Trauma Support Providers

Sandra has extensive experience working with clinical mental illness, particularly related to trauma, abuse and neglect. Sandras' experience stems from working in many different settings and organizations, both in the public and private sectors. Her most recent related employment for the past 8 years was with the Centre Against Sexual Assault (CASA) where she supported therapeutically victims-survivors of sexual assault.

Sandra provides a supportive and nurturing environment while adapting the therapeutic modality to suit the clients' needs, including Trauma Model Therapy, Mindfulness, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapies (CBT) and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). Sandra is a member of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abuse (ANZATSA).

Seeking out professional help can seem like a big step. The impact of challenging life experiences can feel overwhelming, and you reach a point where you're faced with a clear choice: continue on struggling, or deal with what’s going on, and find a way forward. When you're ready, it's important to seek out a professional who is specially trained and experienced in working with complex issues. Someone who ""gets"" you, sees the big picture, and the links between what’s happened to you, how you're feeling, and common consequences that can include worry, shame, rocky relationships, addictions, drug and alcohol use, and even violence.

I specialise in the treatment of life's big challenges: complex trauma/PTSD, addictions, drug and alcohol use, anxiety, anger, and depression. Maybe you've been in ""talk therapy"" and nothing changed. The therapies I use are cutting-edge, evidence-based, and experiential: Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy, EMDR, and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy.

It takes courage to look at yourself and realise, ""I want to do things differently - for myself, my partner, my kids."" As a professional, I am committed to working as hard as you do. I work from your goals, but am directive and practical in getting you there. You can contact me or book online to start the process of working on creating lasting change.

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Hello, I am a Psychologist with over 25 years' experience and I am passionate and devoted in the support of my clients. I cover the entire range of Psychological support ( please see my website at sharynmoses.com). I am a registered therapist for the Blue Knot Foundation- working to support adult survivors of complex trauma and abuse . I am also a passionate advocate for children and their well being in families and have done many years working to support mothers, fathers ,babies and children long term. ( perinatal issues ). Please do make contact if you feel that I may be the right person to help you. Thankfully I have very good outcomes for my clients as I work with a deep sense of compassion and commitment to people living happier lives and this process all starts from within. We work together on building the sense of self , and finding self- love.
Thank you for reading this- Warm regards, Sharyn. (MAPS).

I am a registered Clinical Counsellor providing a range of trauma-specific and trauma-related treatments.
My clinical experience includes twelve years working with many people across community, forensic and private practice settings. Many of the people that I have encountered experienced problems stemming from past experiences of trauma and abuse, contributing to distress, problems in living and difficulty relating to loved ones. To enhance my skills, I have completed specific training in working with post-traumatic stress disorders and complex trauma encompassing CBT and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) approaches.

Seeing a counsellor can be anxiety provoking and so in my practice I always try to create a safe, respectful, and collaborative environment. This means working closely with the other person to ensure that what we do together matches their needs on that day. Talking about trauma always has the potential to be distressing and sessions are structured to allow for grounding, calming and other skills to be practised. This gives people a chance to manage potential distress that might arise in therapy and develop the skills in a safe and contained way.

Sometimes, as a result of trauma, people can end up on a trajectory to making choices they regret or coping in a way that is unhelpful. In order to address some of these potential outcomes, I take a non-judgemental and accepting approach. I work within a safe, welcoming clinic staffed by friendly and professional clinicians.

Sessions are approximately an hour in duration and we will develop a treatment plan based on your goals for therapy. Treatment options will be provided, and we will aim to measure change in a meaningful way. There is no one goal or outcome that fits everyone, and the pace of change can vary.

If you have any questions about treatment which would like answered before considering what you would like to do, please feel free to contact me via the clinic. Inquiries can be made by email: [email protected] or by phone: 03 9434 4161.

Since 2003, Sonia has brought empathy and understanding to her work with people who have experienced trauma, including children, young people and adults. Sonia has heard an extensive breadth of realities from many people about the trauma they have endured, and she has provided them with a safe, containing space to process their experiences. Sonia’s practice is a comfortable, spacious room with lots of natural light. The calm space is a perfect place for psychotherapy and counselling.

As an accredited mental health social worker, a registered art psychotherapist, and an approved counsellor, Sonia draws on a variety of therapeutic methods to ensure her approach is helpful for you. This may include, for instance, aspects of trauma informed counselling, cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), interpersonal therapy, and art psychotherapy (such as art making, sandtray therapy, therapeutic doll making, sculptural lifelines, and clay therapy).

Links to Sonia’s internationally published journal articles, titled “The Use of Sculptural Lifelines in Art Psychotherapy” (published in 2016), ""Therapeutic Doll Making in Art Psychotherapy for Complex Trauma"" (published in 2014), and ""Confusion and Containment: Art Therapy with an Adolescent Hospitalised with Paediatric Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus"" (published in 2011) are available on her website.

Sonia does not provide support in-between sessions, and she takes leave every school holidays. You may find it helpful to reflect on whether this arrangement would suit you.

Please feel free to contact Sonia to inquire about her availability and the fee for the hourly appointments. Medicare benefits, which provide a partial rebate of Sonia’s hourly fee, are available with a GP referral and mental health treatment plan.

Thomas O’Neill is a Sydney based clinical psychologist with over 30 years experience in the assessment and treatment of child, family, adult and couple related mental health issues. He has a particular interest in assessing and treating individuals with histories of complex trauma, and uses trauma informed care practices to guide his treatment planning with the individual needs of each client. He uses evidence based enhanced practice to develop interventions and works collaboratively with other agencies on a needs basis. He is committed to offering you a safe, professional, practical and comprehensive service to address your particular needs.

In addition to offering professional supervision and educational seminars and workshops, he has extensive experience assessing work-related stress and injuries from individual and organisational perspectives, and makes recommendations to address needs identified in these processes. He is a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society, is an Independent Psychology Consultant for WorkCover NSW, is an Assessor of Treatment Disputes with the Motor Accident Authority and is a current member of the Psychology Council of NSW.

I am a specialist trauma counsellor, with over ten years experience in treating complex trauma with individuals of all ages.
I am dedicated to providing effective, gentle, safe and empathic treatment with a client-centred, collaborative approach.
I provide free services under Medicare (with a GP referral) and Victims of Crime NSW. Out of hours appointments are possible.
My qualifications include Masters in Psychotherapy from the Westmead Psychotherapy Program for Complex Traumatic Disorders (University of Sydney).
I am also certified in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (Masterclass) which is a Level One treatment for PTSD.
Currently, I am competing training in the trauma modality Internal Family Systems Therapy and have undertaken hundreds of hours of training across various treatment modalities, including Somatic, CBT, Narrative, Psychodynamic and Interpersonal Therapy.
With this range of skills I am able to work with people who have the most severe trauma histories.
I love my work and believe recovery is most definitely possible.

Sylvia's psychology practice, Integrative Wellbeing Solutions, has been established in Gladstone for over 7 years. In addition to her University training, Sylvia has undertaken postgraduate courses in, among others, Men's Health, Rational Emotive Therapy, Applied Behaviour Analysis, Integrative Nutrition, EFT, Eating Disorders, G.A.P.S., Mindsight, Trauma Therapy, Schema Therapy, and EMDR. Sylvia is innovative in combining the scientific fields of psychology, mindsight, health and nutrition. Her passion is focussing on a mindsight, cognitive and biomedical approach to wellbeing from a holistic perspective.

Tricia has been a qualified counsellor for over fifteen years and holds registration as an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AMHSW). In this time Tricia has worked for government and non-government services providing therapeutic support to families and children.

In 2019 Tricia commenced private practice on the Lower North Shore of Sydney.
Tricia uses a range of modalities that are applied through trauma-informed care.
Trauma-informed care is a strengths-based framework that explores a person’s experience and how they have been impacted.

The key principles that underpin her work with people include:

Safety | Creating a safe space for the participant to engage in counselling.
Trust | Providing clear and consistent information
Choice | Providing options of support and care
Collaboration | Counsellor and participant working together in partnership; supporting parents or care givers when their child/ren is engaged in counselling.
Empowerment | Building upon a person’s strengths

Tricia brings forth a wealth of knowledge and experience in working with people that have experienced relational complex trauma and through a person-centred approach adapts the counselling methodology to best meet an individual’s wants.
Each modality is applied to enrich the person’s experience of counselling as considered suitable on presentation of the person’s needs.

Modalities used include:
• Internal Family Systems
• Emotion Freedom Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Narrative Therapy
• Compassion Focused Therapy
• Solutions Focused Therapy
• Interpersonal Therapy
• Play Therapy

In addition to Tricia’s individual work with people, Tricia has also developed psycho education groups, women’s therapy groups and children’s therapy groups that are run across the Lower North Shore and Northern Beaches areas.

Tricia offers clinical supervision to social workers and community workers, including child protection workers from the Department of Communities and Justice. She teaches undergraduates of the Bachelor of Social Work and Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of New South Wales.