Psychoanalytic Counselling in Brookvale, NSW

Existential therapy focuses on freedom, responsibility, and the meaning of life coupled with a mindfulness based approach to alleviate anxieties and fears while working towards integration and self-actualization. We all need a tailored therapy just for us, which is why sessions are never limited by one approach. I also take inspiration from the psychoanalytic tradition through Horney and Kernberg as well as my foundational practice in CBT and ACT.

My expertise and guidance come from a psychoanalytic perspective which primarily focuses on the role childhood trauma and social conditioning have on shaping the person you've become. I specialise in redesigning the subconscious mind. I help you and others understand the relationship you have with yourself and the world around you. As a result, I help you change your old and dated beliefs, get rid of unwanted addictions, and help you find meaning and purpose in your life. ​I help you find the missing piece of the puzzle. I help you find yourself!

Ed is a kind and open-minded clinical psychologist and psychotherapist. Ed’s main interest is long-term therapy with adults who have complex trauma. Ed works with people who experience relationship issues, trauma, anxiety, depression, self-worth issues, eating and body image concerns, and existential issues. Ed’s approach is mainly influenced by psychodynamic and psychoanalytic psychotherapy, attachment research, interpersonal neurobiology, family systems, and mindfulness. Ed has a diverse background that includes working at the Birchtree Centre of Excellence, the Black Dog Institute, and the Mt Druitt Centre for Addiction Medicine.

If you are haunted by traumatic past or challenged by present life circumstances, I invite you to take an active step towards clarity, self-understanding and change. Whether it is about making sense of childhood experiences or improving current relationships with self and others, psychoanalytic and existential approach with a close focus on childhood experiences provides a solid way forward. With more than ten years of experience in psychoanalytic practice, I offer individual therapy, training and supervision in the area of complex or single incident trauma.

It is said that the trauma we experienced in our past can inform the way we learn to experience our current world. Not having the supports we needed along the way may have also lead us to cope in unhealthy ways, all while searching for ease and peace. Unique to us all, unresolved pain and disconnection can feel too complex or overwhelming to face by ourselves. For many, a range of bio-psycho-social issues develop, including anxiety, depression, loss of motivation, interpersonal conflicts or a negative view of self or the world. So how do we begin to identify and learn healthier ways of coping and reconnecting with the self?

Yumi is a mental health counsellor with a background in Psychology. She is a multilingual and has been working with multicultural clientele with an identity crisis, relationship issues (divorce and communication problems), low self-esteem, anxiety, depression and trauma. She has been helping her clients to learn boundaries and how to maintain a balanced state of mental being. Yumi also works with parents who are struggling to connect with their children and guides them on how to deal with parenting stress. If you are looking for inner peace and want to get to know more about yourself, Yumi will walk with you in the process.

Hello! I am Candice, founder of Connection Space Counselling. I'm a PACFA Registered Clinical Counsellor and a Certified Gottman Couples Therapist (Level 2). I specialise in individual counselling for anxiety, depression, trauma and self-esteem, as well as a range of relationship difficulties including conflict and communication challenges. I believe in the importance of self-care and connection to others to enhance our well-being and help individuals and couples to find balance and fulfilment in their lives.

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.