Areas of specialty

Confidential appointments are available for a variety of issues and concerns, including:

Anxiety: such as social anxiety, fear of public speaking, excessive worry, performance anxiety, panic attacks, generalised anxiety, obsessions and compulsions, health anxiety, work anxiety, and phobias.
Relationships: difficulties in relationships with partners or spouses, children, family, colleagues, or friends; beginning relationships; dating; relationship breakdown; difficulty forming or maintaining relationships. Couples therapy, for heterosexual and same sex couples.
Mood difficulties and depression: feeling down, depressed, hopeless, or sad; lacking energy and enthusiasm; feeling unmotivated; mood swings.
Trauma: reactions to experiences such as car accidents, assault, abuse, sexual assault, physical injury, natural disaster, or other traumatic events.
Workplace related issues: such as work stress, assertiveness at work, conflict resolution, communication and interpersonal skills, performance enhancement, time management, procrastination, managing workloads, retrenchment, unemployment, workplace bullying, career change, and burnout.
Confidence and self esteem: building personal, social, or professional confidence, including issues of self-worth, capability & competence, achievement, meaning, and belonging.
Quitting smoking
Eating disorders:, including binge eating, bingeing and purging, yo-yo dieting, feeling out of control of eating, emotional eating, excessive concern with weight, size and shape, and body image dissatisfaction.
Dealing with life events, stress, and change: such as changes in life circumstances, life direction, relocation, divorce and separation, childbirth, ageing, and loss.
Drug and Alcohol abuse and addiction and related problems.
Enhancing wellbeing and performance: enhancing wellbeing, effectiveness, and enjoyment in the areas of work, career, leisure, relationships, family, or work / life balance.
Child and family issues: helping children and adolescents with anxiety, school refusal, exam anxiety, childhood behaviour problems, childhood depression, parenting skills, and family conflict.
Grief and Bereavement: dealing with the death or loss of loved ones, significant others, friends, family, colleagues, or acquaintances.
Sexual difficulties: such as loss of libido or desire for sex, lack of sexual enjoyment, fear of sex, erectile diffiuclties, pain, performance anxiety, mismatched sex drives in a relationship, or differences in sexual preferences.
Evidence-based hypnosis: for issues such as quitting smoking, changing habits, relaxation, sleep, pain, stress management, and general wellbeing. Visit links and information to learn more about evidence-based uses of hypnosis.