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Certified Advanced Level Schema Therapist, Supervisor/Trainer.
Clinical Psychologist.
BA (Hons), GradDip (Psychotherapy), Cert (Clin Hypnosis), PhD.
Memberships:
Australian Psychological Society (APS)
APS Clinical College
International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST)
Upcoming Events
Understanding Grief & Bereavement: An Introduction to Experiential Methods in Grief Therapy – Live Webinar, April 2021
REGISTRATION CLOSES 19/4/21 AT 10:30 AM The first in a 2-part webinar series on grief, this webinar is for any clinician, therapist or mental health professional wanting to know more about grief & bereavement in a clinical setting and how to begin to work therapeutically with clients. Whether you are completely new to grief therapy […]
When Grief Gets Complicated: Using Schema Therapy and Experiential Methods to Help Prolonged Grief – Live Webinar, June 2021
The second in a 2-part webinar series on grief, this webinar is for mental health professionals wanting to know more about the processes of complicated grief, how to identify it and how to use grief-focused interventions to assists those suffering from ‘prolonged’ grief reactions. This webinar will assume some existing knowledge of grief and bereavement […]
Holistic Self-Care For The Therapist, June 2021
A 2-Day Winter Retreat Incorporating Schema and Compassion-based Approaches Essentially, we all know how to take care of ourselves. The question is, what gets in the way? What gets in the way of you acting in your own best interests, taking good care of your mind and body and actually making it a priority? Are […]
Healing The Vulnerable Child: The Heart Of Schema Therapy
Live Webinar: 20th August 2021 There are many potential portals to the vulnerable child mode or modes. This live webinar is all about exploring different avenues for making creative contact with vulnerable child modes and using a variety of therapeutic methods for healing. Connecting with and healing vulnerable child parts of self (eg, “inner child […]
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What is Schema Therapy?
Schema Therapy was originally developed by a psychologist named Jeffery Young in the 1990’s and since then many other …
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Who Can Benefit?
Most people can benefit from Schema Therapy because we all have some degree of difficulty in our life which is linked to a…
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Individual Therapy
Schema therapy can assist with many different client issues and presenting problems. Also see who can benefit…
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Couples Therapy
About 1 in 6 clients who seek therapy come as part of a couple. Couples seek counselling for many different reasons including…
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Training & Events
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The Child Within – a poem for your ‘vulnerable child’.
The Child Within She lives within, the child inside, she’s known the depths of sorrow. The forgotten one, she shouts so loud but you’re headed for tomorrow. And there are times, you cannot know, her anger squashed, restrained with fear. When life demands the ‘adult’ you, her cries for help, you...
What are Coping Modes in Schema Therapy?
Schema Modes are considered to be moment-to-moment cognitive-emotional states (or personas) which a person can ‘live in’ and ‘operate from’. Modes tend to be observable by others. When our schemas are triggered, we react in certain ways (to cope with the schema or the pain of the schema). These...
What are Child Modes in Schema Therapy?
Vulnerable Child Modes Child modes are parts of self (or representations of the self) which came into being in childhood in response to the parenting you received and other experiences you encounted. Think about the concept of the ‘inner child’ that many therapists have written...