About Christine

Christine Harris

Clinical Psychologist

I am a Clinical Psychologist and I have a special interest in the areas of trauma therapy, fertility counselling and telehealth for health workers in rural and remote areas.

I am also happy to provide telehealth for others who prefer the convenience and confidentiality of a telehealth psychologist.

I work with adults over 25 years old and as well as the above special interest areas I enjoy working with adults experiencing anxiety, depression, parenting challenges and adjustment issues.

I believe that helping clients improve their mental health involves understanding what clients want to achieve in their lives and what is holding them back from achieving these goals.

Sometimes clients are unclear as to their direction and thus a component of the work may be on establishing values and goals, in order to live a more fulfilling life.

Modern life can be stressful and often clients need help in working out ways to reduce stress in their lives. Personally, I have found mindfulness to be beneficial in my own life and practice and thus this is an element I bring to my work when it suits the client. I like to establish a collaborative and warm approach in my work with clients.

My practice is informed by various modalities including Mindfulness, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Schema Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). I have found EMDR to be an extremely effective treatment for many of my clients.

I have a blog which explains EMDR here.

I have a background in social and environmental science, and I believe that our mental health is inextricably linked with our social and physical environment. However, we sometimes have the power to change our environment, as well as the way we react to and manage challenges in life.

I’d love to chat with you and see how I can help.