DS CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Dr David Said
Sally Said
Dr Jessica Cheung
Sigal Dudaee-Faass
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.
