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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is a scientifically validated therapeutic approach. All of our psychologists at DS Clinical Psychology work with adults with the following difficulties:

 

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and trauma

General Anxiety about day to day situations

Addictions

Anger issues

Adjustment to life-stages (e.g. parenting, retirement)

Bipolar disorder

Depression

Grief and coping with loss

Health anxiety, excessive worrying about your health

Insomnia and sleeping problems

Panic attacks & Phobias

Social and performance anxiety

Stress related to work or other significant life areas

All of our team also provide clinical supervision for psychologists and other health practitioners.

What you can expect:

A thorough assessment. A suitable treatment plan. Confidentiality. Nonjudgmental & compassionate attitude. A practical approach based on scientific evidence to treat psychological disorders.

Professional presentations and publications:

• Effectiveness of an Anger Intervention for Military Members with PTSD: A Clinical Case Series. Military Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usx115. Richard Cash*; Tracey Varker, PhD*; Tony McHugh, PhD†; Olivia Metcalf, PhD*; Alexandra Howard*; Delyth Lloyd*; Jacqueline Costello‡; David Said‡; David Forbes, PhD*

• October 2017 Presented at the Australian Military Medicine Association conference, RESET, development, pilot and review of an adaptive coping skills program

• May 2017 Presented at RANZCP on the Rapid Exposure Supporting Trauma Recovery (RESTORE) trial in collaboration with University of Melbourne and DVA

• Oct 2015 Co-presented with Phoenix Aust, University of Melbourne, at Australian Military Medicine Association conference, on a Clinical pilot ‘Treating problem Anger in the Context of PTSD’

• Said, D., K. Kypri, and J. Bowman, Risk factors for mental disorder among university students in Australia: findings from a web-based cross-sectional survey. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, 2013. 48(6): p. 935-44.

 

https://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/top_link_pages/news_and_media/council_news/news/mental_health_boost_for_waverley_council_lifeguards

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