Brian’s Areas of Special Interest
Here’s what Brian can do for you to help you achieve the better quality of life that need and deserve.
Couples and relationship counselling
Trauma – sexual abuse – domestic violence – PTSD
Anxiety – Depression – Stress – Work-related issues
Addictions – Phobias – Grief
Anger management – shame – self-esteem
Therapeutic weight management
Brian’s Background and Experience
Qualifying as a Gestalt psychotherapist in 2010, Brian has continued to expand his knowledge and experience. He has a master’s degree in Gestalt psychotherapy and his research was in domestic and family violence.
Supported by current neuroscientific research, Brian believes that psychotherapy and therapeutic counselling have a major role to play in treating complex mental health issues and assisting those who have other impairments associated with intellectual disabilities. This aspect of care is seldom used in helping families and individuals adjust to the complexity of impairment and in supporting people through periods of crisis.
Working in various organizations and private practice Brian has developed skills and experience building an extensive toolbox to work with a broad range of presenting issues including the use of hypnosis. Where it is appropriate the blending of Gestalt Therapy and Hypnosis has proved itself time and time again as an effective intervention for mood disorders, addictions, anger regulation, phobias, motivation and many more.
Lorraine’s Areas of Special Interest
Here’s what Lorraine can do for you to help you improve your life.
Weight loss
Giving up smoking
Anxiety and stress management
Eliminating phobias
Supporting people with disabilities and complex mental health needs
Emotional support for people who are dying
Lorraine’s Background and Experience
From an early age, Lorraine cared for others who needed a hand up. The importance of family and community connection was never far from Lorraine’s passion for assisting people in need. From these early life experiences, Lorraine set goals to help others.
Lorraine immersed herself in professional and personal development, becoming a dynamic and dedicated change facilitator in the disability and complex mental health sector.
She is also a qualified, clinical hypnotherapist and end-of-life doula.
We work with a variety of clients …
Adults
Adolescents
Couples
Individuals
Groups
Disabilities
WorkCover
More
You are in Safe Hands …
Registrations & Professional Memberships
Clinical Member Australian Counselling Association (ACA)
Member of the NZ Association of Psychotherapists (MNZAP)
Member Clinical Advisory Board (MOSAIC)
Member Psychotherapy Board Aotearoa New Zealand (PBANZ)
Clinical Member Blue Knot Foundation (Australia)
Qualifications
Master in Gestalt Therapy – Gestalt Therapy Brisbane (GTB)
Diploma in Gestalt Psychotherapy – Gestalt Institute of New Zealand (GINZ)
Advanced Diploma in Social Science – James Cook University, Queensland
Certificate in Counselling – James Cook University, Queensland
Advanced Certificate in Interactive Drawing Therapy – IDT New Zealand Ltd
Certificate in Professional Supervision – Otago Polytechnic
Counselling & Therapy Services
Psychotherapy will help you become your own master and over time provide you with skills to manage your life better. Whether long-term or brief psychotherapy you will generally notice changes in yourself and in your perception of others as you explore your feelings and experiences in a way that ordinary life seldom allows for.
Psychotherapy or therapeutic counselling provides you with answers as to why you do things that cause you grief and pain no matter how hard you try to change what you habitually do. For example, you may feel inadequate, shame; suffer from depressed energy and anxiety or feel you are not in control of your life or that you are controlled by others. You may not have a voice anymore and just want to be heard and acknowledged by others.
The proven benefits of spending structured time with an experienced psychotherapist will give you a better understanding of why habitual problems occur in your relationships or why you become stuck and unable to move forward in life.
My Approach to Counselling & Therapy
The Gestalt approach to psychotherapy informs my work as a psychotherapist. The Gestalt approach is very useful in getting to core issues quickly and will help you to discover, explore and experience how you shape, and develop fixed patterns in your life, and how you view your world both externally and internally. By becoming aware of these things, you can allow yourself to be who you are, and to recognize your full potential and achieve your dreams and goals.
As an experienced therapist, I will listen carefully to you without judgment. Your work with me will always be collaborative and our relationship will be based on equality, trust, and confidentiality. We will focus on what matters to you. I will help you gain a clearer understanding of how you see and react to things that impact on your life.