About Us
Hi! We're Chelsea and Andrew - a clinical psychologist/researcher and a software engineer. We're also the husband and wife team behind Bertie.
Having spent more than 10 years working with people experiencing challenges including binge eating, Chelsea was well aware of the benefits and limitations of traditional psychological services. She knew the potential therapy had to improve people's lives, but was also aware that seeing a psychologist simply wan't accessible for so many people.
With Chelsea's clinical expertise and Andrew's background in software engineering, we realised we were uniquely equipped to create a solution to this problem. So we created Bertie: an app designed to support people with binge eating - one of the most common eating-related challenges globally. Our goal is to enable access to evidence-based treatment to support as many people as possible recovery from binge eating.
Meet The Team
Dr. Chelsea Arnold (PhD)
Co-Founder & Clinical Psychologist
Chelsea is a clinical psychologist with over 10 years experience supporting people with challenges including binge eating. After completing her PhD in digital mental health she has continued to work across multiple universities and has designed and implemented multiple digital mental health interventions including mobile apps. Her current research is investigating factors associated with binge eating across the lifespan.
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Andrew Finlayson
Co-Founder & App Developer
Andrew is a full stack software engineer with a masters in Information Technology. He has taught students at the tertiary level in Data Communications and Programming. He has years of industry experience, working within fortune 500 companies and startups.