Psychological Therapy & Eating Disorders Treatment

Psychological Therapy

My approach is personal, dynamic and guided by you!

I deliver a holistic and integrated therapeutic approach, meaning I use a variety of therapeutic modalities, depending on your individual needs and mental health presentation.

Overall, my aim is to make therapy worth your while; that you walk away with something meaningful, and along the way, we find space to share a laugh.

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I have experiencing in delivering the following therapies

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is a type of psychological therapy that aims to identify and challenge unhelpful thoughts and understand the connection between our thoughts, feelings and behaviours. CBT provides strategies to address both the unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviours that may be causing harm or not in line with how you want to be living your life. It has been found to be an effective form of treatment for a range of mental health problems, including:

    ☼ Anxiety

    ☼ Depression

    ☼ Addictions

    ☼ OCD

    ☼ Eating disorders

  • Dialectical Behavioural Therapy is a cognitive behavioural therapy that has been found to be effective in helping people with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder, and also for people who struggle with managing intense emotions, impulsive behaviours, tolerating distress and relationship difficulties.

    DBT helps people learn new strategies and skills to manage their emotions, improve their relationships and cope with challenging situations. An overall goal of DBT is to support people in living a life worth living.

    DBT is made up of four modules:

    ☼ Core Mindfulness,

    ☼ Emotion Regulation,

    ☼ Distress Tolerance and

    ☼ Interpersonal Effectiveness.

    DBT can be catered to the individual needs of each person, and certain modules may be more relevant than others.

    DBT has been found to be an effective form of treatment for the following mental health presentations:

    ☼ Borderline personality disorder

    ☼ Impulsive behaviours

    ☼ Addictions

    ☼ Binge eating

    ☼ Poor emotion regulation

    ☼ Difficulties tolerating distress

    ☼ Unhealthy relationships

    ☼ Suicidality and self-harm

  • Acceptance Commitment Therapy is a mindfulness-based behavioural therapy, with the goal to help people create a meaningful life. ACT emphasises the importance of accepting the inevitable human pain and suffering we all experience, rather than trying to fix it or get rid of it. ACT does not focus on symptom reduction. Instead ACT focuses on being in the present moment, being guided by our values, and teaches a variety of techniques and strategies to manage unpleasant and unwanted emotions, thoughts and experiences.

    ACT has been found to be an effective form of treatment for the following conditions:

    ☼ Depression

    ☼ Anxiety

    ☼ Stress

    ☼ Chronic pain

    ☼ Addictions

    ☼ PTSD

  • Providing a trauma informed therapy means that as a therapist I am aware of the impacts that trauma has on the brain, the body and the mind, and I will be able to ensure a safe and confidential space for you to discuss your personal trauma.

    Please keep in mind that experiencing trauma is a personal and subjective experience, and trauma is actually a very common human experience. You don’t need to have any formal diagnosis to have had experienced a traumatic event or ongoing trauma.

    There are many symptoms/reactions that occur due to the impacts of experiencing trauma:

    ☼ Hyperreactive/hypervigilance (eg. feeling jumpy)

    ☼ Feelings of being out of control (extreme emotions)

    ☼ Anger issues

    ☼ Disassociation

    ☼ Shutting down

    ☼ Engaging in harmful behaviours

    If this resonates with you, a trauma informed approach can be used to support your healing process.

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Eating Disorders

I have a special interest in working with people with disordered eating, body image concerns, and/or who have received an eating disorder diagnosis. It doesn’t matter whether you’ve received a diagnosis or not, if you are struggling with eating, food, body image, you are in the right place.

I worked in public health service, delivering eating disorder treatment within the outpatient program. I have seen firsthand how debilitating an eating disorder can be, yet I have seen people overcome their inner demons and recover.

If you are feeling ready to start eating disorders treatment, that’s a massive step and you should feel proud you’re at this point. Eating disorders are complex and often require some form of medical monitoring by your doctor. This may be a requirement of working together, and something we will discuss before we get started.

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I am experienced in providing the following evidence-based eating disorder treatments

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Eating Disorders (CBT-E) is an evidence based treatment for adults with an eating disorder. Through structured 50 minute sessions, CBT-E focuses on addressing the current factors that are maintaining the eating problem.

    CBT-E is an interactive treatment, which involves a level of commitment and participation from the client to challenge their eating disorder through behaviour change. This will look differently for everyone and we will work collaboratively together to understand what is maintaining your eating disorder and what changes need to be made to fight the eating disorder. CBT-E uses a range of practical tools and strategies to assist with this process.

    CBT-E being a structured and manualised treatment, is delivered across 20 sessions. It may be deemed appropriate to extend treatment to up to 40 sessions, depending on the severity of the eating disorder.

    You may be eligible for receiving a Medicare rebate through accessing an Eating Disorder Plan (EDP). This will give you access to a reduced fee for your sessions. Please discuss this with your GP.

  • SSCM is a form of psychotherapy used for the treatment of eating disorders. The treatment is divided into two parts; clinical management and supportive psychotherapy. Each session will be dedicated to both aspects of treatment.

    Clinical management focuses on addressing eating disorder symptoms and behaviors and focuses on slowly establishing normalised eating patterns and weight stabilisation or restoration.

    Supportive psychotherapy component of treatment allows space for you to explore and discuss any other important life issues which may be impacting and influencing the eating disorder. This will be guided by you and what you feel is important in your recovery.

    SSCM is a flexible treatment approach and has an emphasis on improving overall quality of life. Sessions will be 50 minutes and treatment duration is medium to long-term.

    You may be eligible for receiving a Medicare rebate through accessing an Eating Disorder Plan (EDP). Please discuss this with your GP.

An individual session costs $220. Sessions are 50 minutes.

A low cost fee of $160 is available to people who hold Low Income Health Care Cards.

Medicare provides a rebate of $93.35 per session, which you are entitled to for 10 sessions per calendar year.

Golden Hour psychology is not a registered NDIS provider, but is happy to see self-managed and plan-managed participants.

Fees

    • Master of Professional Psychology

    • Graduate Diploma in Psychology

    • Graduate Bachelor of Health Science with Distinction

    • General Psychologist - Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)

    • Australian Psychology Society (APS) Member (MAPS)

    • Credentialled Eating Disorders Clinician (CEDC)

    • Dialectical Behavioural Therapy

    • Supportive Specialist Clinical Management (SSCM)

    • Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT-E)

    • Trauma Sensitive Practice (Working with Complex Trauma)

    • Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)