services

In-clinic

At my clinic in the GoodHub, a holistic health hub, I provide face-to-face counselling sessions. 

telehealth

Through Telehealth, I provide psychological counselling and support via various online platforms (e.g., video conferencing, phone, email, or online chat).

clients

Individual Therapy

I specialise in providing schema therapy and EMDR therapy services. Extensive research suggests that these specialities can be integrated and effective for a range of both traumatic and mental health issues.

Further to these certifications, other specialist training in schema therapy includes drug, alcohol and sexual addictions, eating disorders, complex trauma and dissociation, autism/ADHD, sexual offending, personality disorders, and dialectical behaviour therapy integration into schema therapy.

 

Couples/Family Therapy

My counselling services for couples and/or families cover a range of areas including intimacy, co-parenting, pre-marriage counselling, conflict coaching, step-family dynamics, separation and divorce, domestic violence, parenting plan support, mediation, and grief and loss.

For couples, I provide schema therapy with emotion-focused therapy, in which trauma responses create schema activation and mode clashing. 

I am trained in Gottman couples therapy. I am also a certified family dispute resolution practitioner and can assist with education around family matters, including parenting plans.

 

Child Therapy

I work with children and adolescents. I utilise schema therapy interventions as an early intervention approach, which is particularly best in working with trauma responses.

I adopt a brainbody parenting approach and work closely with parents to identify interventions that are suitable for addressing and improving a range of issues for children. I believe strongly in incorporating co-regulation parenting principles and emotion-coaching, including parents into the treatment process as required.

Areas of work

  • Eating disorders
  • Complex trauma
  • Single-incident trauma
  • Attachment issues
  • Assertiveness
  • Sexual addiction
  • Sexual-offending behaviours
  • Forensic matters
  • Pornography addiction
  • Substance issues/addiction
  • Communication issues
  • Body image
  • Sexual assault/rape
  • Conflict resolution
  • Domestic violence
  • LGBTQI issues
  • Grief and loss
  • Panic attacks
  • Perfectionism
  • Parenting support
  • Procrastination
  • Stress
  • Social skills
  • Work life/balance
  • Self-harm
  • Child sexual abuse
  • School refusal
  • Relationship issues
  • Separation and divorce

Diagnoses can include: bipolar disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression, obsessive behaviour therapy, post-natal depression, social anxiety.

therapies

My therapies include Schema Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, AutPlay Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy.

Take a look below for more information about Schema Therapy, EMDR Therapy and AutPlay Therapy.

 

Schema Therapy

As an advanced certified schema therapist, I focus on healing the origins of your schemas to reduce unhelpful ways of coping and help you find improved potential. Schema therapy is useful for issues such as eating disorders, personality disorders, childhood traumas, addictions, unwanted sexual behaviours, relationship concerns, conflicted couples, workplace performance, and children with fears and low self-esteem.

EMDR Therapy

I specialise in eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy used to treat trauma, anxiety, depression, and other mental health conditions that are linked to traumatic or adverse life events.

AutPlay Therapy

I am trained in child-centred play therapy and certified as an AutPlay therapist. The accredited AutPlay program has been developed for autistic children and adolescents, and is suitable for developing functional capacity skills in connection, social navigation, and emotion regulation. The program is neuro-divergent friendly, resisting practices promoting ableism.

Get in touch

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