Trauma Support Providers

Professional Biography

Jim Chapman began working as a psychologist in 1981 has very broad experience helping people with a wide range of anxiety, depression, grief, work-related stress, compounded life stresses, motivation, goal achievement and planning. He is particularly interested in assisting people with pain management and coping with health issues. He has also worked with people from a range of cultures in Australia and overseas and is deeply committed to supporting members of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

His practice over the past 40 years has included community psychology and organisational psychology and training as well as face to face clinical, counselling and psychotherapy. His training includes many modes of therapy including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Gestalt, Eriksonian hynotherapy, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Psychological Pharmacology and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing). Most recently he has worked in Employee Assistance Programs, enterprise training in Mental Health at Work and Peer Support Training and provided psychological services for mining and other large and medium sized agencies and companies throughout the Hunter region of NSW. This includes Critical Incident Counselling and on-site staff training for emergency and critical events. He has also worked as a contractor providing counselling for the Open Arms program (formerly VVCS), which provides counselling and therapy for Servicemen and women and veterans of Australia's armed forces.

Many of these roles involve intensive and thorough therapy for the serious impacts of trauma including symptoms such as PTSD, grief, dissociation and moral injury.

Client Types

• Adult