Clinical & Mental Health Social Worker
T: 0403 932 913
ACCREDITATION:
Accredited Medicare Mental Health SW Provider
Member of the Advanced Clinical Division of the Australian College of Social Workers (MACSW)
Member of the AASW
EDUCATION:
PhD (UQ)
MSW (BYU-Provo)
BSocSci (RAU)
TREATMENT AGES & GROUPS:
Adults & Older Teens (preferably no children under 15 years).
Male clients tend to stay engaged and continue counselling with me.
Collaborative treatment with GPs/Psychiatrists for patients with mental health care plans.
TREATMENT AREAS:
- Anxiety issues – perfectionism, social anxiety, performance anxiety, school refusal, PTSD and trauma, obsessive and compulsive issues
- Mood disorders including depression, PMS-related mood issues
- Marriage – marriage preparation, marriage enrichment, affairs, conflict, sexual issues
- Young single adult life-skills training – social skills, assertiveness, boundary development, goal setting, emotional regulation, conflict management, identity development
- Grief and loss
- Parenting challenges
- Life-stage and other adjustment issues - transitions Extended family problems and friend/church conflicts
- Addictions - drugs, alcohol, gambling and sexual addictions including pornography
- Sexual identity and attraction – for male or female clients
- Adult ADD
- Executive coaching (work life balance)
- Trauma
- Terminal illness support and adjustment – patient and family
About me
I have completed specialist psychological training and I primarily work with individuals (men and women) and couples (dating, married, separated and where infidelity has occurred). I help my clients to recognise their unhelpful patterns of behaviours, thoughts and emotional- regulation challenges and how these patterns impact their relationships. Being strongly solution-focused, I teach my clients a personalised toolbox of skills, strategies and techniques to promote value-driven changes; clients get copies of notes/new skills from all working sessions that they can refer to between appointments.
Homework is a big part of my therapeutic process and is where clients practice and incorporate the new skills into their daily life. While my counselling is directed by research and an evidence-base, I like to be very practical, down to earth, simple and real. I never forget that I am working with real people, who are addressing real challenges and are looking for real solutions and changes. I carefully incorporate gospel principles into my work with church members to reinforce the therapeutic skills taught. I use a wide range of theoretical approaches, depending upon the client’s situation, including CBT, ACT, Systems theory, Solutions-focused theory, Gottman Method of couple counselling, to name a few. I have over 20 years clinical experience in providing diagnosis, treatment and counselling services to individuals, couples and families. I have been trained to provide service for the more complex mental health conditions as well as the more day-to-day challenges that come from the complexities of life.
Service Information
Services delivered: Face-to-face counselling, online, telephone, home visits.
Service locations: Cleveland, Mount Gravatt, online
Payment methods: Credit card, cash, bank transfer, third party payments, Medicare Better Access, Workers Compensation