Merilyn can assist with a wide range of challenging issues including - anxiety, depression, chronic pain management, stress management, relationship difficulties and grief support .
SERVICES
Welcome to Merilyn Waterhouse Psychology
Merilyn’s experience is in health psychology, providing counselling services to assist people from all walks of life, deal with a diverse range of life stressors and psychological distress. Her work is collaborative, adjusted to suit individual needs, and is solution focused.
Solution Oriented Therapy is an approach which emphasizes finding solutions rather than developing explanations for problems. You can gain a good outcome even if the cause of the problem is not known. This approach focuses on strengths rather than weakness to assist you to change in a positive and productive way and help you to achieve your goals. The focus is on gaining insight, problem solving, building on existing coping strategies and developing new ones to help you produce and maintain optimism, dignity and control over your life.
Merilyn has considerable experience working with injured WorkCover and Motor Vehicle Accident claimants, as well as Chronic Pain patients and those suffering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder . She is familiar with the WorkCover process of injury management and is competent in report writing for insurance purposes.
She can assist clients’ in learning skills and strategies to improve the management of their chronic pain condition, and develop techniques to help nurture their body and counteract stress symptoms, to achieve a better qualify of life.
Merilyn can assist individuals who have difficulty managing their weight, or disordered eating patterns, to improve self awareness of attitudes to eating, weight and body image.
What we treat
Depression
Fears & Anxiety
Panic Attacks
Post Traumatic Stress
Pain Management
Anger Management
Weight Management
Self Esteem
Grief and Loss
Women’s Health Issues
Relationship Issues
Work Stress
Communication Problems
Life Transitions
Relaxation Therapy
Sleep Difficulties
Adjustment to Injury
Life Coaching
Stop Smoking
Eating Disorders
Sports Psychology
Resilience
For more information please visit www.mwpsychology.com.au
If you find it difficult to talk about specific problems with friends or family, or you don’t want to burden them, or if the strategies you have relied on in the past are not helping you to resolve your current difficulties and you want a safe, supportive and confidential environment in which to do so, please email or call Merilyn for an appointment.
Call 0411 394940 or simply use the enquiry form above.
ACT (Acceptance & Commitment Therapist)
Registered Psychologist
Psychologist Board of Australia PSY0000957664
Memberships:
AACBT (Qld)
Australian Pain Society
Australian Society Hypnosis
Assoc MAPS (Australian Psychological Society)
Registered provider with
Health Insurance Commission (HIC)
(Medicare)
Dept Veteran Affairs
WorkCover Queensland
Major Health Funds
www.mwpsychology.com.au
QUALIFICATION DETAILS
Counselling, Hypnotherapist, Life Coaching, Mens Health, Psychotherapy, Weight Loss, Womens Health
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