PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELLING

My Treatment Approach

I approach each new client as an individual, acknowledging and honouring their unique journey.

This allows me to support a wide range of people with diverse needs and backgrounds from children and teens through to parents and older adults. 

Over my 13 years of practice, I have developed a professional interest in the treatment of depression and anxiety as well as post traumatic stress disorder and relational concerns.

My treatment approaches as a psychotherapist and accredited mental health social worker include:

  • EMDR - Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing

  • Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

  • General counselling, and

  • Other evidence-based focused psychological strategies

And I am able to support people experiencing a range of challenges, which might include:

  • Symptoms and difficulties associated with exposure to trauma, including the treatment of PTSD related symptoms

  • Child and adolescent mental health with a particular interest in parenting, family relational and attachment concerns

  • Emotional difficulties experienced during pregnancy and parenting including difficulties associated with postnatal depression

  • Victims of crime and people who have experienced violence and trauma including military and emergency service personnel

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What is an accredited mental health social worker?

The AASW describes accredited mental health social workers as mental health professionals who work with people throughout their lifespan, including children, adults and older adults, and provide a unique contribution to the mental health space in their holistic approach to working with the person.  

“Social workers are uniquely placed to understand the interplay between an individual's wellbeing and mental health as well as social factors such as inclusion, social justice, inequality and power dynamics. Social workers may be found working within various settings, but when working in a mental health setting, social workers are able to bring a depth to the clinical setting through their understanding of these complex interplays between individuals and their social contexts.”

What is a psychotherapist?

PACFA  defines psychotherapy as “what is known and what may not be known in personal functioning,” usually referred to as conscious and unconscious factors. Through a holistic perspective it encompasses the mental, emotional, behavioral, relational, existential and spiritual health of a human being’.

“Psychotherapists will typically utilise the therapeutic relationship itself to shed light on these unconscious patterns, bringing awareness to how earlier relational patterns may have contributed to present experiences of emotions, or relationship dynamics between ourselves and others. Within psychotherapy, the therapist and the client work together to understand how the client tends to experience emotional distress or anxiety. Through this process and engagement, Psychotherapy can increase self awareness, understanding and insight into difficult feelings and relational functioning.”

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