Dr. Liza Chervonsky is the principal clinical psychologist and director at Inlight Psychology in Bondi Junction. She holds a Doctor of Clinical Psychology and a PhD in Psychology from the University of Sydney.

 

Liza has a deep interest in working with people who have personality disorders and interpersonal and relationship difficulties. In particular, she focuses on individuals who struggle with opening up and trusting others, and those with avoidant or narcissistic coping defenses or traits. Liza uses a psychological approach that examines the role of shame, identity, and relational/attachment wounds in the development and maintenance of many psychological challenges. Liza works at a cognitive, emotional, behavioural, relational, and experiental level, and incorporates all of these aspects in her therapeutic approach.

Liza also supervises and mentors her large team at Inlight Psychology, as well as psychologists outside the clinic. This is a great source of enjoyment for her, and she applies the same relational framework within supervision. Liza believes that self-reflection, self-awareness, and attunement to the relational dynamic between psychologist and client are crucial to the therapeutic process. This principle has guided her in choosing her team members at Inlight, resulting in a group that not only shares her values and beliefs about what is essential in therapy but is also a wonderful, intelligent, and highly supportive team, making supervising them a truly rewarding experience for her.

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Clinical approach

• Schema, CBT, DBT, ACT, Mindfulness, Relational and attachment-informed therapy.

• Works with adults, children, adolescents, and parents.

• A strong focus on understanding the individual and the factors that maintain symptoms and dissatisfaction in their lives.

• Incorporates attachment and relational patterns, behavioural patterns, core beliefs and cognitions, and coping strategies in her work.

• A balance between deeper core work and practical strategies.

• Enriching life with more meaning, enjoyment, and positive relationships.

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Experience

• Years of experience working with anxiety, mood issues, anger, interpersonal and relational issues, personality issues, and emotion regulation difficulties.

• Experience working in private practice, inpatient psychiatric hospitals, outpatient groups, youth and adult community mental health, university clinics, telehealth, and corporate coaching.

• Providing regular supervision and guidance to a number of psychologists both on her team and privately.

• Delivering CBT, DBT, mindfulness and ACT therapy groups in psychiatric and community mental health settings, as well as general workshops for students and adults.

• PhD and published journal articles on the psychological and social impact of adaptive and maladaptive emotion regulation strategies. 

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Presentations

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

• Depression, low mood, and apathy

• Emotion regulation difficulties

• Trauma and processing difficult experiences

• Anger management, frustration, and irritation

• Personality disorders

• Relationship and interpersonal difficulties

• Friendship and social issues

• Family, parenting, and attachment issues

• Self-esteem and confidence issues

• Body image problems

• Work and study difficulties

• Perfectionism, motivation, time-management

• Sleeping difficulties

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Blog Posts​​

• Q&A with Dr Liza Chervonsky