East Melbourne

  • Bo

    Clinical Psychologist, Melbourne

    He/Him/His. LLB, GDipPsych, MTeach (Sec), MPsych (Clin).

    Hart Centre Certified

    100% Trust and Satisfaction Guarantee In Relationship
    LOCATIONS
    • East Melbourne, VIC
    About Bo

    This Hart Clinical Psychologist works with individuals, couples, and families, and specialises in helping people navigate the complexities of their personal relationships. In his practice, he takes an empathetic and non-judgmental stance, seeking to create a safe space for clients to explore their thoughts and emotions. He believes in the power of collaboration and tailors his therapeutic approach to meet the unique needs of each individual, couple, or family he works with.

    One of his particular areas of expertise is in relationship therapy and supporting couples to navigate through challenges, including in fostering healthier communication and understanding. He believes that healthy relationships are fundamentally important to living a meaningful and fulfilling life, and his work reflects this core belief.

    He encourages partners to explore their needs and desires while fostering a deeper understanding of each other. Through relationship therapy, he aims to empower couples to navigate their challenges together, promoting intimacy and resilience. One of his key areas of focus is in early attachment and its significant impact upon romantic relationships. He helps clients explore and understand how past experiences, including in early relationships with caregivers, can influence their present relationships.

    In his work with individuals, he seeks to provide opportunities for self-discovery and personal growth, by supporting clients to identify patterns and beliefs that may be influencing their relationships. Through a blend of careful listening and evidence-based intervention, he aims to help individuals with building resilience and enhancing their emotional wellbeing.

    In family therapy, this Hart Clinical Psychologist recognises the interconnectedness of family dynamics. He works with families to identify and address communication breakdowns, conflicts, and generational patterns that may be impacting their relationships. His holistic approach considers the needs of each family member, creating a supportive environment for positive change.

    Acknowledging that all relationships can face their own unique pressures, he seeks to guide individuals, couples, and families towards healthier, more fulfilling connections. Through his emphasis on early attachment and his warm, approachable manner, he aims to engage collaboratively in therapeutic work that can have a lasting impact on the lives of those seeking positive change and relationship harmony.

    How many years counselling experience do you have?

    Over 5 years.

    What are three strengths you have as a Psychologist/Counsellor?
    1. I take a curious, non-judgmental approach.
    2. I work collaboratively with individuals, families and couples, rather than sitting in the role of the ‘expert’ and claiming to have all the answers.
    3. Throughout my psychology training and career, I’ve worked within some highly experienced clinical teams, under the supervision of a number of highly regarded psychology and psychiatry supervisors.
    What is the most satisfying and fulfilling part of the work you do?

    Seeing individuals, couples and families thrive with the benefit of reflective, insight driven therapeutic intervention.

    What’s an example of a couple you have helped the most?

    Helping a couple develop new insights around how their own individual attachment histories were impacting upon their relationship patterns with each other and in the broader world.
    With this increased awareness, supporting this couple in their establishment of new and healthier patterns of relating.

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  • Mariel

    Registered Psychologist Melbourne

    BA (Psych); BA (Hons); Doctor Couns Psych; MAPS

    Hart Centre Certified

    100% Trust and Satisfaction Guarantee In Relationship
    LOCATIONS
    • East Melbourne, VIC
    About Mariel

    This Hart registered psychologist has over 19 years’ experience working with individuals, couples, families, and elderly clients. She helps her clients develop therapeutic goals and works with them to achieve lasting change. Drawing on her own experience of life transitions, she brings a personal perspective to counselling, helping people from different cultural backgrounds. Her friendly and practical approach creates a safe and comfortable environment in which to explore difficulties and realise positive change.

    She is exceptionally qualified in couples counselling, and in helping couples sort through the issues and dysfunctional patterns that prevent them enjoying their relationships. She believes that the nearly all troubled relationships can be assisted to regain the openness, joy and flow that are the hallmarks of health.

    Her doctoral thesis was on migration and the psychological identities that this experience creates. She tutored in psychology at a University and counselled at a university’s Psychology Clinic. She was also a crisis counsellor at a suicide line. In her early career she worked in community settings, counselling families and individuals dealing with child protection and parenting, suicide risk, mental health and relationships issues. Later she supported those living with dementia, their families and carers, through counselling and educational activities targeting the general public and volunteers.

    She has worked in private practice for over 10 years, specialising in couples counselling and family counselling for over 7 years. She has helped couples with relationship difficulties better manage the personal issues with children and family during marriage, separation, and divorce.

    She is fluent in Spanish.

    Areas of expertise
    She has experience and training in assisting clients with a broad spectrum of presenting concerns, including:

    – Relationships – communication, infidelity, and relationship dissatisfaction
    Family breakdown, including divorce and related difficulties
    – Parenting and family issues
    – Support for families and carers affected by mental illness or physical illness
    – Peri- and post-natal depression
    – Depression
    Grief and loss
    – Anxiety, including social anxiety
    – Generalised anxiety and perfectionism
    Obsessions and compulsions
    – Post-traumatic stress
    – Self-esteem
    – Stress and burnout
    – Difficulties of adjustment to life transitions
    – Career challenges – return from parental leave, career change, redundancy
    – Work/life balance
    – Working with cultural diversity, cultural values and beliefs

    Depending on her client’s needs and preferences, she uses a variety of evidence-based approaches.

    How many years counselling experience do you have?

    Over 19 years.

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