Trauma Support Providers

My name is Christina Taylor and I am a Psychotherapist and Trauma specialist, working with Survivors of Sex Abuse, Cults and Ritual Abuse.
My Masters degree is in Counselling, my BA is in Psychology and I have studied Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) at Master level. It is my experience that working with clients with Complex PTSD and Dissociative Identity Disorders requires an holistic approach and I have additional qualifications in Hypnotism, Thought Field Therapy and Kinergetics (1, 2 and 3). I am also a qualified Sex Therapist and on the Board of ASSERT NSW (Australian Society of Sex Educators, Researchers and Therapists).
I became interested to work with sex abused clients following my own history of incest. After many years of personal and group therapy I believe that I have deep empathy for my clients, the ability to be present and yet to retain a professional engaged demeanor. In order to ensure that I retain the necessary objectivity and professional support I have two supervisors who I see on a fortnightly basis. I also regularly attend professional workshops led by world leaders in their field of trauma.
I meet with a client initially for one session of 50 minutes to ensure that they are relatively at ease with me. We then work together over a number of weeks and months depending on what is required. Sessions are generally 50 or 90 minutes depending on the treatment. Should I believe it necessary, with client approval I will refer to particular sensitive GP’s and Psychiatrists in the area.
I usually can meet new clients initially within two weeks. My costs are $185.00 per 50 minute session and I do have Medibank Private and BUPA Provider Numbers.

Individual/couple/family therapist, specialising in trauma issues. For past thirty years since qualifying as a social worker ,I have been employed in various settings from maternity to palliative care. I have been team leader in child protection, community centres and acting team leader in South East centre against sexual assault, where I was employed as a clinician for 15 years. Since 2009, I have also worked in the evenings on a part time basis in my private practice. If clients reside locally and find it difficult to attend my clinic, I can offer home visits . I am a mindfulness practitioner as well and utilise this practice as a means to instruct trauma survivors in the safety of the moment in which they are in control. I provide sensory somatic techniques and I work with the vagal nervous system to achieve emotional regulation and can offer emotional focussed therapy (tapping) if appropriate at the time of engagement.

I am a Clinical Psychologist who has helped clients with PTSD and other matters, for over 20 years.

My therapeutic approaches are:
-Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
-Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
-Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)
-Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
-Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP)
-Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
-Interpersonal Psychotherapy

My therapeutic approach includes a combination of acceptance/mindfulness-based approaches with existential/meaning based themes. I use these approaches both in the therapy I provide and daily in my own life.

In addition to my clinical experience, I have a diverse range of interests in my life which I bring to the work I do. I have a flexible and fluid style of therapy combined with a client-centred respectful approach. I adapt and modify our work to suit you and to achieve what you are seeking out of our sessions.

Ali has a Bachelor of Health Science (Psychology) from the University of Sydney and Master of Counselling from the University of Queensland, and is an Accredited Supervisor under the Rise Up Model. She is a registered counsellor, with the Australian Counselling Association (ACA) specialising in supporting clients of all ages with grief, loss, and bereavement.

Ali has over a decade of experience working in oncology, palliative care, perinatal support, family separation, with children and young people, and with those impacted by sudden and traumatic losses. Ali provides a specialised grief and loss lens to life’s challenges, whether they are death-related such as palliative care, pet loss, perinatal loss or sudden and traumatic death, or non-death-related losses such as the end of a relationship, chronic health challenges or fertility loss (to name a few.)

Ali uses a range of modalities to support clients, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Narrative Therapy and Neuropsychotherapy, underpinned by client-centred, strengths-based, trauma-informed principles.
Ali has a particular passion for supporting our youngest grievers (5+) but hopes to create a space for clients of all ages to feel seen, heard, and valued in their experiences.

Amanda is a Clinical Psychology Registrar whose empathy, warmth and compassion aims to create a respectful and non-judgemental environment, allowing clients to safely explore and work through emotional and psychological distress. Amanda has extensive experience across community and private settings and working with adolescents (including within School settings), adults, couples, and groups. Amanda works therapeutically and collaboratively with clients to sensitively explore early formative years and their impact on current functioning.

Amanda believes in incorporating the cognitive and affective parts of the self in order to assist clients in achieving their goals. Amanda utilises a person-centred, emotion-focused approach through the use of Emotion Focused Therapy, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Mindfulness, Compassion Based Psychotherapy, Interpersonal Therapy & Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT).

Amanda has also completed Gottman Level 2 Couple Training. Through the use of this evidence-based approach, Amanda helps couples recognise the strength in their relationship and work on building a stronger union.

I have worked for 18 years as a Psychologist. My interest areas are trauma, addiction, infertility, miscarriage, perinatal mental health, parenting interventions and bereavement support. My belief is that client and therapist should be working together to find solutions that work, that it is a collaborative approach.

Amber is an experienced Clinical Psychologist with passion for working across the lifespan. She is committed to supporting clients to develop a stance of acceptance and compassion to themselves in times of struggle, and to develop skills to bring about improved coping, wellbeing and life satisfaction. Amber provides a warm and empathetic approach with evidence-based treatments such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) and Trauma informed interventions. Amber has a special interest in working with individuals who have experienced trauma, significant life stress and adjustments, anxiety and depression. She is also a registered supervisor.

Qualifications:
B.Bus, Dip.Cl. Hypno, Dip Prof.Counselling, Dip Ego State Therapy, Advanced Clinical Resource Therapist, M.Counselling, EMDR, BSP1

Associations:
Andrew is a clinical member of the Psychotherapists and Counsellors Federation of Australia (PACFA), a professional clinical member of the Australian Association of Clinical Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy (AACHP), a registered member of the Australian Society of Clinical Hypnotherapists (ASCH), a level 4 member of the Australian Counselling Association (ACA) and a member of the EMDR Association of Australia.

Professional Experience:
Andrew’s professional experience is diverse, eclectic and integrated as a result of working as a counsellor since the 80’s, a hypnotherapist from the 90’s and a psychotherapist from the millennium and a brain based therapies (EMDR, Havening and Brainspotting) since 2016.

Therapeutic Approach:
Andrew’s approach is fundamentally humanistic: embracing person centred, solution focussed, Jungian and brain based therapist (EMDR and Brainspotting), all within the framework of a trauma informed approach to recovery adapted from Herman’s 3 phase model.

Andrew offers hypnotherapy (short term), counselling (medium term) and psychotherapy (long term) solutions and incorporates biofeedback techniques to stabilize clients from a mind body connection perspective.

Andrew embraces a collaborative co-constructive mindset with the client to establish a comforting, safe and co-constructive environment. Client led goals are always individual however frequently include: enhance self awareness; make sense of life challenges and experiences; embrace new life interpretations; desensitization of triggering and activating memory based events with somatic body sensations, to enable renewed permission to move forwards in your life with a greater sense of empowerment, control, peace and acceptance.

Andrew is a Senior Registered Psychologist with over 20 years experience. Andrew completed a BSc (Psychology) and Honours Degree at the University of NSW in 1994. He has worked as a psychologist for the past 20 years providing evidence based clinical interventions to adults, children, adolescents, families and couples from a range of backgrounds. He now predominantly works with adults with complex presentations. He is a member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS); a board approved supervisor; and member of the Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Association of Australia (EMDRAA). He is registered to provide services through: Medicare, NDIS and privately. Andrew has appeared on ABC radio; has written brief articles, two books and published over 7 chapters. He has presented at international conferences, forums and workshops. Before joining the READ Clinic, he had worked for a number of different government services. For 7 years he managed the Gaining Ground Program, an early intervention and education Program for children with a parent with a mental health problem; for over 10 years he worked for the Transcultural Mental Health Centre, working with people from culturally diverse backgrounds and refugee backgrounds; and was the School-Link Coordinator, involved in implementing a whole of school approach to addressing the mental health and well-being of children attending High Schools. Andrew works from a broad therapeutic base specialising in: Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR); Parts Work - Internal Family Systems (IFS); Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT); Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT); Schema Therapy and the use of Mindfulness. Andrew is known for working with individual’s who have previously struggled to achieve results in therapy. Andrew is passionate about treating individuals who have experienced trauma: including Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Complex Trauma, Trauma that stems from events experienced as an adult or in childhood, including adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse; and attachment trauma. He is also interest in a broad range of psychological and mental health concerns experienced by adults, including Dissociative Identity Disorder; Conversion Disorder, Personality Disorders, Severe Depression and Anxiety, Schizophrenia. Andrew will work with you to complete a thorough assessment, from which he will develop a detailed formulation and treatment plan that is unique to your particular circumstances. Andrew works: Tuesday 8:00am – 5:00pm, Wednesday 8:00am – 5:00pm, Friday 8:00am – 4:00pm & Saturday's 8:00am – 5:00pm.

Trauma Psychotherapist, Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, EMDR, Clinical Supervisor. I work with couples and individuals and specialize in trauma and critical incident stress.
I have worked in both the Government and Private Sectors for the past decade. I have extensive experience working with veterans, first responders and in crisis intervention/mental health. I hold over fifteen years experience working in the mental health sector and supporting individuals with disabilities through case management and coordination support. My professional experience also extends to disaster mental health, trauma counselling with a focus on Sexual assault, Victims of Crime/VOCAT, grief and loss counselling and emergency response support. I am a Level 4 Accredited Counsellor with the Australian Counselling Association (ACA), a registered Supervisor and Accredited member of Australian Association of Social Workers. EMDR practitioner (Eye Motion Desensitization Reprocessing) and EMDRAA member, VCCEM (Emergency Support).