About

Philosophy of Clinical Practice

I regard anxiety and depression and other psychological-social distress as “losses” of healthy living: loss of spontaneity and loss of creativity.

Understanding the past and present life circumstance of an individual or couple show why these natural assets have been lost.

Counselling methods, including CBT, are used to learn the how of recovery and healthy living.

Becoming the person I want to be: I am.
Being the person that I am: Here & now.
Becoming the person that I am: Creativity.
Being that person here & now: Spontaneity.
Becoming me together, integration: Whole

And, there is more than I:  We, Co-creativity.

 

My Triple-bottom-line:

Creativity & Spontaneity & Wholeness = Wellbeing

Areas of Specialisation

  • Individual Client concerns with family, socially, relational, workplace and/or other problems.
  • Rediscovering & developing Freedom.
  • Couples & Relationship Issues
  • Freedom Lost: Coping with anxiety, depression, PTSD, social phobia, narcissism, estrangement, bullying and other loss experiences
  • Sexual preference
  • Training
  • Supervision

Modalities

  • Individual, Couples, Group
  • Counselling including CBT
  • Psychotherapy
  • Supervision
  • Psychodrama Group
  • Psychodrama Training (see Western Institute of Psychodrama this website

Qualifications

1968 Bachelor of Arts University of WA
1968 Teachers Certificate WA Ministry of Education
1972 Diploma of Education University of WA
1972 Teachers Higher Certificate WA Ministry of Education
1984 Bachelor of Psychology University of WA
1990 Doctor of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology) University of Tasmania
1996 Certificated Psychodramatist ANZPA Inc
2000 Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training Training Services Australia
2003 Trainer-Educator-Practitioner (TEP) ANZPA Inc

Professional Association

  • Member Australian Psychological Society (APS) College of Clinical Psychologists.
  • Member of Australian and New Zealand Psychodrama Association Inc (ANZPA Inc)
  • Clinical Member of Australian Counsellors Association (ACA).
  • Registered Clinical Psychologist (Psychologists Registration Board of WA)
  • Current revalidation with APS Clinical College.
  • Current practice certificate as Psychodramatist / TEP (ANZPA Inc)
  • Member Western Australian Sexology Society.

Experience

  • Registered and working Psychologist since 1988
  • Registered with specialist title of Clinical Psychologist since 1995
  • Working in private practice as counsellor & psychotherapist since 1996
  • Training counsellors since 1997 with an RTO.
  • Executive Director of Western Institute of Psychodrama Inc since 2000
  • Clinical psychology doctorate, U.Tas 1988, identified two areas of human interest:
    - The origin and nature of sexual preference,
    - The nature and origin of psychological disorder (ie. absence of healing & health).
  • Prior to changing professions I was a teacher for 14 years in WA government schools which included 10 years as senior teacher responsible for Science & Biological Sciences. I was a lecturer in psychology for four years (1992-95) with Edith Cowan University at the Joondalup Campus.

There is an old adage: We teach what we need to learn.