As a fully registered psychologist since 2014, I have worked with people across the lifespan within hospital, community, and education settings.
My practice has been heavily influenced by providing sensitive interventions to those whose quality of life has been impacted by significant injury, physical trauma, or ongoing degenerative or pervasive/long term and chronic health conditions.
I enjoy working with any person who has an interest in enhancing their quality of life, and pursuing values informed changes.
It is my belief that when we work closely to align our behaviour with what is most important to us in our lives, we can live the most meaningful life possible.
Therapeutic Approach:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Schema Therapy
- Emotion-focussed Therapy
- Compassion-focussed Therapy
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Guiding principles and theories:
- Person-centred therapy
- Humanistic psychology
- Values-based intervention
- Trauma-informed practice
I believe that all people have the capacity to heal and bring meaning to their lives, despite the many hardships that they may have faced
I work with clients to identify their needs and provide psychological knowledge, theory, and practices to assist them in taking the steps to enhance their quality of life.
My therapeutic focus is addressing the root causes of distress, instead of managing symptoms (which is the focus of typical CBT interventions). I utilise a range of CBT techniques, as appropriate, or where my client requests or prefers this approach, however my focus is on healing the systemic causes of suffering in a client's life.