Melbourne

Ruth

Certified Relationship Psychologist

Clinical Psychologist and Relationship Psychotherapist in Melbourne

PhD. (Psychology), Psy BA – Clinical Psych. FAPS. Member, Association of Child Psychotherapists UK, Grad. Dip. SWS. (Mental Health) B.A. (Psychology).

She/Her/Hers.

Hart Centre Certified

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Types of Counselling

  • Relationship Counselling
  • Desire & Intimacy Counselling
  • Trauma Counselling
  • Anxiety & Depression Counselling
  • LGBTQIA+ Counselling
  • Grief Counselling
  • Pre-Marriage Counselling
  • Online Counselling

Session Fees

Individual: $220
Couples: $250

Areas of Interest

  • Couples counselling
  • Managing transitions in couple relationships
  • Family and in-law challenges
  • Impact of early problematic attachment
  • Making connections between the past and the present; how history may affect presenting issues and communication styles
  • Fidelity issues
  • Foundations of repeating patterns, resolving and understanding early experiences

Types of Modalities

  • Attachment-based
  • Older Adolescent and Young Adults Psychotherapy
  • Family / Marital
  • Family Systems
  • Psychodynamic
  • Psychoeducation
  • Trauma Informed
  • Time-limited Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
  • Individual Psychotherapy and Couple Counselling and Therapy

Accepted Insurance Funds

All private health funds. Medicare rebates available for individual sessions only (with a valid Mental Health Care Plan)

“One good conversation can shift the direction of the change forever.”

— Linda Lambert

Specialised Training

Ruth has an international reputation as a clinician, presenter/trainer and author. She is a pioneer in promoting psychodynamic meaning making therapy in work with adults, parents, couples, children and adolescents through her extensive trainings in Australia and overseas.

She is a consultant to an NHS service in the UK for high-risk adolescents and their parents, and a regular contributor to clinical services and training programmes in the UK.

  • Individual Supervision, including supervision of couple therapy and therapeutic assessments, with Dr. Suzie Dean (Clinical Psychologist and Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society).
  • Training with Dr. John Norcross on ‘Psychotherapy Relationships and Treatment Adaptations that Work: Targeting the therapeutic relationship’
  • Five year post graduate training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy with children, adolescents and their parents, Tavistock Clinic London
  • Personal psychoanalysis as part of psychotherapy training
  • Training in family therapy and couple therapy with US based  Ackerman Institute.

About Ruth

Please note: Ruth is currently on leave and is not accepting new clients.

Ruth is a highly experienced Psychotherapist, Supervisor and Trainer. She has worked with couples, at a senior level both in the public and private health sectors in the UK and Australia. Now primarily focused on Couples Therapy, she provides a practical, pragmatic, and empathetic approach, drawing upon her extensive experience and skill set to assist couples in revitalizing their relationship.

Hart Centre Located in Camberwell, VIC

More About Ruth

  • <ol> <li>Ability to provide a safe space for couples and individuals</li> <li>High level of clinical expertise and experience</li> <li>Ability to take a broad view of a problem</li> </ol>

  • Over 40 years.

  • Empowering individuals and couples to find their own authentic voice

  • I helped a couple recognise how their constant bickering reflected past traumatic family experiences, and to find ways to free themselves from this repetition to engage positively in their relationship.

    I have supported a couple through the challenges of their separation to arrive at a point in their relationship where they can be respectful of each other and collaborate in the care of their children.

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