Trauma Support Providers

Professional Biography

Shanti Monteiro
M. Psych (Clin), BPsychStud (Hons).
Shanti Monteiro is an experienced clinical psychologist located in the Brunswick area committed to providing personalised, evidence-based assessment and psychotherapy in a warm, compassionate and supportive environment. Shanti’s approach to therapy is to compassionately guide people towards gaining a deeper, more insightful understanding of, and relationship with themselves, the way they relate with others (relationship patterns) and the way they relate with the world around them.

Shanti is a registered clinical psychologist who's main interest is in working with adults. She has completed a Bachelor of Psychological Studies, Bachelor of Psychological Studies (Honours), Master of Clinical Psychology. Shanti holds an endorsement from the board approved clinical registrar program and has completed a foundational course in Psychoanaylsis with the Victorian Association of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists (VAPP) as well as the EMDRAA's full training in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing therapy (EMDR).

Shanti employs a holistic approach when working with clients, specifically tailored to their individual needs. Her main therapeutic approaches include; Psychodynamic Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Mindfulness.

Shanti is passionate about working with individuals to process and integrate their trauma, whether it be a one off trauma (motor vehicle accident), early childhood trauma (abuse and or neglect), chronic long term trauma or multigenerational trauma. Shanti employs a range of modalities to work with people to help them to heal their trauma. Shanti believes that trauma is somatic (physiological), affective (emotional), psychological and spiritual and as such, the therapy needs to address all these aspects of a person. Each individual needs a tailored approach to treatment where they feel safe, supported, in control and able to make decisions about their journey.

Client Types

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Couple
• Family
• Groups
• LGBTIQ