Matt Sumner
Psychologist, MPsych, MAPS (he, him)
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Fremantle, WA 6160
Let's Connect (08) 9468 6002
Matt is a Clinical Psychologist with 20 years’ experience assisting individuals & families to reach their personal goals and potential. He is genuine and straightforward in his approach as he supports his clients through difficult periods and onto meaningful personal change. Matt is person-centred and flexible and aims to maintain trust and comfort with his clients. He believes that assisting people to gain insight into their unique personal history allows them greater understanding and resolution of their current difficulties. Matt has a genuine interest in journeying with people to find their strengths & overcome their challenges.
Matt’s empathetic, non-judgemental approach has assisted people across all walks of life and from many varied social, cultural and international backgrounds. He enjoys working with adolescents, adults, couples and families. Matt has worked widely in tertiary education, hospital and community settings from prisons to Universities.
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Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Membership with Australian Psychological Society Matt Sumner
- In Practice for 21 Years
- Membership with Australian Psychological Society Member
- Clinical Psychologist, MPsych (Clinical). BPsych (, Masters of Psychology (Clinical) , Graduated 2004
Expertise and Interests
Practice Areas
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Management
- Antisocial Personality
- Anxiety
- Behavioural Issues
- Bereavement
- Bipolar Disorder
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Career Guidance
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Drug Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Gambling
- Hoarding
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infidelity
- Internet Addiction
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Men's Issues
- Mood Disorders
- Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Psychosis
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Sports Performance
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Teen Violence
- Thinking Disorders
- Trauma and PTSD
- Video Game Addiction
- Weight Loss
Endorsement
Client Focus
Age
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples
Age
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA)
- Attachment-based
- Clinical Supervision and Qualified Supervisors
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)
- Compassion Focused
- Culturally Sensitive
- Eclectic
- Emotionally Focused
- Existential
- Humanistic
- Integrative
- Interpersonal
- Motivational Interviewing
- Person-Centred
- Positive Psychology
- Relational
- Schema Therapy
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Strength-Based
- Transpersonal
- Trauma Focused
Location
Take the first step to help. Call now - (08) 9468 6002
Matt Sumner
Psychologist, MPsych, MAPS