Psychology & Counselling in Toowoomba

A calming space where you can share your story, explore possibilities and build a meaningful life.

Forrest Psychology is a private psychology practice based in Toowoomba. Our experienced psychologists offer therapy & assessment services to adults, adolescents, couples, and elders for a range of mental health concerns supported by modern, evidence-based approaches.

At different times in your life you may face unexpected challenges, finding yourself feeling stuck or unsure of how to move forward. Therapy can offer an opportunity for you to spend focussed time on yourself with the support of a skilled clinician to share your story & promote a deeper exploration of your present concerns to find direction or clarity.

We are passionate about creating a collaborative, person-centred space for our clients that promotes self-understanding, connection, and insight. We believe that it is within a safe, non-judgemental environment that a person can begin to move towards a deeper sense of self-awareness and self-compassion to create sustained change in their life.

Our Services

At different times in our life we can face unexpected challenges, finding ourselves feeling stuck or unsure of how to move forward.
Therapy can offer an opportunity for you to spend focussed time on yourself with the support of a skilled clinician to share your story & promote a deeper exploration of your present concerns to find direction or clarity.
We can provide support for a range of concerns including:
- Anxiety
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
- Adjustment Disorders
- Bipolar Disorder
- Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
- Depression
- Divorce or separation
- Emotional, social & behavioural concerns in children
- Existential Crises
- Grief and loss
- Health Anxiety
- Life transitions
- Mood Disorders
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Panic Disorder (panic attacks)
- Personality Disorders
- Phobias
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Relationship concerns
- Stress
- Self-esteem and identity
- Trauma
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Adolescence can be a time of profound change for a young person. Therapy can provide a safe, non-judgemental space for adolescents to address emerging mental health concerns at their own pace in an open, understanding environment and learn to manage stressors as they transition into adulthood.
We can provide support for a range of concerns including:
- Self-esteem, identity and personal development
- Anxiety, depression and stress
- Impacts of trauma and or abuse
- Relationships and relational wellness
- Family separation
- School avoidance, academic burnout, academic stress
- Peer conflict, bullying and cyber-bullying
- Self-injury and suicidal thoughts/ feelings
- Grief and loss
- Anger & aggression
- Life transitions
- Emergence of mental health concerns in adolescence
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Couples and marriage counselling is for individuals wanting to improve the quality of their relationship, navigate difficult or conflictual times, separate amicably, cope with infidelity, or bolster their communication.
Andrew Forrest is an experienced psychologist who is passionate about supporting couples to explore, share and work together to develop stronger communication, deepen compassion and nurture trust within their relationship.
He provides support for a range of concerns including:
- Strengthening communication
- Addressing unresolved conflict or patterns of recurring conflict
- Rekindling desire and develop stronger intimacy as a couple
- Adjusting to changes as a couple
- Re-establishing trust in the relationship
- Post-natal depression or anxiety
- Amicable divorce
- Changes to custody or shared parenting arrangements
- Re-negotiating roles within a new family system
- Parenting
- Managing mental health issues
- Trust and commitment
- Emotional distance and loneliness
- Sex and sensuality
- Disengagement from the relationship
- Work-life-family balance
- Trauma
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EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing) is a psychotherapy used to treat the symptoms & emotional distress that are the result of traumatic or disturbing life experiences.
We can provide EMDR therapy for a range of trauma-related symptoms/ concerns including:
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Phobias
- Anxiety
- Addictions
- Panic attacks
- Chronic Pain
- Overeating
- Nightmares
- Social Anxiety
- Recent traumatic events
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Approach

For Couples & Partners

Alongside Gottman and Psychobiological interventions, we utilise a variety of evidence-based therapies to support couples depending on their goals.

An approach to couples therapy that includes a thorough assessment of the couple’s relationship, and integrates research-based interventions.
The goals of Gottman Method Couples Therapy are to work through gridlocked conflict; increase intimacy, respect, and affection; and create a heightened sense of empathy and understanding within the context of the relationship.
An approach to couples therapy that combines a fusion of attachment theory, developmental neuroscience, and arousal regulation.
This approach aims to aims to help couples notice their reactions as they occur and learn how to better address one another's attachment needs.

For Individuals

We utilise a variety of evidence-based therapies to support clients depending on their individual experiences and their goals.

Client centered therapy, or person centered therapy, is a non-directive approach to talk therapy. It requires the client to actively take the reins during each therapy session, while the therapist acts mainly as a guide or a source of support for the client. This can be quite helpful when the client feels quite confused by their emotions or experience and needs to sort through this before deciding on any further action.
Schema Therapy is designed to explore unmet needs and current patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving. It encourages clients to recognise their defence mechanisms and to gradually replace maladaptive ones, as well as becoming a empathetic and encouraging partner to themselves.
EMDR is a trauma therapy that helps people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that may result from highly distressing experiences.
Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) is a type of talking therapy. It's based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), but it's specially adapted for people who feel emotions very intensely.
Andrew utilises elements of DBT and DBT skills in an individual therapy setting to support clients with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) or those who struggle with interpersonal conflicts and difficult or intense emotions.
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is an action-oriented approach to psychotherapy that stems from traditional behavior therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy. Clients learn to stop avoiding, denying, and struggling with their inner emotions and, instead, accept that these deeper feelings are appropriate responses to certain situations that should not prevent them from moving forward in their lives.
CBT places an emphasis on helping individuals understand their thoughts, feelings and behaviours, and how these influence one another. Through exercises in the session as well as at home, clients can learn to change their own thinking, emotions, and behaviour.
Motivational interviewing evolved from the person-centered approach to therapy, as a method to help people commit to the process of change.
The goal of motivational interviewing is to help people resolve ambivalent feelings and insecurities to find the internal motivation they need to change their behaviour.