She has 17 years clinical experience, working in Victorian public mental health services. She has 12 years experience in private practice, and 8 years experience in this context in the Allied Health project (ATAPS) working with community General practitioners in Better Outcomes, implementing Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Hanife’s Postgraduate degree was in Child/Adolescent psychology at Melbourne University. Her Doctorate (Clinical Psychology) degree thesis was on Borderline personality disorder. Hanife has a public health post with the Austin Hospital as Senior Clinical psychologist providing supervision for psychologists.