Registered Psychologist and Chair, Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association

Vanessa Edwige is a Ngarabal woman from Emmaville, NSW. Vanessa is a registered psychologist and the Chair of the Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association.

Vanessa has worked in Redfern, NSW as a psychologist providing culturally responsive psychological support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people, families and community. Vanessa currently works privately conducting assessments and preparing psychological reports for people involved in the judicial system and medicolegal reports for civil matters. Vanessa has been writing these reports for over 20 years.

Vanessa is a member of the independent advisory panel for the Bugmy Bar Book and is co-author of the Significance of Culture to Wellbeing, Healing and Rehabilitation Report which was commissioned for the Bugmy Bar Book Project. Vanessa also sits on the First Nations Advisory Group for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions NSW.