Dialectical Behaviour (DBT) Counselling in Essendon, VIC
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Germaine Gergis
Psychologist, PsychD, PsyBA - Clin. Psych
Verified
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These include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Exposure & Response Prevention, Trauma Focused CBT, Motivational Interviewing, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy,
Dialectical
Behavioural Therapy & Play Therapy.
Dr Germaine Gergis, is a board-endorsed Clinical Psychologist, Supervisor and Lecturer with many years' experience in delivering high quality assessments and treatment to infants, children, adolescents and adults, and their families. Germaine has worked across private and public sectors helping those who have presented with a diverse range of mental health issues and neurodevelopmental disorders. She has extensive experience in working with mood & anxiety disorders, OCD, trauma-related disorders and personality disorders. Speciality roles include infant mental health & autism spectrum disorders, including providing second opinions.
Elaine Chong
Psychologist, MPsych, PsyBA General
Verified
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Common approaches include Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness, as well as elements of
Dialectical
Behaviour Therapy (
DBT
) and Schema Therapy (ST).
I enjoy conducting cognitive, educational and comprehensive cognitive assessments to aid in diagnosis, intervention and identify support needs. Aside from assessments, I also have experience working with clients across the lifespan who present with various difficulties including developmental delays, neurodevelopmental disorders, learning delays, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, behavioural difficulties, and trauma.
Ksenia Kolesnikova
Psychologist, MA, PsyBA General
Verified
Verified
I support my clients in their learning of skills to enable them to thrive beyond the therapy room by drawing on CBT, Schema Therapy,
DBT
, ACT, Compassion Focused Therapy and Interpersonal Therapy techniques.
I'm a Clinical Psychologist with experience working in metropolitan and rural areas of Australia and overseas, with culturally and ethnically diverse clients, and with a broad range of mental health issues. I'm passionate about helping clients to start living their best possible life and to reach their potential by identifying and working through their emotions, vulnerabilities, and mental illness.
Melanie McInneny - Clinical Psychologist
Psychologist, MPsych, PsyBA - Clin. Psych
Verified
Verified
To help clients achieve the change they are seeking, I use a range of treatment modalities including CBT, ACT,
DBT
, Schema Therapy, EMDR, CBT-E (Eating Disorders) and MANTRA (Maudsley Model of Anorexia Nervosa Treatment for Adults).
Hi! My name is Mel and I am a Clinical Psychologist with 10 years of experience. I enjoy working with individuals 16+ years presenting with anxiety disorders, eating disorders, mood difficulties, emotional difficulties, low self esteem, adjustment and life stressors, burnout, trauma and body image. I believe that we all have strengths that we draw upon and help us function in the world and it my job to help you identify what these are and how to utilise them. Outside of seeing clients, I also really enjoy supervising other psychologists as a board approved supervisor. I am a ANZAED eating disorder credentialed psychologist.
Jacqueline Ha
Counsellor, PACFA
Verified
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Are you looking for support to navigate a difficult time or address a particular issue? Perhaps you recognise patterns or ways of relating that you want to better understand and change. You may be feeling disconnected in your relationship and want to create a more meaningful and long-lasting partnership. In today's fast-paced world, it can be difficult to slow down and make time to tune into ourselves and each other.
Elizabeth Caroline Cook
Psychologist, PsyBA General
Verified
Verified
Ellie is a warm and compassionate psychologist. She comes from a diverse cultural upbringing, having lived across Africa, Asia, Australia and America. Therefore, she has a strong appreciation for the uniqueness of each client and their personal story. She adapts her therapeutic approach to best suit the client and their particular needs, issues and personalities. She likes to work collaboratively to ensure clients feel supported, motivated and empowered along the therapeutic journey. She is motivated to help her clients understand their challenges and build upon their existing strengths and abilities.
Not accepting new clients
Sync & Rhythm Psychology
Psychologist, PsyBA General
Verified
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My work is built upon over six years of experience and thousands of client interactions around the country, across the public, private and non-for-profit sector. I work with young adults, adults, and older adults, presenting with a range of mental health issues including trauma, anxiety and mood related disorders, identity and existential issues, vocational uncertainty, grief and loss, personality disorders, and anger management issues.
Elizabeth Caroline Cook
Psychologist, PsyBA General
Verified
Verified
Ellie is a warm and compassionate psychologist. She comes from a diverse cultural upbringing, having lived across Africa, Asia, Australia and America. Therefore, she has a strong appreciation for the uniqueness of each client and their personal story. She adapts her therapeutic approach to best suit the client and their particular needs, issues and personalities. She likes to work collaboratively to ensure clients feel supported, motivated and empowered along the therapeutic journey. She is motivated to help her clients understand their challenges and build upon their existing strengths and abilities.
Erin Schibli
Psychologist, PsyBA Prov
Verified
Verified
Erin is a warm and non-judgemental psychologist who aims to support clients in safely exploring their challenges. She takes on a person-centred, humanistic approach where she encourages each client to guide their therapeutic work based on their specific goals and experiences. Erin’s primary focus is to develop strong therapeutic relationships with her clients to allow them to feel understood, respected, and empowered in their therapeutic journey. Erin believes that providing a supportive and open space allows clients to share in the experience of improved insight and wellbeing and grants them the autonomy to guide their own future.
Sarah Mullan
Psychologist, MPsych, MAPS
Verified
Verified
Everybody is different, so I like to spend our first session in getting to know each other, our personalities, our styles and structures, and exploring expectations of therapy. Whilst we explore your background and needs, I can assist in goal setting for our sessions and help you understand what to expect from me and how we can spend each session with your needs in that current moment.
Maria Morcos
Psychologist, PsychD, PsyBA General
Verified
Verified
Maria has special interests in working with trauma, anxiety, rapid mood changes and adjustment difficulties. She is also particularly interested in conducting assessments, including assessing for ADHD and specific learning disorders in both adults and children (colloquially known as dyslexia, dysgraphia and dyscalculia), and conducting cognitive, educational and vocational assessments. She also works with depression, low self-esteem and personality disorders.
Julie Paschke
Psychologist, PsyBA - Clin. Psych
Verified
Verified
Appointments available within 2 - 3 weeks. No Waitlist.
Office is near:
Essendon, VIC 3040 & Online
Mind Therapy Psychotherapeutic Services
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, AMHSW
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Immediate Openings Available - Medicare Bulk Billed. Face to face + telehealth. Cognitive Behavioural, Mindfulness, Emotional Focused Therapy & more. I work from the belief that the therapeutic relationship is built on trust, acceptance, validation and understanding. My purpose is to get you unstuck, confident, emotionally intelligent and not afraid to face life. I am passionate about working with Individuals, Adolescents & Couples facilitating meaningful and lasting change. I take pride in my ability to connect in a genuine way with a variety of clients and tailor my approach to best respect each person's potential, strengths.
Dr Michael Gurr
Psychologist, PsychD, PsyBA - Clin. Psych
Verified
Verified
I mainly support people who are experiencing low mood, anxiety, chronic pain, the effects of trauma (whether this be short or long-term) and OCD. I'm also really passionate about supporting people who are interested in doing therapy as a way of self-development. If you are at the point where you are interested in committing to improving your wellbeing and would like to give therapy a real go as a part of that then I am here for you.
Ismail Bekir
Psychologist, MPsych, PsyBA General
Verified
Verified
I am experienced in providing effective treatment for a range of mental health conditions including trauma, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, low self-esteem and relationship difficulties, life transitions and personal coaching. I strongly believe in a person-centred and evidence based approach.
Codie Nyhan
Psychologist, PsyBA General
Verified
Verified
Codie has experience in the assessment and treatment of chronic pain, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, personality disorders and various anxiety/depressive disorders. He also has extensive experience in assessments and report writing and has provided evidence within court. He has worked with individuals from various funding bodies including, Work-cover, National Disability Insurance Scheme, Transport Accident Commission as well as Medicare.
Safaa Hakim
Counsellor, PACFA
Verified
Verified
I am compassionate about guiding my clients to explore their difficulties and strengthen their emotional wellbeing. I provide specific counselling in the areas of anxiety, stress, depression, and relationships; as well as behavioural and other cognitive issues, offering a wide range of counselling support to meet the needs of clients and an organisation’s employees.
Not accepting new clients
Vesna Newman-Morris
Psychologist, PhD, PsyBA General
Verified
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Dr Vesna Newman-Morris works collaboratively with her clients to tailor treatment specific to their individual needs in helping them achieve and maintain a state of psychological and emotional well-being. She has expertise, both in clinical practice and in research, on the impact of complex trauma on personality function and mental health. This includes: longstanding issues associated with early childhood trauma and abuse, difficulties following a traumatic event, identifying intergenerational risk and protective factors in parent-infant relationships; improving attachment, resilience and well-being.
Wendy Henriks
Psychologist, PsyBA General
Verified
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A professional and dedicated psychologist working with children, adolescents, families and adults, with over fourteen years experience. Wendy is a client centred therapist who is trained in CBT, ACT, Mindfulness, IPT, play therapy, child parent relationship therapy, schema therapy, self compassion, Gottmans couples and more. She received Honours in psychology at Deakin University.
Melanie Li - Elysium Psychology
Psychologist, MPsych, PsyBA Prov
Verified
Verified
Elysium contact number: 0491 709 555 - Melanie (she/her) believes clients are the experts of their own lives. Considering the individual’s unique perspectives, strengths, and challenges, she adopts a warm, tailored, and strength-based approach to work alongside clients to make sense of their experiences and reach their goals. Her therapy is informed by evidence-based practice, integrating various modalities that encompasses acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, attachment theory, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing.
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Dialectical Behaviour (DBT) Counsellors
Who is DBT for?
DBT is designed for people who experience extreme emotional suffering because they lack the skills of emotion regulation and distress tolerance. The basic affliction can underlie a wide range of conditions, from borderline and other personality disorders to PTSD and treatment-resistant anxiety and depression. The therapy is helpful to those whose emotional reactivity is so intense it is disruptive to everyday functioning and leads to frequent crises.
Why do people need DBT?
The ability to regulate emotions is a core psychological skill that enables people to function in life and pay attention to the world outside themselves; it is consistently associated with well-being. DBT is designed to help people learn how to manage and regulate their emotions. Originally developed to treat people with borderline personality disorder whose extreme emotional suffering led to self-harming behaviour and suicide attempts, the therapy is now applied to other conditions involving emotion dysregulation, particularly when other treatments have failed.
What happens in DBT?
Individuals meet weekly with their therapist to discuss their experiences relating to moods, behaviour, and skills. Using checklists they maintain, they review emotional experiences and positive practices they engage in. The diaries help individuals discern what led up to a specific problem encountered, this is followed by discussion of the consequences of their actions. In addition, individuals may meet in class-like small groups to learn skills such as mindfulness, emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
How long does DBT last?
Because it is intended to establish long-lasting behavioural change among those with persistent problems, DBT is designed to last six months to a year. DBT includes both weekly sessions of individual therapy and weekly skills-training sessions conducted in small groups. Studies of DBT have documented improvement within a year of treatment, particularly in controlling self-harmful behaviour; nevertheless, individuals may require therapy for several years.