Consider Psychology when, for example, you are experiencing difficulties with the following:
  • trauma and other negatively impacting  experiences
  • sexual assault or abuse
  • grief and loss
  • significant life events
  • significant life changes 
  • chronic illness or pain
  • anxiety/depression
  • self esteem or self worth issues
  • relationship issues
  • divorce or relationship break up
  • stuck by past experiences
  • relationship, work place, family, or general life stress
  • life transitions (e.g., marriage, retirement, study or career change)
  • sabotaging or repeated patterns
  • burnout /loss of life meaning

I work with you, not "on" you. 

I believe you enter therapeutic space with knowledge and skills already but you may need some support with working out what is still helpful, what are old tools that no longer serve you or what is not useful to what you are experiencing now. We work on sorting this out and then building new ways of being and creating change in you and your life. To do this I use a range of different strategies to tailor make a therapeutic pathway. These include: 

  • Narrative Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy including mindfulness practice
  • Interpersonal Therapy 
  • Solution Focussed Therapy
  • Crisis Intervention and Trauma Therapy
  • Guided Imagery
  • Creative based interventions for those who are less "head" thinkers

Medicare, Private Health Fund or Private access

Psychological support can be accessed via three pathways: 
  •  a Mental Health Plan under the  "Better Access to Mental Health Care" initiative  gives you access  to a Medicare rebate for up to 10 sessions in a calendar year. You will need to see your GP for assessment of eligibility and referral.
  • through your Private Health Fund. I am registered with most private health funds and use the "Hicaps" facility for fast return of your rebate on the day of consultation.  
  • privately. Privately paid sessions do not have to be done face to face as Medicare based sessions do, meaning that Skype or phone sessions can be conducted as well as face to face.