A space we wished existed
Wallerson is a seven-room multidisciplinary suite in Richmond, built around one idea: you can run your own practice and still not be on your own. A calm, beautiful space where allied health practitioners work alongside each other; each their own boss, none of them isolated.
Hallway chats, lunch-and-learns, a coffee and a debrief after a hard day
= the bits that make solo practice feel less solo.
We sat on every couch. We debated about lighting. We spent more on soundproofing than anyone sensible would, because what's said in a room should stay in that room.
HOW THIS CAME TO BE
Wallerson started as one founder's dream.
Kate always had this idea as a 'if I win lotto' all the way back in high school, and it's a genuine pinch-me moment to have created it.
Ellen thankfully came along to keep the operations running, and manage all the hidden ins and outs that make the space function.
Kate Wallace-Boyd
Co-Founding Director
Clinical & Health Psychologist at MBH Psychology
Kate is the psychologist behind MBH Psychology, and the person who fussed about the couches and colours to create the right feel.
Ellen Paterson
Co-Founding Director
Operations Manager
Ellen is the person keeping the place running seamlessly with all the hidden tasks like health and safety and operations.
What do you see?
We treated the logo like a Year 12 English essay reading into themes: every choice means something.
The inkblot nods to the Rorschach test, because one of us is a psychologist after all.
One side is the client, one side is the clinician, and the space between is where the collaboration happens.
The same is true of the practitioners who work here: one side is you, one side is the business, and what sits between is the collaboration.
We try to treat our clinicians the way we ask them to treat their clients.
That's what we see in the logo. What do you see?