Individual Psychotherapy

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Helouise provides psychological services to adults who may want to explore themselves and gain greater understanding in to current and past experiences and difficulties. Helouise has experience working with a range of presenting issues, including:

• Depressive and anxiety symptoms 

• Sense of self and self-identity exploration 

• Difficulties in relationships 

• Patterns of behaviour issues 

• Issues with assertiveness

• Earlier life experiences 

• Adjustment to life changes and life stressors 

• Complex trauma 

• Perinatal difficulties and parent-infant attachment relationship

• Women's health and wellbeing 

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Therapeutic Approach

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Helouise values warmth and empathy within the therapy space and working collaboratively with her clients. Helouise is an integrative therapist though her therapy is primarily informed from a psychoanalytically-oriented perspective. Helouise works together with her clients on a regular basis over longer periods of time (compared to other shorter, strategy based therapies) towards an in-depth understanding of the client's experiences, emotional life, and sense of self. ​​

 

Longer-term psychotherapy aims to explore the meaning of symptoms through a deeper exploration of symptom origin. The aim of this therapy is that symptom reduction occurs through greater understanding of oneself and their experiences, and creating new opportunities for relating and connecting to oneself and others. This style of therapy may suit those who wish to gain a deeper understanding of themselves, their experiences, and their relationships with themselves and others.

 

Helouise is also informed and integrates attachment and relational therapies, and trauma-informed therapies where appropriate. For those, or for some difficulties, where psychoanalytically-oriented therapy or longer-term psychotherapy may not be suitable, Helouise can offer shorter-term interventions, including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, as agreed upon in conjunction with her clients. Helouise is also trained in the Circle of Security Parenting program. 

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Booking In and Therapy Process 

Please contact to arrange and initial session. The process generally involves attending an initial session where we discuss wants, needs and goals for therapy, and suitability and fit. Regularity of sessions are then discussed and scheduled in line with short-term and longer-term goals. Otherwise, recommendations for suitable therapists will be given if deemed that the current therapy/fit does not meet the current needs of you as the client, as mutually agreed. 

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Please note* Helouise currently has limited capacity and is not able to take on a waitlist. 

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Fees and Claiming Information