am deeply passionate about my work and feel privileged to be able to hear people’s stories. I provide my clients with a safe space to share and process their experiences.  

 

I practice from a trauma-informed approach and draw on a range of different models depending on individual needs. I aim to provide people with skills to navigate life’s challenges from a position of greater self-awareness and understanding.

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Clinical approach

• Schema, DBT, ACT, CBT, relational and attachment focused work.

• Works primarily with adolescents, young adults, and adults.

• Support clients in a safe and caring environment to reach their treatment goals.

• A balance between deeper core work and strategies.

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Experience​

• Extensive experience working with anxiety, mood difficulties, interpersonal issues, emotional dysregulation, and personality disorders.

• Experience working in private practice, youth mental health services, adolescent community mental health teams and university settings. ·  

• Experience facilitating therapy groups and general workshops for adolescents and young adults

• Honours Dissertation in Cognitive Psychology. Masters Dissertation investigated child anxiety and chronic health conditions.

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Presentations​

• Adolescent and young adult issues

• Emotional regulation difficulties

• Self-harm

• Personality disorders

• Trauma and processing difficult experiences

• Relationship and sexual difficulties

• Gender and LGBTQIA+

• Depression and low mood

• Anxiety, panic, phobias, stress, worry and OCD

• Body image issues

• Friendship, social issues, and bullying

• Family issues, parenting and attachment issues

• Perfectionism, motivation, and time management 

• Unhelpful and catastrophic thinking

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Blogs

• Q&A with Isabella