Benefits of a Trauma Therapy
Therapy can offer life changing benefits, one of the main benefits is that you can start living life in the present moment as opposed to being stuck in the past or worried about the future. This allows us to enjoy aspects of the present, having emotional experiences with the tools to be able to manage the myriad of emotions that we as humans experience on a daily basis. Therapy supports clients to process trauma in a safe and supportive relationship, developing coping skills, distress tolerance techniques, calming the nervous system which improves sleep, functionality and relationships.
Our Therapist
Martine is a Psychotherapist with extensive experience in working with complex trauma and PTSD, having worked across both the public mental health system and in in private practice. Martine’s work integrates body, mind, brain, and social connectedness to understand and treat trauma.
Martine is a highly trained clinician with a background in Clinical Social Work and has broad experience providing trauma-informed therapy to a range of trauma survivors and their families, as well as expert consultation to agencies seeking to enhance their trauma-focused service delivery. Martine has specialised training in a range of therapeutic modalities which include, specialised trauma approaches, psychodynamic therapy, interpersonal therapy, attachment theory and mother/infant attachment, child and adolescent psychotherapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, narrative therapy, family and couples therapy.
Martine also uses elements of mindfulness, meditation where appropriate and works in a way that recognises that trauma resides in the body and therefore therapy can focus on supporting clients to build connections between the mind and the body.
Martine has extensive experience in working with sexual trauma, domestic violence, chronic neglect in childhood, traumatic grief and loss issues, mood disorders, eating disorders and somatic issues. Martine has over 12 years of experience, working with individuals from infancy through to adulthood, in the context of individual, family and couple’s therapy.
Martine is registered to provide Non Directive Pregnancy counselling and has a Medicare Provider number therefore Medicare rebates can be claimed if a referral is presented from a GP under a Mental Health Care Plan.
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