Individuals:

• Anxiety

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

• Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)

• Adjustment Disorders

• Bipolar Disorder

• Borderline Personality Disorder

• Coping through a divorce or separation

• Depression

• Emotional, social & behavioural concerns in children

• Grief and loss

• Health Anxiety

• Life transitions

• Mood Disorders

• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

• Existential Crises

• Panic Disorder (panic attacks)

• Personality Disorders

• Phobias

• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

• Relationship concerns

• Stress

• Self-esteem and identity

• Trauma

Couples:

• Strengthening communication

• Addressing unresolved conflict

• Rekindling desire and develop stronger intimacy as a couple

• Adjusting to changes as a couple:

• Marriage & partnered commitment

• Moving in together

• Starting a family

• Re-establishing trust in the relationship

• Transitioning to a long-distance relationship

• Caring for an ill parent or family member

• 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

In the treatment of individuals:

• Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

• Trauma

• Relationships

• Existential Stress

• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

• Anxiety

In the treatment of couples and partners, Andrew’s specific areas of interest include:

• Managing conflict and repairing the damage caused by long-term unresolved conflict

• Building emotional connection, closeness, intimacy and friendship

• Trauma (for the couple and for individuals within a relationship)

• Sexual Health and Dysfunction

• Infidelity and trust description

• Master of Clinical Psychology - (Clinical Registrar)

• Master of Professional Psychology (MProfPsych)

• Bachelor of Psychological Science Honours (BPsychSci Hons)

• Board-approved Supervisor

• Gottman Couples Therapist | level 1

• Registered provider with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)

• Member, Australian Psychological Society (MAPS)

• Member, Disaster Response Network (DRN)

Andrew draws primarily from Person-Centred Therapy, an approach which is focused on empathy and positive regard. It is grounded in the thought that people naturally move towards growth and fulfillment, and the best support for this is an environment in which they can be open, honest and vulnerable. It is through this truthful reflection that a person can move away from self-defeating behaviours, and towards self-actualisation.

Andrew utilises a variety of evidence-based therapeutic methods to support his clients depending on their individual experiences and their goals including:

• Person-Centred Therapy

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

• Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)

• Motivational Interviewing

Alongside Gottman and Psychobiological interventions, Andrew utilises a variety of evidence-based therapies to support couples depending on their goals:

• Gottman Couples Therapy

• PACT (Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy)

Creating Meaning:

Something that often doesn’t get discussed but has a huge impact on our lives is the sense of meaning each person has.

What makes life worthwhile? What does retirement, parenthood, old age, intimacy and death mean to a person?

I believe that the richness of a life can be measured through the answers we have to these questions – questions which are not typically openly discussed in our culture. I have a passion for helping people begin to formulate these questions and put forward their own answers.

Reflection & Change:

To use an analogy, we build our life up from our experiences, which we lay like bricks.

At the best of times they stack neatly to form a solid sense of ‘self’.

Sometimes our experiences are negative, confusing or traumatic, and these bricks don’t fit as well. As we keep stacking more on top it becomes clear that something is impacting the solidity of our sense of ‘self’. Some brick, somewhere, doesn’t fit.

This is where therapy can help.

Here we provide a safe place to gently examine these pieces and smooth down the ones which are causing personal pain. Through this we can ideally move from pain and uncertainty to solidity.

Emotional Sanctuary:

My goal as a therapist is to provide a space which feels like your window in the week – a calming, non-judgemental space where we are able to let our defences down and allow radical honesty into our lives.

I aim to make therapy not seem daunting but instead something to look forward to, knowing that although we may discuss painful things that we’re moving through the pain and that you will be supported wholly in your journey.

While a referral is not required to book an appointment, Andrew currently accepts referrals through:

• Private Clients (Self-referred)

• Mental Health Treatment Plan Referrals (Medicare Better Access Initiative)

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• WorkCover

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• QPS SelfRefer

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• DVA (Department of Veteran’s Affairs)

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We ask that you kindly give us at least 2 business days’ notice if you need to cancel or reschedule your appointment.

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