Psychological Counselling
Helping you to better manage the stress of modern day life. Collaboratively we develop a plan to help you get the best you can from your life.
Working with adults over 25 years.
Supporting clients who are experiencing depression or low mood, anxiety and who are working through adjustment issues to significant life changes such as parenting challenges, relationship breakdowns and work changes.
I also have a special interest in the following areas:
- Trauma therapy, whether that be a single incident or trauma from negative childhood experiences that haven’t been fully processed and have an impact on your current quality of life
- Fertility Counselling
- Telehealth Psychologist for health workers in rural and remote areas
Trauma
Therapy
I am interested in helping people to process their trauma and understand how unprocessed trauma can hold them back in life.
Trauma can result in depression, anxiety and self-soothing coping strategies such as alcohol use.
Trauma is often thought of as being a single incident event, such as a sexual assault or a car accident.
However trauma can also result from difficult childhood experiences, sometimes it can be as simple as a mismatch in how we were parented and what we needed as a child to feel secure, loved and understood.
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) is used extensively in my work.
I find EMDR to be an extremely effective therapy for working through past trauma and other presenting issues including depression.
This can be conducted in person or via telehealth.
There is often shame related to trauma and I work to provide a safe and non-judgemental environment where people can feel able to discuss issues they may have kept private for a long time.
Fertility
Counselling
There might be many reasons why you would like a Clinical Psychologist to support you through fertility decisions and difficulties.
- You may have finally decided you’re ready to have children and find you are having difficulties conceiving
- You may be undertaking IVF or assisted reproductive technology (ART) and finding it to be stressful and would like some support to help you through this difficult journey
- You may be contemplating having a child as a solo Mum or Dad, using donor gametes but you’d like to talk to someone about this decision.
- You may be a same sex couple using assisted reproductive technology.
This can be a very stressful time for people and I always feel privileged to support clients through a time when they can feel very vulnerable.
Telehealth
Psychologist
Working in rural and remote areas can be challenging, sometimes it can be helpful to talk to someone about these difficulties.
When you are a health-professional, it can be particularly difficult to find someone locally who you feel you can seek help from.
I have lived in remote areas in Australia and also worked in remote areas overseas. I understand the joy of working in these areas as well as the difficulties that come with isolation.
If you’re looking for a safe and secure telehealth option, it would be my pleasure to work with you.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, isolated, depressed, anxious, have experienced some trauma or just need some support to get you back on track, then please feel free to reach out.
While I understand that health workers can particularly benefit from a remote and confidential service,
I’m also happy to work with other people who could benefit from a telehealth option.
Telehealth can be suitable for many reasons and provides a convenient confidential service for looking after your mental health.
COURT REPORTS
We do not provide court reports.
We are here to support people with their mental health issues, not their court issues.
There are other psychologists who specialise in medico-legal reports.