Thinking Outside The Box
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Highton, VIC 3216
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The name of my business, Thinking Outside The Box (TOTB) says everything about my beliefs and my business. When we Think Outside The Box, our worlds become bigger. Mental ill health or mental distress causes us to focus inwards and our lives become smaller. We stop doing things because the work that goes into managing a distressing situation is exhausting. You are reading this right now because you know or feel that something is not quite right in your life. This may be something you have felt for as long as you can remember or a recent event. Doesn't matter, your here now so lets see how we can help.
We are a multidisciplinary professionally qualified team of psychotherapists, hypnotherapists, teachers and youth and mental health workers. Because of our outstanding expertise we are able to offer a huge and diverse range of evidence based interventions and therapies. When we met with you we match your needs with our best practice solutions and off we go
I'm Catherine, the CEO and lead therapist at TOTB. I know what its like sitting across from a therapist and being scared, suspicious and hopeful. All of my team at TOTB have been in therapy at sometime and this makes us a truly normal little group, totally representative of the population. We get you, we listen and we do.
Call or Email Thinking Outside The Box now for a free 15 minute consultation - (03) 9069 8786
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Finances
Fees
- Concession rate: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by Bank transfer, Cash
Please ask me about fees or use of insurance when you Email
Thinking Outside The Box
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Degree/Diploma from Deakin University Catherine Helen Lappin
- In Practice for 18 Years
- Membership with Australian Success Academy Certification / 2018
- Certificate from University Of Ballarat. 2009 Post Grad Cert in Psychotherapy and Counselling / 1982
- Post Graduate degree in Psychological Studies, Deakin Uni, Graduated 2006
Feel free to ask about qualifications and training experience. Email or (03) 9069 8786
Thinking Outside The Box
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Trauma and PTSD
- Impulse Control Disorders
Expertise
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Management
- Antisocial Personality
- Anxiety
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Autism
- Behavioural Issues
- Bereavement
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bisexual
- Bullying and Harassment
- Career Guidance
- Child
- Chronic Relapse
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Developmental Disorders
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Drug Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Infidelity
- Lesbian
- LGBTIQNB trauma
- LGBTQ+
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Men's Issues
- Mood Disorders
- Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
- Obesity
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Psychosis
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Teen Violence
- Thinking Disorders
- Transgender
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
Do these issues align with your needs? Email or (03) 9069 8786
Thinking Outside The Box
Client Focus
Age
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Family ,
Group
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Cancer ,
Gay Allied ,
HIV / AIDS Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Transgender Allied ,
Veterans
Ethnicity
Other Racial or Ethnic Background
I also speak
French ,
Spanish
Religion
Other Spiritual or Religious Affiliations
Age
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Family ,
Group
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Cancer ,
Gay Allied ,
HIV / AIDS Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Transgender Allied ,
Veterans
Ethnicity
Other Racial or Ethnic Background
I also speak
French ,
Spanish
Religion
Other Spiritual or Religious Affiliations
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA)
- Attachment-based
- Clinical Supervision and Qualified Supervisors
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)
- Compassion Focused
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dialectical Behaviour (DBT)
- Eclectic
- Emotionally Focused
- Family Systems
- Interpersonal
- Intervention
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative
- Parent-Child Interaction (PCIT)
- Person-Centred
- Positive Psychology
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Psychotherapeutic approach to Hypnotherapy
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Transpersonal
Ask about what different forms of therapy will be like. Email or (03) 9069 8786
Thinking Outside The Box
Groups
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
Structured group suitable for people with a Borderline Personality Disorder. I will also be offering clients who do not have BPD, a skills group using the principles of DBT The skills are life lessons which can be used for understanding anger, grief and loss, love and more. We will also be offering groups focused directly at understanding emotions, their use and and how to make them work for you. An example of this is the use of the term 'anger management', one I particularly dislike. Mainly because it is impossible to 'manage' something you do not understand.
Expertise
Anger Management
Anxiety
Borderline Personality (BPD)
Types of Therapy
Dialectical Behaviour (DBT)
Age
Adults
Session Cost
$60-$80
Location
Thinking Outside The Box
69 Roslyn Road
Belmont, VIC 3216
Email Catherine Helen Lappin about this group or call - (03) 9069 8786
Coming soon, family/couples, anger, BPD +++
Family/couples sessions in the office or clients home. Understanding Anger (essentially anger management but the focus is on understanding where the anger comes from and then on how it can be managed). Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for clients with Borderline Personality Disorder, a passion of mine and greatly needed. Understanding emotions and making them work for you. Life transitions coaching; small groups focusing on the needs of the group. Non of the groups are self help or per mentored. They are structured, evidence based groups are delivered by highly qualified and specialized professionals. The outcomes can be exceptional
Expertise
Anger Management
Behavioural Issues
Borderline Personality (BPD)
Types of Therapy
Dialectical Behaviour (DBT)
Age
Adults
Session Cost
$40-$60
Location
Belmont Geelong
69 Roslyn Road
Belmont, VIC 3216
Email Catherine Helen Lappin about this group or call - (03) 9069 8786
Location
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Thinking Outside The Box
Last Modified: 22 Sep 2021