Addiction Psychologists and Therapists in Brisbane, QLD
Maybe you've had a rough upbringing, made "bad" decisions, use substances and want to stop.
My practice Living Free Psychology is about having the Freedom to <'"Choose Your own way"'< whatever that may be. I want to help you create a better future, one that you choose and can be proud of, and know with work that anything is possible. It's about hope, belief, support and connection. I am down to earth, real, and will always be honest, no BS.
Maybe you've had a rough upbringing, made "bad" decisions, use substances and want to stop.
My practice Living Free Psychology is about having the Freedom to <'"Choose Your own way"'< whatever that may be. I want to help you create a better future, one that you choose and can be proud of, and know with work that anything is possible. It's about hope, belief, support and connection. I am down to earth, real, and will always be honest, no BS.
My professional journey has involved extensive work with individuals navigating complex challenges, including histories of PTSD, IPV, sexual trauma, anxiety, substance use, and attachment disorders.
I utilize EMDR which is evidence based, fast, & efficacious. F2F in Springwood Qld, Online EMDR for Remote or Regional clients. No Bulk Bill but reduced fee available for Telehealth with Referral/MHTP, wait-listed. Presentence Court Reports; Screening & Symptom Strategies for: ADHD; Burn Out; Substances, Eating, Gaming & Trauma. Coaching for professionals.
My professional journey has involved extensive work with individuals navigating complex challenges, including histories of PTSD, IPV, sexual trauma, anxiety, substance use, and attachment disorders.
I utilize EMDR which is evidence based, fast, & efficacious. F2F in Springwood Qld, Online EMDR for Remote or Regional clients. No Bulk Bill but reduced fee available for Telehealth with Referral/MHTP, wait-listed. Presentence Court Reports; Screening & Symptom Strategies for: ADHD; Burn Out; Substances, Eating, Gaming & Trauma. Coaching for professionals.
I work particularly well with addiction and recovery, dual diagnosis, trauma, major life transitions, and questions of identity.
PACFA-registered counsellor. Master’s in Counselling, background in nursing and AOD services. I draw on Schema Therapy, CBT, ACT, and Motivational Interviewing.
Sessions are collaborative and direct — starting with what’s actually driving the difficulty, working toward practical skills and insight to move differently.
I work particularly well with addiction and recovery, dual diagnosis, trauma, major life transitions, and questions of identity.
PACFA-registered counsellor. Master’s in Counselling, background in nursing and AOD services. I draw on Schema Therapy, CBT, ACT, and Motivational Interviewing.
Sessions are collaborative and direct — starting with what’s actually driving the difficulty, working toward practical skills and insight to move differently.
I am an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AMHSW) and offer nationwide telehealth counselling for adults who are experiencing anxiety/depression, relationship stress/conflict, job or career discontent, addictions (of any type) and other life-related challenges.
My aim is to help you understand and address what’s holding you back in life, and to work with you toward feeling more grounded, content and empowered. I believe that ultimately you are the expert on your own life. My role is to offer attentive, engaged and compassionate support, along with perspectives and strategies that can help you move forward.
I am an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AMHSW) and offer nationwide telehealth counselling for adults who are experiencing anxiety/depression, relationship stress/conflict, job or career discontent, addictions (of any type) and other life-related challenges.
My aim is to help you understand and address what’s holding you back in life, and to work with you toward feeling more grounded, content and empowered. I believe that ultimately you are the expert on your own life. My role is to offer attentive, engaged and compassionate support, along with perspectives and strategies that can help you move forward.
Anxiety, depression and addictions can often be traced to childhood traumas which have been trapped, leading to psychological conflict.
I take a flexible approach to therapy, and am passionate about seeing the whole person rather than a diagnosis. My therapy style is empathic, open, and non-judgemental, and I am invested in helping people gain the most out of therapy. I work with anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, PTSD, panic disorders and anger.
Anxiety, depression and addictions can often be traced to childhood traumas which have been trapped, leading to psychological conflict.
I take a flexible approach to therapy, and am passionate about seeing the whole person rather than a diagnosis. My therapy style is empathic, open, and non-judgemental, and I am invested in helping people gain the most out of therapy. I work with anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, PTSD, panic disorders and anger.
I have extensive experience working with emotion dysregulation & impulse control difficulties, trauma and addiction.
I provide Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) including RoDBT and the Brunet Method of Reconsolidation Therapy. I’m also family sensitive in my practice and will work with you to build and maintain healthy relationships with the important people in your life.
I have extensive experience working with emotion dysregulation & impulse control difficulties, trauma and addiction.
I provide Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) including RoDBT and the Brunet Method of Reconsolidation Therapy. I’m also family sensitive in my practice and will work with you to build and maintain healthy relationships with the important people in your life.
My work as a counsellor and psychotherapist is founded on the cornerstones of kindness and compassion. As a Gestalt-informed mental health professional, I take joy in working with both individuals, couples/ relationships. For the past two decades I have worked locally and around the globe as a professional and volunteer in the social welfare, not-for-profit and creative arts sectors. In my therapeutic practice, I combine this life experience with my academic training to offer a specialised approach to this deep and important work.
My work as a counsellor and psychotherapist is founded on the cornerstones of kindness and compassion. As a Gestalt-informed mental health professional, I take joy in working with both individuals, couples/ relationships. For the past two decades I have worked locally and around the globe as a professional and volunteer in the social welfare, not-for-profit and creative arts sectors. In my therapeutic practice, I combine this life experience with my academic training to offer a specialised approach to this deep and important work.
Kali Lohman
Psychologist, Australian Association of Psychologists - Member
2 Endorsed
Woolloongabba, QLD 4102
I have undertaken extensive training (including EMDR) in treating clients with trauma histories and and have significant expertise in treating anxiety, depression, addictions, and relationship difficulties.
Many of us come to a time in our lives when we know we want things to be different. We may be tired of suffering and struggling, but need support to move forwards. I enjoy working with adults to help you identify your strengths, learn healthy coping strategies, heal from past and present difficulties, and live a life that feels rich, meaningful and happy. I also have a strong interest in cultivating and teaching mindfulness, which I see as a profound way to enhance psychological resilience and feelings of happiness and contentment for a broad range of people – including myself!
I have undertaken extensive training (including EMDR) in treating clients with trauma histories and and have significant expertise in treating anxiety, depression, addictions, and relationship difficulties.
Many of us come to a time in our lives when we know we want things to be different. We may be tired of suffering and struggling, but need support to move forwards. I enjoy working with adults to help you identify your strengths, learn healthy coping strategies, heal from past and present difficulties, and live a life that feels rich, meaningful and happy. I also have a strong interest in cultivating and teaching mindfulness, which I see as a profound way to enhance psychological resilience and feelings of happiness and contentment for a broad range of people – including myself!
I believe in empowering you to connect to your truest self in a warm, compassionate, nonjudgmental environment, with gentleness and a sense of humour. My therapeutic style revolves around establishing a real connection with my clients and
providing a space where you can feel safe to express yourself honestly. Along with being skilled in delivering evidence-based therapies in an ethical manner, I also strive to remember the human experience in treatment, providing trauma informed care. Helping you connect with your goals and values whilst providing the necessary tools and skills to meet these goals brings me joy.
I believe in empowering you to connect to your truest self in a warm, compassionate, nonjudgmental environment, with gentleness and a sense of humour. My therapeutic style revolves around establishing a real connection with my clients and
providing a space where you can feel safe to express yourself honestly. Along with being skilled in delivering evidence-based therapies in an ethical manner, I also strive to remember the human experience in treatment, providing trauma informed care. Helping you connect with your goals and values whilst providing the necessary tools and skills to meet these goals brings me joy.
My clinical interests include anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), trauma, addictions, adolescent mental health and men’s mental health.
I'm Will, a registered psychologist practicing at Inner Dimension Psychology Kelvin Grove. I value authenticity, compassion, and curiosity, and I am committed to bringing a calm, thoughtful, and collaborative presence to therapy, and creating a safe, respectful and supportive space. I am passionate about supporting clients in understanding the underlying patterns that maintain distress and working together to build more meaningful and values-aligned lives.
My clinical interests include anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), trauma, addictions, adolescent mental health and men’s mental health.
I'm Will, a registered psychologist practicing at Inner Dimension Psychology Kelvin Grove. I value authenticity, compassion, and curiosity, and I am committed to bringing a calm, thoughtful, and collaborative presence to therapy, and creating a safe, respectful and supportive space. I am passionate about supporting clients in understanding the underlying patterns that maintain distress and working together to build more meaningful and values-aligned lives.
I support adults who feel stuck in patterns of unwanted sexual behaviours and want lasting change, including those seeking help to take responsibility and prevent harm. My approach is calm, structured, and non-judgemental, focusing on understanding underlying drivers, building practical strategies, and strengthening self-control and accountability. I provide a confidential space where clients can speak openly without shame. Sessions are goal-focused and paced to support sustainable growth rather than quick fixes. I offer online counselling for individuals ready to engage honestly in the change process.
I support adults who feel stuck in patterns of unwanted sexual behaviours and want lasting change, including those seeking help to take responsibility and prevent harm. My approach is calm, structured, and non-judgemental, focusing on understanding underlying drivers, building practical strategies, and strengthening self-control and accountability. I provide a confidential space where clients can speak openly without shame. Sessions are goal-focused and paced to support sustainable growth rather than quick fixes. I offer online counselling for individuals ready to engage honestly in the change process.
PsychCare Psychology & Mental Health
Psychologist, PsychD, PsyBA - Clin. Psych
East Ipswich, QLD 4305
PsychCare Psychology & Mental Health is a Stafford & Ipswich based multidisciplinary mental health and well-being clinic. The PsychCare Psychology & Mental Health clinicians highly consider the association between mental health (well-being) and mental illness and work collaboratively with their clients to reduces symptoms of mental illness and increase their clients’ emotional, psychological and social well-being. Our clinicians use evidence-based treatment approaches and are committed to tracking progress during therapy and utilise a range of outcome measures to monitor changes in our clients’ symptomatology over time.
PsychCare Psychology & Mental Health is a Stafford & Ipswich based multidisciplinary mental health and well-being clinic. The PsychCare Psychology & Mental Health clinicians highly consider the association between mental health (well-being) and mental illness and work collaboratively with their clients to reduces symptoms of mental illness and increase their clients’ emotional, psychological and social well-being. Our clinicians use evidence-based treatment approaches and are committed to tracking progress during therapy and utilise a range of outcome measures to monitor changes in our clients’ symptomatology over time.
I work with adolescents and adults experiencing anxiety, trauma, grief, disordered eating, addiction, and relationship challenges.
I support clients experiencing past or ongoing trauma, including complex trauma, and offer neurodiversity-affirming counselling for autistic, ADHD, and other neurodivergent individuals. My approach is strengths-based, collaborative, and focused on safety, emotional regulation, and sustainable change.
I work with adolescents and adults experiencing anxiety, trauma, grief, disordered eating, addiction, and relationship challenges.
I support clients experiencing past or ongoing trauma, including complex trauma, and offer neurodiversity-affirming counselling for autistic, ADHD, and other neurodivergent individuals. My approach is strengths-based, collaborative, and focused on safety, emotional regulation, and sustainable change.
I specialise in working with men who are seeking support for anger issues.
My approach is down-to-earth, empathetic and non-judgemental. I focus on providing clients with practical tools and strategies to manage anger and regain control of their life.
I offer 1-on-1 online sessions built around your goals. In our sessions, there's no jargon, it's all about practical tools and straightforward conversation. Partners are welcome too, if you're searching on his behalf, that's a perfectly good reason to get in touch. Text or call to start a conversation.
I specialise in working with men who are seeking support for anger issues.
My approach is down-to-earth, empathetic and non-judgemental. I focus on providing clients with practical tools and strategies to manage anger and regain control of their life.
I offer 1-on-1 online sessions built around your goals. In our sessions, there's no jargon, it's all about practical tools and straightforward conversation. Partners are welcome too, if you're searching on his behalf, that's a perfectly good reason to get in touch. Text or call to start a conversation.
I am also experienced in the field of addiction and have a deep understanding of the connection between trauma and substance abuse and the need to address both in a parallel process.
I work within a trauma informed practice model and use a three phase approach based on stabilization, processing and integration. In working with issues of addiction, I work with an integrative treatment of PTSD and substance abuse. I focus on what is important to you and follow your lead in deciding which direction to take in your recovery journey.
I am also experienced in the field of addiction and have a deep understanding of the connection between trauma and substance abuse and the need to address both in a parallel process.
I work within a trauma informed practice model and use a three phase approach based on stabilization, processing and integration. In working with issues of addiction, I work with an integrative treatment of PTSD and substance abuse. I focus on what is important to you and follow your lead in deciding which direction to take in your recovery journey.
I work mainly with young adults around anxiety, emotional overwhelm, identity and relationship concerns, and alcohol or other drug use, with experience supporting LGBTQ+ clients and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
I offer a trauma-informed, collaborative, and non-judgemental space to explore what’s going on and develop practical ways of coping. My work is person-centred and CBT-informed, with a focus on emotional regulation, understanding patterns, and harm-minimisation where substances are part of the picture.
I work mainly with young adults around anxiety, emotional overwhelm, identity and relationship concerns, and alcohol or other drug use, with experience supporting LGBTQ+ clients and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
I offer a trauma-informed, collaborative, and non-judgemental space to explore what’s going on and develop practical ways of coping. My work is person-centred and CBT-informed, with a focus on emotional regulation, understanding patterns, and harm-minimisation where substances are part of the picture.
We are Queensland based registered telehealth psychologists with a wealth of experience and training in psychological/psychometric assessments, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) intervention, Counselling, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Trauma-Informed Care, and Attachment-Based Therapy.
We work with people experiencing multiple and complex needs. We have worked in a variety of settings in Australia and the United Kingdom including custodial centres, not for profit mental health care services, the Department of Justice and Attorney General, Corrective Services and with voluntary early intervention programs through a number of courts.
We are Queensland based registered telehealth psychologists with a wealth of experience and training in psychological/psychometric assessments, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) intervention, Counselling, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Trauma-Informed Care, and Attachment-Based Therapy.
We work with people experiencing multiple and complex needs. We have worked in a variety of settings in Australia and the United Kingdom including custodial centres, not for profit mental health care services, the Department of Justice and Attorney General, Corrective Services and with voluntary early intervention programs through a number of courts.
Struggling with pornography, gambling, substance use, or compulsive technology use?
In therapy we focus on practical strategies and psychological tools to reduce distress, manage anxiety, stress, and addictive behaviours, and regain control over your life. In a safe, supportive Telehealth environment, I tailor sessions to your needs, helping you navigate life transitions and move from short-term coping to lasting, values-driven change.
Struggling with pornography, gambling, substance use, or compulsive technology use?
In therapy we focus on practical strategies and psychological tools to reduce distress, manage anxiety, stress, and addictive behaviours, and regain control over your life. In a safe, supportive Telehealth environment, I tailor sessions to your needs, helping you navigate life transitions and move from short-term coping to lasting, values-driven change.
I am an experienced trauma-&IFS-informed therapist. I work well with people who are ready to do 'the work'. I briefly bring strategies that can be useful to your everyday life initially, relying on modalities such as mindfulness and polyvagal theory, before moving into deeper work based in Internal Family Systems (IFS), if and when the time is right. I assist/guide you to reveal and heal the parts of you that carry thoughts, feelings and behaviours that no longer serve you. It is not always doom and gloom. We work together light-heartedly to safely reveal your unconscious motivations and inner strength, towards lasting healing.
I am an experienced trauma-&IFS-informed therapist. I work well with people who are ready to do 'the work'. I briefly bring strategies that can be useful to your everyday life initially, relying on modalities such as mindfulness and polyvagal theory, before moving into deeper work based in Internal Family Systems (IFS), if and when the time is right. I assist/guide you to reveal and heal the parts of you that carry thoughts, feelings and behaviours that no longer serve you. It is not always doom and gloom. We work together light-heartedly to safely reveal your unconscious motivations and inner strength, towards lasting healing.
I’m a clinically registered psychotherapist and counsellor with nearly a decade of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families through trauma, addiction, and mental health challenges.
I use a holistic approach to therapy. Drawing on my training in Somatic Psychotherapy and Gestalt Therapy, coupled with mindfulness practices, can help manage anxiety, depression, stress and relational issues. Extensive experience and training in addictions and childhood and adult trauma further supports my clinical work with couples and individuals.
I’m a clinically registered psychotherapist and counsellor with nearly a decade of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families through trauma, addiction, and mental health challenges.
I use a holistic approach to therapy. Drawing on my training in Somatic Psychotherapy and Gestalt Therapy, coupled with mindfulness practices, can help manage anxiety, depression, stress and relational issues. Extensive experience and training in addictions and childhood and adult trauma further supports my clinical work with couples and individuals.
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Addiction Therapists
What is the best therapy for addiction?
Addiction treatment will be tailored to the individual. People seeking help for addiction—whether with a psychotherapist, in an outpatient clinic, or in a residential program—should expect to engage in multiple types of treatments, sometimes including medication. For anyone recovering from addiction, avoiding situations in which one has typically used a substance is essential, as is the support of close connections. Since substance use disorders tend to co-occur with underlying mental health conditions such as anxiety or depression, those must also be addressed as part of any recovery plan.
How long does therapy for addiction take?
There is no set timeline for recovery from addiction. Patients and their families should expect the work to last several months, if not longer. Residential treatment programs may be based on a stay of 30, 60, or 90 days, with continuing work after release, but only about 1 percent of people are treated in such facilities. Ceasing use is just the first step; therapy to help maintain abstinence and effect behavior change must follow. The process of recovery, neuroscience has shown, involves brain cells recovering the capacity to respond to natural sources of reward and restore control over the impulse to use. Another definition of recovery is restoring voluntary control over one’s substance use and retaking all of one’s previous responsibilities.
How effective is drug addiction treatment?
Substance use disorders are treatable and remission is achievable for many who seek recovery; by some estimates, more than three-quarters of people who become addicted to alcohol or drugs recover. But that success rarely occurs quickly or on a set timeline; relapse is not only common, but many therapists and clinicians view it as a normal part of the process—not always a sign that a person has returned to addiction, but a signal that their treatment should be adjusted to help them regain control. Overall, research suggests, five years after the end of substance use, one’s risk of relapse is no greater than that of others who had not faced addiction. Other experts believe that complete abstinence is not the only measure of recovery, and that, through effective treatment, many people can learn to control their use.
How can you get addiction treatment for someone?
The most important factor in recovery from addiction is widely understood to be an individual’s commitment to change. For that reason,“interventions” in which friends and family gather to urge or force someone to begin immediate treatment often backfire; even when such efforts do lead someone to begin treatment, they may be less likely to stay than those who are self-driven. Still, family members can play an important role in supporting an individual who seeks help and can take part in family therapy as one element of a loved one’s treatment.