Dissociative Disorders (DID) Psychologists and Therapists in Annandale, NSW
Are you feeling out of touch with your truest self? Do you feel like you've achieved your goals in career or relationships but somehow still struggle with chronic burnout, relationship patterns that repeat, or a lingering sense of unmet spiritual hunger. Often my clients have done a lot of self-improvement, read the books and tried conventional methods, but these haven't touched the core of the issue. I especially work with people with chronic health issues: unexplained fatigue, autoimmune conditions, weight issues or chronic pain.
Are you feeling out of touch with your truest self? Do you feel like you've achieved your goals in career or relationships but somehow still struggle with chronic burnout, relationship patterns that repeat, or a lingering sense of unmet spiritual hunger. Often my clients have done a lot of self-improvement, read the books and tried conventional methods, but these haven't touched the core of the issue. I especially work with people with chronic health issues: unexplained fatigue, autoimmune conditions, weight issues or chronic pain.
My clients are often navigating trauma, addiction, domestic and family violence, or life after involvement with the criminal justice system. Many are LGBTQIA+ and want a counsellor who won't need things explained twice. They usually arrive feeling unheard, judged, or unsure where to start. I work at their pace, combining CBT, motivational interviewing and strengths-based approaches, all delivered by phone or video so support fits around real life, not the other way around.
My clients are often navigating trauma, addiction, domestic and family violence, or life after involvement with the criminal justice system. Many are LGBTQIA+ and want a counsellor who won't need things explained twice. They usually arrive feeling unheard, judged, or unsure where to start. I work at their pace, combining CBT, motivational interviewing and strengths-based approaches, all delivered by phone or video so support fits around real life, not the other way around.
My name is Samantha, I'm an experienced counsellor and accredited Mental Health Social Worker. My work focuses on supporting adults who are feeling exhausted, stuck or overwhelmed by carrying the impacts of relational trauma and how it has shaped your relationship with yourself, others and your sense of safety in the world. Many clients I work with have experienced trauma in some form and are often burnt out by the demands of life in survival mode. I help clients to feel more grounded and connected, better understand their experiences and reduce feelings of shame and self-blame so they can live with greater ease and choice.
My name is Samantha, I'm an experienced counsellor and accredited Mental Health Social Worker. My work focuses on supporting adults who are feeling exhausted, stuck or overwhelmed by carrying the impacts of relational trauma and how it has shaped your relationship with yourself, others and your sense of safety in the world. Many clients I work with have experienced trauma in some form and are often burnt out by the demands of life in survival mode. I help clients to feel more grounded and connected, better understand their experiences and reduce feelings of shame and self-blame so they can live with greater ease and choice.
I support adolescents and adults experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, complex trauma, grief and loss, relationship difficulties, workplace stress, burnout and life transitions. I also have extensive experience working with veterans, first responders and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Together we'll explore what has brought you to this point, understand the patterns keeping you stuck, and develop practical, evidence-based strategies that help you heal, build resilience and move towards a more fulfilling life.
I support adolescents and adults experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, complex trauma, grief and loss, relationship difficulties, workplace stress, burnout and life transitions. I also have extensive experience working with veterans, first responders and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Together we'll explore what has brought you to this point, understand the patterns keeping you stuck, and develop practical, evidence-based strategies that help you heal, build resilience and move towards a more fulfilling life.
I work best with individuals navigating trauma, mood or relationship difficulties, or long-standing patterns that feel hard to change. Some are dealing with anxiety, trauma or depression; others are working through complex life experiences such as past trauma, relationship issues, personality issues or loss. Often, they’ve spent years coping but feel ready to understand themselves more deeply and shift what’s no longer serving them. They’re seeking a therapy space that offers warmth, depth, and clarity, where insight leads to meaningful and lasting change.
I work best with individuals navigating trauma, mood or relationship difficulties, or long-standing patterns that feel hard to change. Some are dealing with anxiety, trauma or depression; others are working through complex life experiences such as past trauma, relationship issues, personality issues or loss. Often, they’ve spent years coping but feel ready to understand themselves more deeply and shift what’s no longer serving them. They’re seeking a therapy space that offers warmth, depth, and clarity, where insight leads to meaningful and lasting change.
I have worked as a Psychologist for more than 20 years, with a diverse range of people in various sectors, including community services, corporate organisations, private practice and extensively in the higher education sector. I offer a warm and engaging approach, deeply valuing the therapeutic relationship as core to the work of effective intervention. I seek to understand the broader context of wellbeing, working with you to connect with inner resources and strengths in addressing mental health concerns, life transitions and challenges.
I have worked as a Psychologist for more than 20 years, with a diverse range of people in various sectors, including community services, corporate organisations, private practice and extensively in the higher education sector. I offer a warm and engaging approach, deeply valuing the therapeutic relationship as core to the work of effective intervention. I seek to understand the broader context of wellbeing, working with you to connect with inner resources and strengths in addressing mental health concerns, life transitions and challenges.
At Elemental, Renée’s personal approach creates an environment where each person feels supported, connected, and understood. She believes that our sense of self and our interpersonal relationships are vital to our overall well-being. Relationships can shape who we are, how we see the world, and how we feel about ourselves. At the heart of our human experience lies the need for connection. Renée values diversity and cherishes the richness and creativity that our differences bring to our lives. She loves working with people of all sexual preferences, sex and gender identities, cultural backgrounds, and relationship types and styles.
At Elemental, Renée’s personal approach creates an environment where each person feels supported, connected, and understood. She believes that our sense of self and our interpersonal relationships are vital to our overall well-being. Relationships can shape who we are, how we see the world, and how we feel about ourselves. At the heart of our human experience lies the need for connection. Renée values diversity and cherishes the richness and creativity that our differences bring to our lives. She loves working with people of all sexual preferences, sex and gender identities, cultural backgrounds, and relationship types and styles.
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Please use email for any inquiries, including booking an appointment. While I am passionate about helping my clients with difficulties such as depression, anxiety, phobias, panic attacks and low self esteem, I also have a special interest in treating difficulties related to recent and past trauma, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Complex PTSD, recurring nightmares, dissociation, adult survivors of childhood neglect and abuse, and long term unhelpful patterns of relationship and/or behaviour.
Please use email for any inquiries, including booking an appointment. While I am passionate about helping my clients with difficulties such as depression, anxiety, phobias, panic attacks and low self esteem, I also have a special interest in treating difficulties related to recent and past trauma, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Complex PTSD, recurring nightmares, dissociation, adult survivors of childhood neglect and abuse, and long term unhelpful patterns of relationship and/or behaviour.
Scott understands that healing from trauma and dissociation is a deeply personal journey. His warm, empathetic approach helps you feel safe and supported as you work through past wounds to reclaim your life. Scott blends proven therapeutic techniques with a genuine commitment to your well-being, ensuring that every session is a step toward empowerment and lasting change.
Scott understands that healing from trauma and dissociation is a deeply personal journey. His warm, empathetic approach helps you feel safe and supported as you work through past wounds to reclaim your life. Scott blends proven therapeutic techniques with a genuine commitment to your well-being, ensuring that every session is a step toward empowerment and lasting change.
Rebecca Higgins (Bec) is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, Psychotherapist, and EMDR Consultant, and the Clinical Director of The Radiant Group. She knows how deeply disorienting it can be when trauma, addiction, or relationship pain disrupts your sense of safety, identity, and connection. With warmth, steadiness, and genuine care, Rebecca creates a supportive space where you can feel understood and move toward clarity, healing, and renewed confidence, with access to focused intensive programs, individually tailored case conceptualisation, and affirming support for neurodivergent clients.
Rebecca Higgins (Bec) is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, Psychotherapist, and EMDR Consultant, and the Clinical Director of The Radiant Group. She knows how deeply disorienting it can be when trauma, addiction, or relationship pain disrupts your sense of safety, identity, and connection. With warmth, steadiness, and genuine care, Rebecca creates a supportive space where you can feel understood and move toward clarity, healing, and renewed confidence, with access to focused intensive programs, individually tailored case conceptualisation, and affirming support for neurodivergent clients.
My client says 'I came to you thinking that i needed to be fixed, that i just needed to work harder on myself so that all of my problems could be solved and then i could start 'living my real life.' I'm starting to learn that maybe it's ok that i don't always have my sht together. I’m human and that’s ok."I work with LGBTIQ+ clients, including trans and non-binary people, people with traumatic histories, including sexual assault and abuse, people with dissociative disorders, including DID, people with ADHD, autism, and other neurodiverse brains, activists and other people struggling with burn out.
My client says 'I came to you thinking that i needed to be fixed, that i just needed to work harder on myself so that all of my problems could be solved and then i could start 'living my real life.' I'm starting to learn that maybe it's ok that i don't always have my sht together. I’m human and that’s ok."I work with LGBTIQ+ clients, including trans and non-binary people, people with traumatic histories, including sexual assault and abuse, people with dissociative disorders, including DID, people with ADHD, autism, and other neurodiverse brains, activists and other people struggling with burn out.
I offer above all my intentional+ deep listening to your conscious/ unconscious concerns. I specialise in tailoring individually suitable therapies. I wish to assist you to open spaces, that can allow reflection and creation towards new internal+ external potentialities+ futurities, unique only to you. I am a Registered Psychologist and Psychoanalyst (Badiou/Lacan), Phd (abd level) with 50 years of expertise. I can practice in English, German or French. I am available on line, by Skype/Zoom (from anywhere in the world) + in person (at my office), by phone (Australia), for home visits (10km radius) for short and longterm therapies.
I offer above all my intentional+ deep listening to your conscious/ unconscious concerns. I specialise in tailoring individually suitable therapies. I wish to assist you to open spaces, that can allow reflection and creation towards new internal+ external potentialities+ futurities, unique only to you. I am a Registered Psychologist and Psychoanalyst (Badiou/Lacan), Phd (abd level) with 50 years of expertise. I can practice in English, German or French. I am available on line, by Skype/Zoom (from anywhere in the world) + in person (at my office), by phone (Australia), for home visits (10km radius) for short and longterm therapies.
Hi, I’m Erin (AMHSW and EMDR therapist). I provide counselling and therapy to adults and young people (16yo+) who are looking for support with their mental health, nervous system, substance use and addiction, experiences of trauma and adversity, or in navigating life’s transitions. Whether you need support with specific challenges or are wanting to do deeper therapeutic work, you’re in the right place.
Hi, I’m Erin (AMHSW and EMDR therapist). I provide counselling and therapy to adults and young people (16yo+) who are looking for support with their mental health, nervous system, substance use and addiction, experiences of trauma and adversity, or in navigating life’s transitions. Whether you need support with specific challenges or are wanting to do deeper therapeutic work, you’re in the right place.
Dae is a Registered Psychologist who is passionate about working with people who have felt ‘different’ their whole lives. They support people to heal from trauma, live more authentic lives, and fully embrace their identities. Dae holds space with curiosity and compassion, without judgement, and with the creativity to do things differently.
Dae works with complex trauma, gender and sexuality, neurodivergence, disability, dissociation, diverse relationships, and the intersection of these, in a radically affirming way.
Dae is a Registered Psychologist who is passionate about working with people who have felt ‘different’ their whole lives. They support people to heal from trauma, live more authentic lives, and fully embrace their identities. Dae holds space with curiosity and compassion, without judgement, and with the creativity to do things differently.
Dae works with complex trauma, gender and sexuality, neurodivergence, disability, dissociation, diverse relationships, and the intersection of these, in a radically affirming way.
Some difficulties don't respond to short-course therapy, and it isn't because you didn't try hard enough. I was a GP for ten years before I trained as a psychotherapist, and I work with the problems that don't fit neatly: trauma, symptoms that keep returning with a normal result, depression that has outlasted everything reasonable, relationships that keep taking the same painful shape. I see adults and adolescents, in person in Byron Bay and by video anywhere in Australia.
Some difficulties don't respond to short-course therapy, and it isn't because you didn't try hard enough. I was a GP for ten years before I trained as a psychotherapist, and I work with the problems that don't fit neatly: trauma, symptoms that keep returning with a normal result, depression that has outlasted everything reasonable, relationships that keep taking the same painful shape. I see adults and adolescents, in person in Byron Bay and by video anywhere in Australia.
We can all have times in our lives when things can seem unmanageable, whether it is within our family or close relationships, divorce or bereavement, or our health, our work or in coming to terms with difficult events that have happened either recently or in the past , which still don’t feel resolved. You are not alone, as human beings we all have difficult times. It is a brave decision to try to resolve those issues in the best way you can. A counsellor is not there to judge you, or to give you text book solutions. They are there to help and guide you towards the solution that is right for you.
We can all have times in our lives when things can seem unmanageable, whether it is within our family or close relationships, divorce or bereavement, or our health, our work or in coming to terms with difficult events that have happened either recently or in the past , which still don’t feel resolved. You are not alone, as human beings we all have difficult times. It is a brave decision to try to resolve those issues in the best way you can. A counsellor is not there to judge you, or to give you text book solutions. They are there to help and guide you towards the solution that is right for you.
Dissociation? TRAUMA? CPTSD? Perhaps you’ve tried therapy but it hasn’t helped at a deeper level. Perhaps you've felt judged or misunderstood. Yet therapy doesn’t have to be miserable! Healing is often found in the quality of your relationship with your therapist. If you experience complex trauma and dissociation, it doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with you. It just means that responses that helped you survive in the past are getting in the way in the present. Together, with patience and understanding, we can update these patterns so you can feel better. Using IFS, EMDR, Psychodynamic approaches. You are welcome to contact me.
Dissociation? TRAUMA? CPTSD? Perhaps you’ve tried therapy but it hasn’t helped at a deeper level. Perhaps you've felt judged or misunderstood. Yet therapy doesn’t have to be miserable! Healing is often found in the quality of your relationship with your therapist. If you experience complex trauma and dissociation, it doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with you. It just means that responses that helped you survive in the past are getting in the way in the present. Together, with patience and understanding, we can update these patterns so you can feel better. Using IFS, EMDR, Psychodynamic approaches. You are welcome to contact me.
I work with adults experiencing the effects of trauma, attachment wounds, dissociation, anxiety, depression, loss, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, chronic pain and life transitions. We might come to therapy with considerable insight but still feel caught in the same emotional, relational or physiological patterns of the past. I have particular experience with developmental and relational trauma, PTSD/CPTSD, dissociation, sexual, domestic and historical abuse, ADHD, personality disorder diagnoses, bipolar disorder, chronic pain and hypermobility conditions such as Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
I work with adults experiencing the effects of trauma, attachment wounds, dissociation, anxiety, depression, loss, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, chronic pain and life transitions. We might come to therapy with considerable insight but still feel caught in the same emotional, relational or physiological patterns of the past. I have particular experience with developmental and relational trauma, PTSD/CPTSD, dissociation, sexual, domestic and historical abuse, ADHD, personality disorder diagnoses, bipolar disorder, chronic pain and hypermobility conditions such as Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
People often come to therapy feeling stuck and overwhelmed, repeating patterns in their lives that they do not fully understand, or during periods of difficulty, change or uncertainty. Psychotherapy can offer a safe and caring space to reflect and explore emotions, build a freer and more authentic sense of self, and improve relationships.
I work with people who have a range of problems, such as existential anxieties, general unhappiness in life, dissociation, recurrent disturbing memories from the past, as well as people who have clinical diagnoses such as PTSD, C-PTSD, personality disorder, anxiety disorder and depression.
People often come to therapy feeling stuck and overwhelmed, repeating patterns in their lives that they do not fully understand, or during periods of difficulty, change or uncertainty. Psychotherapy can offer a safe and caring space to reflect and explore emotions, build a freer and more authentic sense of self, and improve relationships.
I work with people who have a range of problems, such as existential anxieties, general unhappiness in life, dissociation, recurrent disturbing memories from the past, as well as people who have clinical diagnoses such as PTSD, C-PTSD, personality disorder, anxiety disorder and depression.
Hi, I'm Sophie, I aim to offer a warm and supportive therapeutic space. I am a clinically trained psychologist with 8 years of therapy experience, and a combined Masters/PhD in Clinical Psychology. I hope to create a welcoming therapy space, to work with whatever difficulties you are experiencing. I have a special interest in working with people experiencing anxiety and distress related to past trauma/difficult experiences. I also find psychotherapy for self/identity exploration and diverse genders and sexuality (LGBTQI+) really rewarding.
Hi, I'm Sophie, I aim to offer a warm and supportive therapeutic space. I am a clinically trained psychologist with 8 years of therapy experience, and a combined Masters/PhD in Clinical Psychology. I hope to create a welcoming therapy space, to work with whatever difficulties you are experiencing. I have a special interest in working with people experiencing anxiety and distress related to past trauma/difficult experiences. I also find psychotherapy for self/identity exploration and diverse genders and sexuality (LGBTQI+) really rewarding.
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How does therapy for dissociative disorders work?
Dissociation may be triggered by stress or other upsetting circumstances, and therapy can address the traumatic events at the core of an individual’s dissociation. Understanding why a person may dissociate can help the therapist and the individual come up with alternative methods of coping. A person with a dissociative disorder may get stuck on negative thinking, for example, and treatment like Cognitive behavioural therapy is a gold standard for breaking such thinking. And dialectical behaviour therapy, for example, can help a person manage their anguish through better emotion regulation.
Which therapies are best for dissociative disorders?
Specific approaches used by professionals include cognitive behavioural, dialectical behaviour, psychodynamic, schema therapies, among others. Cognitive behavioural and dialectical behaviour therapies are two widely used therapies that can help individuals with painful memories and past traumas. These therapies work to integrate an individual's different identities into one person.
Are there specific medications for dissociation?
There are no specific medications prescribed for dissociative disorders. However, psychosis, depression, anxiety, and/or panic often co-occur in dissociative disorders. A psychiatrist may prescribe medications for any accompanying symptom which may include antipsychotics, antidepressants, or anti-anxiety drugs.
How often and how long are therapy sessions?
Like any type of therapy, sessions depend on the individual. Patients may see improvement within 15 to 20 sessions, at an average of 50 minutes per session, others may opt for 20 to 30 sessions over, perhaps, a six-month period. There are still other patients, especially those who have co-occurring conditions like depression and anxiety, who may need to continue sessions for up to 12 to 18 months.