Counselling and Psychotherapy

ABOUT

Therapy (also known as psychotherapy) and counselling is an approach where we meet people in their struggles and difficulties. The aim of counselling and psychotherapy is to provide a safe, warm, supportive and non-judgmental space that allows your challenges, whether that's mental health difficulties, relationship problems, life changes, trauma, addictions, or any other difficulties that life throws at us to be worked through. We have clinics in a number of locations throughout Melbourne including Blackburn, Carlton, Ringwood, Armadale and more. 

Our qualified psychotherapists in Melbourne specialise in:

• Depression


• Anxiety​


• Grief / Loss


• Addiction


• Relationship Issues


• Trauma / PTSD


• Stress


• Chronic Pain (i.e. for sufferers of Fibromyalgia)


• Inner Critic / Judge / Self Judgements


• Self-Harm


• Low Self Esteem


• Life Transitions

Gestalt Therapy Practitioners

The psychotherapists in our Blackburn, Carlton, Ringwood, Armadale and other Melbourne clinics are practitioners of Gestalt Therapy, an approach to counselling and psychotherapy that promotes self-awareness, consciousness and authenticity, so that there is an understanding of the human experience in order to live in the present moment. There is an acknowledgement that the relationship between client and therapist is an important vehicle in this process allowing the client to gain new perspectives, increased self-confidence and alternative patterns of thinking and feeling.

Let us help you overcome your trauma

People rarely go through life entirely untouched by tragedy. Everyone has a load to bare but sometimes it can be difficult to recover from certain life events, and they can end up impeding the way you live your life. If you are someone who is struggling to overcome trauma in your life, then counselling can help. We have clinics throughout Melbourne including in Blackburn, Carlton, Ringwood, and Armadale that offer trauma counselling to help you regain control of your life. 

Get the support you need and book an appointment now

So if you would like to book an appointment for psychotherapy, treatment for depression, grief,  couples counselling or trauma counselling in  Ringwood, Armadale, Blackburn, Carlton or anywhere else in Melbourne, contact one of our qualified therapists by clicking here. We also conduct sessions over Skype for added convenience.

​Somatic Experiencing Practitioners - SEP

We also incorporate Somatic Experiencing (SE), which is a potent psychobiological method for resolving trauma symptoms and relieving chronic stress, and increases people’s vitality, equanimity, and capacity to actively engage in life.

Gestalt Therapy Melbourne

Counselling and Psychotherapy offers depression counselling and anxiety treatment with Gestalt Therapy at our clinics in Carlton, Armadale, Ringwood, and throughout Melbourne. 

Psychotherapy is an approach that facilitates qualities of presence, empathy and authenticity and utilises them in helping the client effectively manage their mental state. An opportunity presents between the client and therapist to explore the unique and personal ways in which we make contact in the world. 

Gestalt Therapy at our Ringwood, Carlton and Armadale clinics capitalises on this opportunity to help the client develop an advanced sense of self. 
Through enquiry, psychotherapy supports and enables individuals to become more fully and creatively alive. This is achieved by promoting awareness, supporting choice, encouraging responsibility and facilitating connectedness.

At Counselling and Psychotherapy, we practice this style of therapy to cultivate awareness and growth through times of uncertainty and change.  It is a highly effective tool for anxiety treatment and depression counselling. Our professional team of Melbourne therapists look forward to helping you feel connected, engaged and fulfilled.

Our Services

At Counselling and Psychotherapy clinics around Melbourne, we utilise the Gestalt principles to assist our clients towards gaining increased confidence, acquiring new perspectives, making new choices or discovering alternative solutions. Our areas of specialty are:

• Depression


• Anxiety


• Grief / Loss


• Addiction


• Relationship Issues


• Trauma / PTSD


• Stress


• Inner Critic / Judge / Self Judgments


• Self Harm


• Low Self Esteem

Couples Counselling

Grief Counselling

Somatic Experiencing (SE)

Meet our Therapists - Melbourne

We are a team of highly trained and professionally accredited Relational Gestalt Psychotherapists andSomatic Experience Practitioners. 

Gestalt Therapy is a psychotherapy that focuses on here-and-now experience.  The objective of Gestalt Therapy is to support and enable the individual to become more fully and creatively alive in order to achieve optimum satisfaction, fulfillment and growth. 

We also incorporate Somatic Experiencing (SE) which is a potent psychobiological method for resolving trauma symptoms and relieving chronic stress, and increases people’s vitality, equanimity, and capacity to actively engage in life.
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We specialise in grief counselling, treatments for depression and relationship counselling (Melbourne) and much more.

Anna Skolarikis

Specialties

Individual, Relationship/couple's work, adolescence/teens, attachment and developmental patterning/styles, addictions, post traumatic stress injury, inner critic/judge/super ego, anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorders, self harm.

Rob Watson

Specialties

Anxiety, depression, life challenges, addiction, trauma, relationship problems, family difficulties, mental illness and couples and relationship counselling (Melbourne).

Qualification

Adv.Dip. in Relational Gestalt Therapy, PACFA, Mindfulness Practitioner, Somatic Experience Practitioner

Phyllis Traficante

​Specialties

PTSD, anxiety, depression, working with youth, relationship difficulties, separation, divorce, life after divorce and re-partnering with or without children. Developmental trauma (such as childhood neglect and abuse and ongoing medical and/or physical issues) and shock traumas such as car accidents, assaults, operations, and falls). Loss, grief, anxiety and depression.

Qualifications

Master of Counselling HMCOUN , Adv. Dip Relational Gestalt Psychotherapy; Somatic Experiencing ; Member of PACFA. Phyllis is a senior well being counsellor at Camcare where she provides members of the counselling team both individual and group supervision. Phyllis' role at Camcare extends to overseeing the youth portfolio and generalist counselling. Phyllis has facilitated the delivery of the Diploma of Counselling and the Diploma of Community services at the Australian College of Applied Psychology.

For full therapist profiles including areas of specialty, please click here

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