Christine offers psychodynamic short and long term psychotherapy and counselling for individuals, couples, and group work on a variety of life issues. Christine is a clinical member of the Australian & New Zealand Association of Psychotherapy (ANZAP), the International Association of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (IARPP) and the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA). She is registered with the Australian Health Practitioners Registration Board (AHPRA). She is a Nationally Accredited Mediator (NMAS).

Bringing a career background built in the health, behavioural sciences and the corporate sector. Christine is an experienced nationally accredited mediator, corporate coach and accredited group facilitator. The depth of skills and experience she brings provides a strong platform that allows her to understand and work intelligently across individual, couple and group contexts. Her ability to work with communication complexity and complex trauma is highly regarded. Christine provides a confidential environment for conversations that assist individuals and couples to gain better insights, understanding and agency on their matters.

Dealing with change in relationships can be navigated more successfully with better awareness and understanding of what is happening for the other and the couple. Relationship counselling can be beneficial to couples who are looking to strengthen their emotional connection, in all stages of their relationship. At times its helpful to work with couples who are divorcing or separating. The objective in these situations is to facilitate a separation that allows for healing and individual emotional repair. Relational trauma is very real and often unrecognised. Working in session to understand what and how impacts are reflected for individuals and couples is highly beneficial to the development of the self and assists with building higher levels of psychological resilience.

Christine’s work is informed by a variety of contemporary psychological models of therapy. Most notable of these being the Conversational Model. Attachment Theory and the Gottman Method for working with couples.

Working together in session on how past experiences and learned behaviour come together to influence present-day thinking and the effect that has on future life goals and expectations is important to moving ahead with a better life experience. Whatever approach is best suited for the patient is framed around specific needs and a treatment plan is built in collaboration with the individual or couple. The hope is that the work in therapy will assist in relieving emotional pain and assist in integrating parts of psychological life and that this psychological resilience can be demonstrated in improved self-care, life choices and relationships.

Christine’s speciality areas of treatment include EMDR Therapy, Trauma & PTSD, Marital & Premarital and Mental Health, and she is trained and experienced in delivering her therapy services for: