About

 

Prue provides counselling and therapy to young people, adults and couples in the areas of mental health, trauma, adapting to change, grief and loss, relationship issues including sexual issues.

 

 

Specialities:

  • Mental health- Prue has an in depth understanding of mental health issues. She does not diagnose clients, instead she focuses on the client as a person rather than symptoms. Prue supports client's to explore their strengths and resilience and builds the client's capacity to foster relationships to support and maintain their changes and improvements. When necessary Prue will refer and work closely with mental health teams including psychiatrists. Prue has expertise in supporting clients with suicide ideation in all age ranges.

  • Sexual identity and difficulties - Prue has a unique speciality of supporting clients in all age ranges with sexual identity, sexual difficulties such as low libido or desire and relationship strains.

  • Prue has advanced training in EMDR, a scientifically proven therapy to support and heal trauma, depression, anxiety among other difficulties.

  • Prue is an accredited Griefline Counsellor.

  • Childhood trauma - Prue has specialised training in the area neurobiology of childhood trauma including abuse. She is qualified to support all people suffering the effects of trauma including adult survivors of abuse with immediate and long term effects of trauma.

  • Online psychotherapy, counselling or psychoeducation.

 

Qualifications

Masters of Counselling and Applied Psychotherapy Jansen Newman Institute –partially completed

Graduate Diploma of Counselling Jansen Newman Institute

Introductory and Advanced Training in EMDR Therapist Training

Flash Technique Clinician

Sexuality and Sexual Difficulties Monash University

Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) Macquarie University

Graduate Certificate in Gifted and Talented Education University of New South Wales

Masters of Teaching University of Sydney

MEDIA

Interview on The Doc Dave Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuLBc30Eyq4&t=204s

Professional Memberships

Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA)

Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing Association of Australia- Full Member (EMDRAA)

Australian Society of Sex Educators, Researchers and Therapists (ASSERT)

Prue has a current working with children check and criminal record screening clearance.

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