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My practice has a strong focus on increasing well-being and resilience through a positive psychology perspective. This strengths-based approach helps to empower clients to use their individual qualities to overcome life's challenges drawing on strengths to create meaningful long-term change. Clients who are experiencing difficult life transitions and adjustment challenges would be supported with energetic and empathetic responding. I have experience in group therapy, Forensic Risk Assessments, Men's Behaviour Change programs, Relationship difficulties and Anger management. I look to help you become the best version of yourself.

South Yarra Psychology sees clients with a wide range of presenting issues. The practice has a team of highly-qualified psychologists. The practice offers a free 10-minute 'psychologist matching appointment' for new clients (via telephone); to discuss their treatment needs and recommend a psychologist who is best suited to these. Appointments (including the free psychologist matching appointment) can be booked through the practice's online booking system (accessible via www.SYP.au). The website also contains profiles on each of the psychologists, with their specific interests and treatment approaches.

My method is practical, supportive and straightforward. I help you remove your self-sabotage, improve habits, hold you to account and help you learn psychological skills such as Emotional Intelligence. I blend personal and workplace issues by integrating coaching and therapy techniques. In 2018 my first book was published named 'Closer.' This features my own framework for improving relationships, both at work and home. I have been a Psychologist for over twenty five years, and have extensive experience providing training in leadership, teamwork and emotional intelligence. I am regularly invited as a speaker and trainer.

I feel passionate about helping people make meaningful, sustainable, and healthy changes in their lives. I aim to work respectfully and collaboratively with people so that clients build their own independence and develop ways to manage life stressors more effectively, in addition to their own thoughts, feelings and behaviours. A comfortable, empathetic and supportive therapeutic relationship is also very important in my approach, and research shows that this is essential in best outcomes for clients. I generally work on a wide range of mental health and life issues and the approaches I work with are all evidence-based interventions.

I am passionate in helping people of all genders and standing in life, with a focus on men in need of direction in life, recover from traumatic events and adjustment to life challenges and changes, struggling with high prevalence disorders and AOD / changes related to addictions. Being a Veteran myself, I strongly align practices for people in active or former services.

In my practice, I provide professional, empathetic and validating psychological support and treatment to individuals with Emotion dysregulation; Major Depression; Bi-Polar Affective Disorders; Adjustment Disorder; Anxiety disorders; Social Anxiety; Eating Disorders; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Personality Disorders such as Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD); Complex trauma presentations such as self-harm, identity disturbance, impulsivity, and relationship instability; Drug & alcohol and other Addictive Behaviours. Additionally, ​I am a Board approved (AHPRA) psychology supervisor.

Richard aims to help clients achieve an improved quality of life, working towards a greater sense of personal control. With more than 10 years’ experience in counselling and clinical settings, he provides a supportive, non-judgmental and confidential space. He works collaboratively with the client in tailoring therapy to their unique set of circumstances. Therapy may range from a few sessions when targeting a specific problem, to medium and longer-term therapy when addressing long-held problematic behaviours, interpersonal patterns and emotion difficulties.

People are bombarded with messages telling them to be perfect. The typical belief is that problems should be solved quickly, in one go, in order to feel better about themselves. This approach completely disregards the fact that problems are complicated and multifaceted in nature, and that it's normal for people to need patience for healing. This mentality also ignores how much work it takes for someone who has experienced hardships to heal. We all need to find a way to heal and move through adversity for a more fulfilling and satisfying life. No matter who you are or where you've been, you have the capacity for healing.

I am a compassionate, caring psychologist. I enjoy meeting new clients and lending a hand to their healing. There is no bad reason to come to therapy, no matter how big or small challenges feel. I work with teenagers and adults of all ages. I use feedback driven approaches to ensure we share an understanding of what has happened and what we might do next. I like to meet people with both similar and different life experiences to my own to learn about the human mind together. This can mean assessing and diagnosing mental illness to provide evidence based treatment but also unpacking what matters most to you in life.

Peter is a registered psychologist who works with a broad range of clients from diverse backgrounds, experiencing a wide range of issues. He has worked with people experiencing complex trauma from experiences such as family violence, homelessness, street sex work, racism and alcohol and drug use for more than 25 years. Peter specialises in tailoring interventions to help people recover from difficult circumstances and fulfil their potential.

Dr Bruce Alexander has devoted his life to the improvement of physical and psychological health. With over 20 years experience, Melbourne Hypnotherapist, Bruce offers private hypnotherapy consultations at his clinic in Kew. After working for 10 years as a medical researcher, Bruce was seeking a new career where he could support people more directly to improve their own lives. He was inspired to train as a hypnotherapist based on his own successful experience using hypnotherapy to gain control over exam anxiety while he was at university.

I see people with a variety of concerns, including: anxiety, depression, anger and other emotional management issues, relationship/family issues, loss, grief and trauma, challenges relating to being neurodiverse (ASD, ADHD), sex, sexuality and gender related concerns, and eating disorders.

Michael came to study psychology as a mature age student, completing his studies part time at Swinburne and Victoria University during the 80’s and 90’s. He believes that coaching, counselling or psychotherapy needs to be tailored to each individual. This has led him to develop skills in a number of different approaches over his twenty years in practice. Growing up in a Victorian country town in the middle of last century he experienced both the State and Catholic school systems before serving as an officer in the Royal Australian Navy during the Vietnam era.

I am a registered counsellor specialising in addictions treatment, couples counselling including betrayal trauma, and pre-marriage counselling. My specialisation is sex and love addiction. I have worked overseas in Asia for a number of years and understand adjustment struggles.

Justin is a director and co-founder of Connected Minds, a Clinical Psychologist and an academic at Swinburne University. He aims to help people get in touch with what is really important to them and learn how to live healthier, happier, and more meaningful lives. He hopes to provide a safe and supportive environment for clients in which he can work collaboratively with them to develop a better understanding of their unique needs.

I am a clinical psychologist in full-time private practice, with more than 20 years' experience working with adults and adolescents in public and private sectors. I hold a Bachelor of Science, Graduate Diploma in Psychology, and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. I have worked at Orygen Youth Health, delivered post-graduate training at The University of Melbourne, lectured to clinical Masters students at The Cairnmillar Institute, and published papers and books on psychotherapy. I provide psychoanalytic treatment, supervise colleagues and students, and work with people with complex presentations. My fees are on a sliding scale.

If you have a lived experience of: addiction, severe mental illness, cognitive challenges, anxiety, depression, behavioural dependences or complex trauma; I can help. I am a senior registered psychiatric nurse, with over 20 years of experience in mental health work. I graduated as a mental health nurse in Oxford, England in 2007.

I am a clinical psychologist who has worked across a range of private and public health services. I work with adults who have a wide range of concerns including anxiety, stress, depression, relationship difficulties, sexual health, LGBTQ+ issues, anger, addiction with alcohol, gambling, gaming, masturbation, and pornography and erectile dissatisfaction. I understand that taking steps to improve mental health by reaching out to a psychologist can be an anxiety-provoking experience. Therefore, I am enthusiastic about understanding what approach best suits you and adapting therapy to best achieve your desired outcomes.

If you are already checking this, it means that a part of you is ready to be transformed, I´m here to assist you in that process. My most important objective is to provide you with a safe and professional space to go to the roots of your symptoms, not only the surface. In that way, changes being made are most likely to remain.