Psychoanalytic Psychologists and Therapists in Saint Kilda East, VIC
I am a Lacanian Psychoanalyst, Accredited Metal Health Social Work and Psychotherapist who hold specialized accreditations in working with Complex Trauma, Acute Stress and Post Traumatic Stress Disorders and a range of mental health presentations. I am committed to providing best practice trauma informed care in a confidential, sensitive and validating therapeutic space, with an emphasis on ‘learning to live with our stories.’ My primary ethical commitment is to provide a safe non-judgmental space for ‘bearing witness,’ for truth telling,’ and in sharing your ‘lived experiences’ via free association. I am also an EMDR Practitioner.
I am a Lacanian Psychoanalyst, Accredited Metal Health Social Work and Psychotherapist who hold specialized accreditations in working with Complex Trauma, Acute Stress and Post Traumatic Stress Disorders and a range of mental health presentations. I am committed to providing best practice trauma informed care in a confidential, sensitive and validating therapeutic space, with an emphasis on ‘learning to live with our stories.’ My primary ethical commitment is to provide a safe non-judgmental space for ‘bearing witness,’ for truth telling,’ and in sharing your ‘lived experiences’ via free association. I am also an EMDR Practitioner.
I offer psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.
I work with people who may be feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or uncertain, and who are seeking more than a quick fix. Often, the people that I work with are thoughtful, sensitive, and curious about themselves and their relationships, and have a sense that there is something deeper to be understood about themselves. They may be struggling with recurring patterns, emotional pain, or difficulties that feel hard to explain. In our work together, I offer a steady, reflective space to explore these experiences, supporting greater self-understanding and the possibility of meaningful, lasting change.
I offer psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.
I work with people who may be feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or uncertain, and who are seeking more than a quick fix. Often, the people that I work with are thoughtful, sensitive, and curious about themselves and their relationships, and have a sense that there is something deeper to be understood about themselves. They may be struggling with recurring patterns, emotional pain, or difficulties that feel hard to explain. In our work together, I offer a steady, reflective space to explore these experiences, supporting greater self-understanding and the possibility of meaningful, lasting change.
Are you feeling stuck? Do you feel like there are always challenges that stop you from a balanced life? Or maybe you are struggling with the same patterns and trauma that just won't go away? Modern life can be so complicated, there is so much happening in the world it can be hard to find our own place in it. People are struggling in this global climate. Counselling can help you to connect to yourself. So often we think about connection to others, but how can we do that when we feel a sense of unrest and disconnection to our true self?
Are you feeling stuck? Do you feel like there are always challenges that stop you from a balanced life? Or maybe you are struggling with the same patterns and trauma that just won't go away? Modern life can be so complicated, there is so much happening in the world it can be hard to find our own place in it. People are struggling in this global climate. Counselling can help you to connect to yourself. So often we think about connection to others, but how can we do that when we feel a sense of unrest and disconnection to our true self?
A registered psychotherapist, Melissa has a Master’s Degree in Counselling and Psychotherapy and is registered with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA), and the Australian Counselling Association (ACA). Melissa uses a range of evidenced based approaches, tailoring the therapy to best suit the individual needs of her clients.
A registered psychotherapist, Melissa has a Master’s Degree in Counselling and Psychotherapy and is registered with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA), and the Australian Counselling Association (ACA). Melissa uses a range of evidenced based approaches, tailoring the therapy to best suit the individual needs of her clients.
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Hi my name is Sesil. I have completed the Doctor of Psychology (Clinical) postgraduate degree. I am a registered Clinical Psychologist. I began practising in 2002 and have had a range of experiences working in a variety of settings. Some of the areas I work with include anxiety, depression, trauma, self-esteem, life changes, relationship issues, grief/loss and stress. I am currently available to offer Telehealth psychology services for adults.
Hi my name is Sesil. I have completed the Doctor of Psychology (Clinical) postgraduate degree. I am a registered Clinical Psychologist. I began practising in 2002 and have had a range of experiences working in a variety of settings. Some of the areas I work with include anxiety, depression, trauma, self-esteem, life changes, relationship issues, grief/loss and stress. I am currently available to offer Telehealth psychology services for adults.
Harry has more than 35 years of experience as a psychologist offering psychodynamic therapy for older adolescents and adults presenting with a broad range of difficulties such as depression, constant feelings of anxiety & discomfort, loss & life transitions, poor self-esteem, difficulties in establishing & maintaining relationships, complex trauma, difficulties in finding purpose & meaning in life, obsessions impeding social & occupational functioning, self-defeating behaviour, parent-child relational difficulties, eating disorders, ADHD support, as well as lifestyle related health problems.
Harry also bulk bills.
Harry has more than 35 years of experience as a psychologist offering psychodynamic therapy for older adolescents and adults presenting with a broad range of difficulties such as depression, constant feelings of anxiety & discomfort, loss & life transitions, poor self-esteem, difficulties in establishing & maintaining relationships, complex trauma, difficulties in finding purpose & meaning in life, obsessions impeding social & occupational functioning, self-defeating behaviour, parent-child relational difficulties, eating disorders, ADHD support, as well as lifestyle related health problems.
Harry also bulk bills.
I’m Cicily, I'm a GP who has been working with individuals and families in private practice for over 20 years. I now focus on offering longer term Jungian-oriented psychotherapy for adults, and Sandplay therapy for clients aged 6 and up.
For Adults: Weekly psychotherapy or twice-weekly intensive analysis for people wishing to embark on deeper personal exploration.
For children/youth: Flexible weekly/fortnightly sessions.
My hope is that by creating a regular space for deeper reflection, clients may develop greater insight, experience a reduction in troubling symptoms and feel a greater sense of more comfortably being themself.
I’m Cicily, I'm a GP who has been working with individuals and families in private practice for over 20 years. I now focus on offering longer term Jungian-oriented psychotherapy for adults, and Sandplay therapy for clients aged 6 and up.
For Adults: Weekly psychotherapy or twice-weekly intensive analysis for people wishing to embark on deeper personal exploration.
For children/youth: Flexible weekly/fortnightly sessions.
My hope is that by creating a regular space for deeper reflection, clients may develop greater insight, experience a reduction in troubling symptoms and feel a greater sense of more comfortably being themself.
My name is Todd, I am a Clinical Psychotherapist and Counsellor working with individuals and couples in Melbourne, Australia. I specialise in Trauma and trauma related conditions. My work draws heavily on attachment theory, psychodynamic and developmental psychology and existentialism. I take a culturally sensitive, trauma-informed approach and work collaboratively with my clients to identify their needs and goals. I believe that psychotherapy is a powerful tool that can be used to enrich your life and relationships through increasing self-awareness, self-understanding and insight, or to work through specific life challenges.
My name is Todd, I am a Clinical Psychotherapist and Counsellor working with individuals and couples in Melbourne, Australia. I specialise in Trauma and trauma related conditions. My work draws heavily on attachment theory, psychodynamic and developmental psychology and existentialism. I take a culturally sensitive, trauma-informed approach and work collaboratively with my clients to identify their needs and goals. I believe that psychotherapy is a powerful tool that can be used to enrich your life and relationships through increasing self-awareness, self-understanding and insight, or to work through specific life challenges.
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.
She integrates evidence-based attachment and contemporary psychoanalytic approaches with cognitive and interpersonal therapies.
Dr Vesna Newman-Morris is a senior clinical psychologist with further training in psychoanalysis. She has an established private practice and has worked in specialist public mental health services, community health services, and the university sector. She works with people with diverse backgrounds and a broad variety of issues. Her clinical and research expertise includes the impact of complex developmental trauma on personality function and mental health, including early childhood trauma and abuse, responses to traumatic events, and intergenerational risk and protective factors in attachment relationships.
She integrates evidence-based attachment and contemporary psychoanalytic approaches with cognitive and interpersonal therapies.
Dr Vesna Newman-Morris is a senior clinical psychologist with further training in psychoanalysis. She has an established private practice and has worked in specialist public mental health services, community health services, and the university sector. She works with people with diverse backgrounds and a broad variety of issues. Her clinical and research expertise includes the impact of complex developmental trauma on personality function and mental health, including early childhood trauma and abuse, responses to traumatic events, and intergenerational risk and protective factors in attachment relationships.
As a trauma therapist and multidisciplinary artist, I work at the intersection of relational healing, psychological sciences, creativity, and cultural identity. My practice supports people navigating trauma, relationship patterns, and disconnection—from themselves, others and what gives them meaning in life; their values. I specialise in working with complex trauma, often rooted in experiences of intimate family violence, cultural rupture and developmental trauma. At the heart of my work is bringing emotion and memory together with the body, science, and creativity.
As a trauma therapist and multidisciplinary artist, I work at the intersection of relational healing, psychological sciences, creativity, and cultural identity. My practice supports people navigating trauma, relationship patterns, and disconnection—from themselves, others and what gives them meaning in life; their values. I specialise in working with complex trauma, often rooted in experiences of intimate family violence, cultural rupture and developmental trauma. At the heart of my work is bringing emotion and memory together with the body, science, and creativity.
If you are already checking this, it means that a part of you is ready to be transformed, I´m here to assist you in that process. My most important objective is to provide you with a safe and professional space to go to the roots of your symptoms, not only the surface. In that way, changes being made are most likely to remain.
If you are already checking this, it means that a part of you is ready to be transformed, I´m here to assist you in that process. My most important objective is to provide you with a safe and professional space to go to the roots of your symptoms, not only the surface. In that way, changes being made are most likely to remain.
My approach integrates deep psychological work with practical strategies for healing and growth, drawing upon psychoanalytic understanding, EMDR trauma processing, dream analysis, and body-based awareness.
Recovery from relational trauma involves immediate stabilisation and deeper healing work. In our sessions, we address safety concerns while exploring the deeper impact of traumatic experiences. Through dream work, we access the wisdom of your unconscious mind. EMDR therapy helps process traumatic memories, while psychoanalytic work builds understanding.
My approach integrates deep psychological work with practical strategies for healing and growth, drawing upon psychoanalytic understanding, EMDR trauma processing, dream analysis, and body-based awareness.
Recovery from relational trauma involves immediate stabilisation and deeper healing work. In our sessions, we address safety concerns while exploring the deeper impact of traumatic experiences. Through dream work, we access the wisdom of your unconscious mind. EMDR therapy helps process traumatic memories, while psychoanalytic work builds understanding.
I integrate attachment and psychoanalytic perspectives to promote deeper understanding and resolution of the patterns of thought and action that make you unhappy.
I work with adult clients experiencing complex trauma, depression, anxiety, interpersonal difficulties, identity conflicts, grief and loss. I treat people of all genders, but have a special interest in men’s psychological struggles. My clients tend to appreciate that psychological growth involves more than 'strategies', and that self-discovery, self-insight and self-acceptance lie at the heart of each healing journey. They expect to be challenged as well as supported, and to be guided by an experienced, insightful, and compassionate therapist who is able to hold and contain whatever distress they bring.
I integrate attachment and psychoanalytic perspectives to promote deeper understanding and resolution of the patterns of thought and action that make you unhappy.
I work with adult clients experiencing complex trauma, depression, anxiety, interpersonal difficulties, identity conflicts, grief and loss. I treat people of all genders, but have a special interest in men’s psychological struggles. My clients tend to appreciate that psychological growth involves more than 'strategies', and that self-discovery, self-insight and self-acceptance lie at the heart of each healing journey. They expect to be challenged as well as supported, and to be guided by an experienced, insightful, and compassionate therapist who is able to hold and contain whatever distress they bring.
I work from a psychodynamic, psychoanalytic, interpersonal and existential perspective.
Understanding our problems and achieving change in our lives is found in considering our whole life journey. Our past provides a foundation for learning, our present provides us with the opportunity for agency and choice and our future can provide a meaningfulness. From this we can grow, strive, be more resilient and better adapt to what ever life throws at us. Psychotherapy works best when we recognise we have strengths not just weaknesses, our symptoms are part of us not all of us, change is about both loss and gain and that insight and self-knowledge is the basis for real enduring change.
I work from a psychodynamic, psychoanalytic, interpersonal and existential perspective.
Understanding our problems and achieving change in our lives is found in considering our whole life journey. Our past provides a foundation for learning, our present provides us with the opportunity for agency and choice and our future can provide a meaningfulness. From this we can grow, strive, be more resilient and better adapt to what ever life throws at us. Psychotherapy works best when we recognise we have strengths not just weaknesses, our symptoms are part of us not all of us, change is about both loss and gain and that insight and self-knowledge is the basis for real enduring change.
I work from a psychoanalytic base and draw from systemic, attachment and body-based modalities to tailor to the singular experience of each and every person.
I specialise in getting to the root cause of your pain, supporting adults, adolescents, children and couples. I work with anxiety, depression, stress, grief, difficult life transitions and relationship conflicts. I support individuals as well as whole families, helping parents, children, siblings and couples repair and rebuild their relationships. I don't offer quick fixes. Instead, I provide a space for you to speak freely and together, we will get to the heart of the issue. I listen carefully, to the underlying resonance of speech and draw on body-based approaches to support trauma processing and healing.
I work from a psychoanalytic base and draw from systemic, attachment and body-based modalities to tailor to the singular experience of each and every person.
I specialise in getting to the root cause of your pain, supporting adults, adolescents, children and couples. I work with anxiety, depression, stress, grief, difficult life transitions and relationship conflicts. I support individuals as well as whole families, helping parents, children, siblings and couples repair and rebuild their relationships. I don't offer quick fixes. Instead, I provide a space for you to speak freely and together, we will get to the heart of the issue. I listen carefully, to the underlying resonance of speech and draw on body-based approaches to support trauma processing and healing.
Sandra is an experienced bilingual clinical psychologist who sees different people from all walks of life, as circumstances bring many of us to therapy at different points or phases in life and for a variety of reasons. Sandra’s therapy setting provides a caring, not judgemental, supportive space where people can feel safe to express themselves and their inner feelings and where the person can have the experience to feel held in an accepting, respectful and empathetic way. This catharsis provides the individual with a freedom to unburden, relax and try to find a new stable foundation for a more fulfilling future and experiences.
Sandra is an experienced bilingual clinical psychologist who sees different people from all walks of life, as circumstances bring many of us to therapy at different points or phases in life and for a variety of reasons. Sandra’s therapy setting provides a caring, not judgemental, supportive space where people can feel safe to express themselves and their inner feelings and where the person can have the experience to feel held in an accepting, respectful and empathetic way. This catharsis provides the individual with a freedom to unburden, relax and try to find a new stable foundation for a more fulfilling future and experiences.
While many are accustomed to counselling or psychotherapy, and I am trained in these evidence-based modalities, I find the psychoanalytic framework the most effective, though remain flexible in integrating other techniques as necessary.
I am a practising psychoanalyst working with adult and adolescent individuals and couples.
I seek to support those looking to resolve inner conflict and find positive change for their lives. You may want to move away from difficult emotional states like depression, anxiety, anger and loneliness or address repetitive and destructive behaviours such as substance abuse or sexual compulsion that are holding you back. You may also be overwhelmed by big transitions like bereavement, divorce or relocation and feel stuck, or unvalued, in your professional journey.
While many are accustomed to counselling or psychotherapy, and I am trained in these evidence-based modalities, I find the psychoanalytic framework the most effective, though remain flexible in integrating other techniques as necessary.
I am a practising psychoanalyst working with adult and adolescent individuals and couples.
I seek to support those looking to resolve inner conflict and find positive change for their lives. You may want to move away from difficult emotional states like depression, anxiety, anger and loneliness or address repetitive and destructive behaviours such as substance abuse or sexual compulsion that are holding you back. You may also be overwhelmed by big transitions like bereavement, divorce or relocation and feel stuck, or unvalued, in your professional journey.
Cody is a warm, non-judgemental registered psychologist who will help you facilitate long lasting change and a deeper sense of self, by investigating how your past can influence your present and by looking at the roots of an issue. She will work with you to uncover subconscious patterns that have developed over time and then help you transform them into healthier behaviours. Cody works with a range of presentations including anxiety, stress, trauma and childhood trauma, life adjustments, depression, grief & loss, coping skills, life coaching, interpersonal or relationship difficulties and supervision.
Cody is a warm, non-judgemental registered psychologist who will help you facilitate long lasting change and a deeper sense of self, by investigating how your past can influence your present and by looking at the roots of an issue. She will work with you to uncover subconscious patterns that have developed over time and then help you transform them into healthier behaviours. Cody works with a range of presentations including anxiety, stress, trauma and childhood trauma, life adjustments, depression, grief & loss, coping skills, life coaching, interpersonal or relationship difficulties and supervision.
Pregnancy and new motherhood are wild rides, full of unknowns and uncontrollable experiences – as a clinical psychologist who is also an imperfect mum, I know this first-hand.
Pregnancy and new motherhood are wild rides, full of unknowns and uncontrollable experiences – as a clinical psychologist who is also an imperfect mum, I know this first-hand.
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Psychoanalytic Therapists
Does psychoanalytic therapy work?
Psychoanalytic therapy derives from the work of Sigmund Freud. In this type of therapy, discovering buried thoughts and emotions from the unconscious will help a person work through their difficulties and negative behaviours. Research shows that psychoanalytic therapy can be highly effective, with patients reporting improvement in mood, quality of life, and overall well-being.
How long are people typically in psychoanalytic therapy?
Traditional psychoanalysis is in-depth and is conducted in five sessions every week. Today, modern psychoanalytic therapy is less intense and normally incorporates as few as one or two sessions a week. In some cases, positive change can occur quickly. However, if the condition, difficulty, or behaviour is deep-seated, improvement may require many months or years of therapy.
Is psychoanalytic therapy suitable for young people?
Children and adolescents can benefit from this type of therapy. Many kids and teens are often unable to form and communicate their thoughts and emotions. Psychoanalytic therapy uses specific techniques such as dream analysis, symbolism, and free association or word association; all of which can be useful tools for less-communicative young people. Through this therapy, a patient will hopefully make connections between what they feel inside and how the world works outside.
Can psychoanalytic therapy be done online?
Modern-day psychoanalytic therapy is very different from traditional psychoanalysis. While an individual can sit face-to-face with the psychoanalyst for multiple sessions a week, they do not have to. Today, psychoanalytic therapy can be effectively conducted online or by phone. The key is that the individual confronts what is repressed and avoided, and this can be done whether in person or over online video.