Areas of Counselling Practice
Couples Counselling
- Affairs – working through the discovery and rebuilding trust
- Communication and conflict resolution
- Complex, traumatic or unresolved past issues
- Decision-making and negotiation
- Different expectations – personal, family and cultural
- Domestic violence couples
- Losing love and connection
- Pre-marital preparation and counselling (Prepare-Enrich)
- Parenting and stepfamilies issues
- Same-sex counselling
- Separation and divorce counselling including under 2-year certificate
- Sex therapy
Mental Health, Trauma and Abuse
- Addictions including alcohol and other drugs, gambling, porn and sexual-related addiction
- Adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse
- Anxiety including OCD, panic attacks, stress management
- Depressive disorders, depression and low mood
- Emotional, physical and sexual abuse – past or present
- Rape and adult sexual assault
- Relationship issues including conflict and domestic violence
- Trauma, past and present, including PTSD – EMDR (eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing)
Adolescent and Family Counselling
- Behavioural challenges for adolescents
- Fatherhood issues and mentoring
- Mediation and dispute resolution
- Step-family issues
Other
- Anger management
- Assertiveness and boundary setting
- Counselling for pastors and ministry leaders
- Grief and loss counselling
- Men’s issues
- Migration and transcultural issues including Aboriginal
- Missionary debriefing and assessment
- Relationship issues including same-sex attraction
- Spirituality (Christian perspective)
- Workplace-related issues
Supervision
- Clinical supervision for student and professional counsellors
- Ministry supervision and mentoring for pastors and Christian leaders
- Supervision for Community Workers
How I Approach Counselling
I like living life abundantly and I desire the same for you. I know from experience that sometimes people can get awfully stuck, but that often with the help of others they can find new ways out.
Professional Background
For further details about me, please visit my website at Talk It Over Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Fees
My fee for individual counselling is $140-$160 per 1 hour session. A $20 discount applies for sessions starting between 1 and 4pm.
If you are having are financial difficulties, concessions may be available.
Internet payments to BSB: 302 100 – Acct No: 1038046
Registered Counsellor Bodies
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