Suicidal Ideation Psychologists and Therapists in Mount Martha, VIC
Life has a constant ebb and flow. There are times where everything seems to be smooth and worry free, then, for a variety of reasons we can feel knocked about with constant challenges. Like getting caught in the surf, it may feel like it is hard to catch a break and get onto steady ground. I offer trauma informed compassionate and safe support to help you to find your flow.
Specialising in supporting people through life's challenges - whether you're coping with trauma, grief and loss, illness, aging, workplace stress or shifting family dynamics. I will guide you in building emotional clarity, resilience and confidence.
Life has a constant ebb and flow. There are times where everything seems to be smooth and worry free, then, for a variety of reasons we can feel knocked about with constant challenges. Like getting caught in the surf, it may feel like it is hard to catch a break and get onto steady ground. I offer trauma informed compassionate and safe support to help you to find your flow.
Specialising in supporting people through life's challenges - whether you're coping with trauma, grief and loss, illness, aging, workplace stress or shifting family dynamics. I will guide you in building emotional clarity, resilience and confidence.
Kirra is an AHPRA endorsed clinical psychologist and a member of the Australian Psychological Society. Kirra works with children, adolescents and adults with a diverse range of presentations. Kirra completes learning assessments, Autism assessments, behavioural assessments and also works with depression, anxiety, general counselling and grief. Appointments are within school hours.
Appointments are supported by a friendly Therapy Dog who provides supportive and calm environment for children and adults. This can also assist with individuals who are hesitant to come to sessions. Chat to us today to see how we can help.
Kirra is an AHPRA endorsed clinical psychologist and a member of the Australian Psychological Society. Kirra works with children, adolescents and adults with a diverse range of presentations. Kirra completes learning assessments, Autism assessments, behavioural assessments and also works with depression, anxiety, general counselling and grief. Appointments are within school hours.
Appointments are supported by a friendly Therapy Dog who provides supportive and calm environment for children and adults. This can also assist with individuals who are hesitant to come to sessions. Chat to us today to see how we can help.
My name is Lauren and I am passionate about helping people connect with themselves more deeply. I have over 10 years experience working with trauma in private practice, as a researcher and with the Centre for Survivors of Torture and Trauma. I use a range of therapeutic techniques to help people become more present in their lives and develop a sense of safety in the world, their relationships and in their own body. Through loving presence and techniques from Focusing and Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), I help people access their own deep sense of inner knowing.
My name is Lauren and I am passionate about helping people connect with themselves more deeply. I have over 10 years experience working with trauma in private practice, as a researcher and with the Centre for Survivors of Torture and Trauma. I use a range of therapeutic techniques to help people become more present in their lives and develop a sense of safety in the world, their relationships and in their own body. Through loving presence and techniques from Focusing and Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), I help people access their own deep sense of inner knowing.
Brooke is passionate about providing assessment and therapy that is evidence based, ethical, flexible, informative and personalised to the individual’s needs. She uses a trauma informed and culturally inclusive lens drawing on her training and expertise in Psychological Assessment, Trauma Focused Cognitive behavioural therapy (TF-CBT) ,Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) , Narrative Therapy, Sensory Motor Psychotherapy, Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) and Creative Art therapy.
Brooke is passionate about providing assessment and therapy that is evidence based, ethical, flexible, informative and personalised to the individual’s needs. She uses a trauma informed and culturally inclusive lens drawing on her training and expertise in Psychological Assessment, Trauma Focused Cognitive behavioural therapy (TF-CBT) ,Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) , Narrative Therapy, Sensory Motor Psychotherapy, Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) and Creative Art therapy.
I support people across the lifespan who are trying to make sense of themselves, their relationships, and the impact of their past. You may be navigating complex trauma, attachment wounds, family estrangement, relationship or friendship breakdowns, bullying, or major life transitions like divorce. I also work with those recovering from religious trauma or high-control environments, queer clients exploring identity and belonging, and educators under sustained stress.
I support people across the lifespan who are trying to make sense of themselves, their relationships, and the impact of their past. You may be navigating complex trauma, attachment wounds, family estrangement, relationship or friendship breakdowns, bullying, or major life transitions like divorce. I also work with those recovering from religious trauma or high-control environments, queer clients exploring identity and belonging, and educators under sustained stress.
I love working with teens and adults who are facing challenges in their lives that they may feel are insurmountable. They may be struggling with grief, identity, big transitions or general feelings of demotivation, depression and anxiety. They may be having problems communicating or setting boundaries in relationships and need someone to walk alongside them in finding ways to build healthier coping strategies, begin to notice the beauty in life or get their spark back.
I love working with teens and adults who are facing challenges in their lives that they may feel are insurmountable. They may be struggling with grief, identity, big transitions or general feelings of demotivation, depression and anxiety. They may be having problems communicating or setting boundaries in relationships and need someone to walk alongside them in finding ways to build healthier coping strategies, begin to notice the beauty in life or get their spark back.
I am a registered psychotherapist. I have a Master’s Degree in Counselling and Psychotherapy and I am clinical member with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA). I use a range of integrative approaches, tailoring the therapy to best suit your individual needs.
I am a registered psychotherapist. I have a Master’s Degree in Counselling and Psychotherapy and I am clinical member with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA). I use a range of integrative approaches, tailoring the therapy to best suit your individual needs.
I employ an evidence-based, multi-faceted approach, working with you to create the next chapter. A qualified, registered Clinical Counsellor, based in the Mornington Peninsula, supporting couples, and adults. Helping you navigate the path to find your purpose, reframe concerns and look forward to an improved relationship with yourself and others. Passionate about empowering you to develop a set of tools to help you become your own coach. Supporting a wide range of concerns including: Anxiety, Stress, Depression, Self-esteem, Relational dynamics, Confidence, Grief, Conflict, Anger, Eating Disorder behaviour management
I employ an evidence-based, multi-faceted approach, working with you to create the next chapter. A qualified, registered Clinical Counsellor, based in the Mornington Peninsula, supporting couples, and adults. Helping you navigate the path to find your purpose, reframe concerns and look forward to an improved relationship with yourself and others. Passionate about empowering you to develop a set of tools to help you become your own coach. Supporting a wide range of concerns including: Anxiety, Stress, Depression, Self-esteem, Relational dynamics, Confidence, Grief, Conflict, Anger, Eating Disorder behaviour management
Supporting clients to intergrate their lived experiences and find compassion and understanding towards their own lives
Supporting clients to intergrate their lived experiences and find compassion and understanding towards their own lives
Moving to Balnarring on the beautiful Mornington Peninsula on July 1st. Helping women move from overwhelm and shutdown to calm, clarity, and confidence. Feeling overwhelmed, shut down, or like you’ve lost yourself? At Jubilee Counselling in Balnarring (New Location)…I support women experiencing anxiety, emotional neglect, and trauma responses to feel safe, understood, and gently reconnect with who they are. You may find yourself overthinking, going into “freeze,” or struggling to express your feelings. In a calm, supportive space, we work at your pace to build confidence, emotional clarity, and a stronger sense of self.
Moving to Balnarring on the beautiful Mornington Peninsula on July 1st. Helping women move from overwhelm and shutdown to calm, clarity, and confidence. Feeling overwhelmed, shut down, or like you’ve lost yourself? At Jubilee Counselling in Balnarring (New Location)…I support women experiencing anxiety, emotional neglect, and trauma responses to feel safe, understood, and gently reconnect with who they are. You may find yourself overthinking, going into “freeze,” or struggling to express your feelings. In a calm, supportive space, we work at your pace to build confidence, emotional clarity, and a stronger sense of self.
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Hi, I’m Eden (he/they), a Registered Psychologist deeply committed to improving mental health outcomes for neurodivergent individuals and the LGBTQIA+ community. As a trans and neurodivergent person, I bring a lived understanding of how stigma, systemic barriers, and discrimination can affect mental health and identity. I am dedicated to providing trauma-informed, neuro-affirming, sex-positive, and gender and sexuality-affirming care, creating a safe and supportive therapeutic space where clients feel respected and empowered to be their authentic selves.
Hi, I’m Eden (he/they), a Registered Psychologist deeply committed to improving mental health outcomes for neurodivergent individuals and the LGBTQIA+ community. As a trans and neurodivergent person, I bring a lived understanding of how stigma, systemic barriers, and discrimination can affect mental health and identity. I am dedicated to providing trauma-informed, neuro-affirming, sex-positive, and gender and sexuality-affirming care, creating a safe and supportive therapeutic space where clients feel respected and empowered to be their authentic selves.
You might be living with the impact of complex trauma - feeling on edge, emotionally overwhelmed, shut down, or stuck in patterns that don’t make sense. Maybe you’ve done therapy before and understand your story, but your nervous system still reacts as if the danger is present. I work with adults healing from complex trauma (CPTSD), developmental trauma, and repeated relational wounds. My approach integrates mind and body - supporting both insight and nervous system regulation so change feels sustainable, not forced. Trauma doesn’t only live in memory. It lives in the body and in protective patterns that once helped you survive.
You might be living with the impact of complex trauma - feeling on edge, emotionally overwhelmed, shut down, or stuck in patterns that don’t make sense. Maybe you’ve done therapy before and understand your story, but your nervous system still reacts as if the danger is present. I work with adults healing from complex trauma (CPTSD), developmental trauma, and repeated relational wounds. My approach integrates mind and body - supporting both insight and nervous system regulation so change feels sustainable, not forced. Trauma doesn’t only live in memory. It lives in the body and in protective patterns that once helped you survive.
Brianna King is a compassionate and experienced therapist who works with adults seeking meaningful change in their lives, relationships, and families. She supports individuals, couples, and parents to break unhelpful patterns, develop self-awareness, and build stronger, healthier connections.
Brianna King is a compassionate and experienced therapist who works with adults seeking meaningful change in their lives, relationships, and families. She supports individuals, couples, and parents to break unhelpful patterns, develop self-awareness, and build stronger, healthier connections.
I have over 7 years experience working in Mental Health in Community Organisations, with 5 years experience working directly with communities experiencing thoughts and behaviours of suicide.
Hi, my name is Cristiona and I am passionate about social change, building safe, compassionate and supportive relationships, and creating opportunities for people to be empowered.
I live with chronic pain, autism, ADHD and lived experience of suicidality, anxiety, depression and being a transgender queer person. This gives me a unique perspective to my work.
All this may mean I am not the right therapist for you, but also if working alongside someone with lived experience who get's it is important to you I might be just the person.
I have over 7 years experience working in Mental Health in Community Organisations, with 5 years experience working directly with communities experiencing thoughts and behaviours of suicide.
Hi, my name is Cristiona and I am passionate about social change, building safe, compassionate and supportive relationships, and creating opportunities for people to be empowered.
I live with chronic pain, autism, ADHD and lived experience of suicidality, anxiety, depression and being a transgender queer person. This gives me a unique perspective to my work.
All this may mean I am not the right therapist for you, but also if working alongside someone with lived experience who get's it is important to you I might be just the person.
Stan is a registered clinical psychologist with a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and membership of the Australian Psychological Society. He has 16 years of training and experience and can speak in both Greek and English languages. He also has experience in working with adolescents, adults, older adults, and couples
Stan is a registered clinical psychologist with a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and membership of the Australian Psychological Society. He has 16 years of training and experience and can speak in both Greek and English languages. He also has experience in working with adolescents, adults, older adults, and couples
Are you feeling anxious, stressed, confused, emotionally overwhelmed? Does life seem overwhelming, unfair, sad, unfulfilling, directionless, hopeless? Is your relationship in distress or not as fulfilling as you’d like? You’re not alone. I endeavour to understand what is important for you, which means that I don’t have a one-size-fits-all approach. Using empathy and non-judgement, I listen to understand what life is like for you and to ‘get’ you - what you are thinking and feeling, how the events of life have impacted you, and what you want and need. I create a safe space to be open and real about what you are experiencing.
Are you feeling anxious, stressed, confused, emotionally overwhelmed? Does life seem overwhelming, unfair, sad, unfulfilling, directionless, hopeless? Is your relationship in distress or not as fulfilling as you’d like? You’re not alone. I endeavour to understand what is important for you, which means that I don’t have a one-size-fits-all approach. Using empathy and non-judgement, I listen to understand what life is like for you and to ‘get’ you - what you are thinking and feeling, how the events of life have impacted you, and what you want and need. I create a safe space to be open and real about what you are experiencing.
Dr Daniel Leung is a warm and empathic Clinical Psychologist and PsyBA-Approved Supervisor who has worked in hospital, university, and community mental health settings. He has experience providing short- and long-term therapy for individuals as well as facilitated group-based therapy programs in both inpatient and outpatient settings designed to reduce the impact of anxiety and depression. He primarily works with mid-to-late adolescents and adults who are struggling with mental health issues such as anxiety disorders (e.g., social anxiety, GAD, panic disorder, OCD), depression, complex trauma and PTSD, and substance use issues.
Dr Daniel Leung is a warm and empathic Clinical Psychologist and PsyBA-Approved Supervisor who has worked in hospital, university, and community mental health settings. He has experience providing short- and long-term therapy for individuals as well as facilitated group-based therapy programs in both inpatient and outpatient settings designed to reduce the impact of anxiety and depression. He primarily works with mid-to-late adolescents and adults who are struggling with mental health issues such as anxiety disorders (e.g., social anxiety, GAD, panic disorder, OCD), depression, complex trauma and PTSD, and substance use issues.
I offer psychology and counselling to children up to young adults, and use trauma-informed & neurodiversity affirming approaches. My experience draws from over 15 years working in psychology, and particular passion in supporting those with mental health challenges, childhood trauma, &/ or neurodiversity.
I offer psychology and counselling to children up to young adults, and use trauma-informed & neurodiversity affirming approaches. My experience draws from over 15 years working in psychology, and particular passion in supporting those with mental health challenges, childhood trauma, &/ or neurodiversity.
Do you feel overwhelmed with emotions and don't know where to start? Maybe you feel anxious, or are overthinking all the time? Whatever it is, you don’t have to go through it alone.
Together, we’ll make sense of what’s happening, and work through the issues to make you feel calmer, stronger, and more in control.
My approach is warm, genuine, and down-to-earth. I want you to feel comfortable being yourself, and know that therapy is a space where you’ll be met with understanding and support.
Do you feel overwhelmed with emotions and don't know where to start? Maybe you feel anxious, or are overthinking all the time? Whatever it is, you don’t have to go through it alone.
Together, we’ll make sense of what’s happening, and work through the issues to make you feel calmer, stronger, and more in control.
My approach is warm, genuine, and down-to-earth. I want you to feel comfortable being yourself, and know that therapy is a space where you’ll be met with understanding and support.
I am passionate about working with diversity. As a queer, neurodivergent therapist, I seek to create an authentic and safe space for people to bring their whole selves. I am passionate about people making changes in their lives through building shame resilience and practising radical self-acceptance and self-compassion. I support people reframing core beliefs that may have been profoundly misunderstood. I love supporting people through finding liberation from systems and constructs that have kept us from embracing who we are.
I am passionate about working with diversity. As a queer, neurodivergent therapist, I seek to create an authentic and safe space for people to bring their whole selves. I am passionate about people making changes in their lives through building shame resilience and practising radical self-acceptance and self-compassion. I support people reframing core beliefs that may have been profoundly misunderstood. I love supporting people through finding liberation from systems and constructs that have kept us from embracing who we are.
Nearby Suicidal Ideation Therapists Searches for Mount Martha
- Carrum Downs
- Cranbourne
- Dromana
- Frankston
- Frankston South
- Langwarrin
- Mornington
- Mount Eliza
- Rosebud
- Seaford
- Skye
- Somerville
Suicidal Ideation Therapists
How does therapy for suicidal ideation work?
Stress, depression, anxiety, or upsetting circumstances can give rise to suicidal thinking. Therapy can address the events at the core of an individual’s suffering. Understanding why a person may be suicidal can help the therapist and the patient discover alternative methods of coping. A person with suicidal ideation may be mired in catastrophic thinking, and treatment like cognitive behavioural therapy is a good choice for breaking such patterns. In addition, treatment such as acceptance and commitment therapy can help a person manage their distress through better emotion regulation.
Which therapies are best for suicidal ideation?
Specific approaches used by professionals include cognitive behavioural, dialectical behaviour, psychodynamic, acceptance and commitment therapies, among others. Cognitive behavioural and dialectical behaviour therapies are two widely used therapies that can help individuals with painful thoughts and past traumas. These therapies help an individual tolerate distress, regulate emotions, and not act on dangerous urges.
Are there specific medications to be combined with therapy?
The use of medication for suicidal thoughts must be aligned with the underlying cause; conditions such as depression, anxiety, and psychosis may be at the root of suicidal ideation. A psychiatrist may prescribe medications for symptoms, which may include antipsychotics such as aripiprazole or antidepressants such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
How often and how long are therapy sessions for suicidal ideation?
As with 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, while others may opt for 20 to 30 sessions over, perhaps, a six-month period. Still other patients, especially those with co-occurring conditions like major depression and anxiety, may need to continue sessions for up to 12 to 18 months. In some cases, residential treatment may be recommended for an individual who is judged to be at high risk of self-harm.