaped by language, culture, power, and social structures. These perspectives encourage attention to the broader contexts in which distress emerges, including the ways identities, norms, and institutions shape how people come to understand themselves. Together, these influences support a therapeutic approach that takes both inner experience and the wider social world seriously. -
I am particularly interested in how people come to understand themselves over time, especially in relation to identity, self-esteem, shame, and belonging. Many of the people I work with are trying to make sense of longstanding patterns in relationships, or feelings about themselves that are difficult to shift despite insight or effort.
More broadly, I am interested in how emotional life is shaped through our relationships, histories, and the social worlds we inhabit. This includes the ways culture, migration, trauma, and experiences of marginalisation can shape how people see themselves and others, as well as the possibility that therapy can offer a space to reflect on and reorganise these experiences in a more meaningful way. -
My work is primarily informed by psychodynamic and relational approaches, which involve exploring patterns in thoughts, feelings, relationships, and the meanings people make of their experiences. This often includes paying attention to themes that emerge over time, the emotional dynamics within relationships, and what arises in the therapeutic relationship itself.
At the same time, I try to be the therapist that the client needs at a given moment. Sometimes this means offering space for open reflection or free association, while at other times it may involve more active questioning, practical strategies, or helping someone develop skills to manage immediate difficulties. The approach tends to evolve over time depending on the person, the stage of therapy, and what seems most helpful in the moment. -
Progress in therapy can look different for every person. Some people experience an immediate sense of relief simply from having a space where their experiences can be spoken about and taken seriously. At the same time, deeper therapeutic work often moves in a less linear way. Feelings, insights, and difficulties may move up and down over time as different aspects of a person’s life and relationships come into focus.
It is also common for therapy to begin to resemble other relationships in certain ways, with familiar feelings, expectations, or tensions emerging. Rather than avoiding this, therapy offers a space to notice and make sense of these patterns as they happen. Over time, this process can support a deeper understanding of oneself and new ways of relating to others. -
One of the most significant challenges we face today is the growing difficulty many societies have in sustaining thoughtful dialogue across difference. Public conversations can quickly become polarised, simplified, or organised around certainty rather than curiosity. When this happens, it becomes harder for people and communities to remain accountable to one another, to reflect on their own positions, and to hold complex or uncomfortable truths.
In many ways, psychotherapy is a small counterpoint to this. It is a space where ambiguity can be tolerated, where experiences can be thought about carefully, and where people can develop a more coherent understanding of themselves and their relationships with others. I think these capacities—dialogue, reflection, and accountability—are increasingly important not just in therapy, but in the wider world. -
I have found the book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert M. Pirsig, a considerable book that shaped my early thinking.