Trauma Support Providers

Professional Biography

Rose is a Clinical Psychologist with a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, registered with the Psychology Board of Australia, AHPRA and member of the Australia Psychological Society, living and working on the Gold Coast.

Rose works with a range of ages and difficulties and prefers to work individually with adult and adolescent clients, whilst recognising that many difficulties benefit from a systemic approach within the family unit. Rose’s interests are working with attachment difficulties which can masquerade as a multitude of disorders, particularly in childhood. Rose has extensive experience working with trauma across the lifespan in both adults and children. Rose focuses on building an understanding of the impacts of trauma in the present and helping people turn what has been chaotic into something predictable and workable. Rose understands that many individuals with a trauma history are not in a position to be able to explore trauma directly, though are seeking to address the impacts to their lives and can assist in working with trauma in a gentler fashion to overcome the current difficulties while preventing overloading clients with exposure to the trauma.

Rose operates from an attachment framework and primarily uses the evidence-based therapeutic model of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP), though may also draw on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) and Solution Focused Therapy (SFT).

In studying for her Doctorate, Rose specialised in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the effects of mindfulness on its development and treatment. Rose’s research into PTSD in clinical populations revealed a significant link between symptoms of PTSD and experiential avoidance, that is, avoiding internal experiences such as thoughts, memories and feelings. This research also found mindfulness was linked with better outcomes in the treatment of PTSD, with experiential avoidance and PTSD symptoms significantly reduced when mindfulness was higher at the end of treatment.

Client Types

• Child
• Adolescent
• Adult
• Family
• LGBTIQ