I have extensive experience working with individuals, couples, families and adolescents/children. This work involves giving people the skills and knowledge, in order for them to make positive changes in their lives. This is a very person centred therapy, where the client and myself work as a team to effectively resolve the issues that are troubling them. I combine different counselling modalities to suit each person individually and when these are combined with hypnosis, it gives fast, safe and very effective results. And yes, there will be homework!
I also specialise in certain disorders that a lot of people have found very troubling to deal with, such as panic attacks, phobias, depression, OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), self esteem, addictions (smoking, alcohol, drugs, gambling, sex addiction), bullying (children and adults) perfectionism and couples counselling.
When I was studying for my Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling, some of the subjects that I studied and completed at the Australian College of Applied Psychology (A.C.A.P.) were: - Conflict Resolution, Addictions, Family & Relationships, Grief & Loss, Trauma, Crisis Intervention, Interpersonal Skills and Counselling with Adolescents. When I completed my Masters degree in 2000, my thesis was on "The Use of Counselling and Clinical Hypnotherapy for Clinical Depression". I have gone on to refine the use of counselling with hypnosis for the last twenty years and have used it extensively and very effectively.