Services

Counselling - individuals, couples, corporate (EAP)

  Special Areas: drug and alcohol dependence and abuse (bingeing), couples and relationships, men's issues, gambling, depression, anxiety, panic, post-traumatic stress, sexual abuse, grief and loss, work issues, bullying and decision making. A full list appears below*

  Methods: I combine cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), solution focus and motivational interviewing in helping you establish the changes you want to make in your life. I provide psycho-educational material about the issues you are dealing with and skills and strategies to help you overcome obstacles preventing you from achieving your goals. I am largely future focused and solution oriented but will work on past experiences and perceptions which continue to affect you.

Supervision - I am a registered supervisor with the Australian Counselling Association (MACA, Clinical)  

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* Full list of counselling areas (alphabetical):

• Addictions, dependence, abuse - alcohol, substances, prescription drugs
• Ageing related adjustment issues
• Anger
• Anxiety & Panic - understanding and breaking the cycle of thought and physiological discomfort
• Assertiveness - instead of aggression
• Carer Support - counselling / debriefing and strategies for people caring for partners, family, friends
• Change - managing and adapting to changes in work, family, relationships
• Decision making
• Depression - changing habits of thought, behaviour and feeling which accompany depression
• Domestic Violence - physical, emotional, psychological, financial, sexual, controlling.
• Emotional issues
• Gambling - an addiction with its own problems.
• Guilt
• Grief & Loss - partners, roles, relationships, anticipatory grief.
• Life transitions
• Men's issues - aggression, relationships with women, role confusion, alcohol, drugs, & workaholics
• Motivation - getting started and keeping momentum
• Personal issues - whether it's 'big' or 'small', if it's a problem for you, call, obligation free
• P.T.S.D. ( Post-traumatic stress ) - managing and reducing symptoms that interfere with daily life
• Relationships - couples, same sex
• Sexual and physical abuse
• Sexuality
• Trauma
• Workplace issues - bullying, boundaries, work satisfaction/ frustration