Dr. Petra
B.A. (Hons.), Grad. Dip. (Psych. & Couns.), PhD. (Soc.)
She/Her/Hers
Hart Centre Certified
Individual: $180 – $200
Couples: $200 – $250
“One good conversation can shift the direction of the change forever.”
Dr. Petra is a psychotherapist in private practice and an honorary fellow at FedUni. She sees individuals and couples for short and long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy. Her therapy work combines insights from psychoanalysis and sociology, including sociology of the family and of gender, with a focus on ‘clinical individuality’. She works with those suffering from depression and loss, anxiety, addiction (including especially sex and porn addiction), partners and family members of those with addiction, parenting issues, new motherhood and fatherhood, identity and sexuality issues, loneliness, family and couple conflict, difficulties at work, separation and divorce, friendships and adult parent/child relationships, ageing and death and much more.
Over 15+ years.
Each person is a universe unto themselves. Understanding a person’s inner life is a creative process that requires empathy, patience, understanding, care and the willingness to explore. This I find deeply satisfying. Understanding a person’s wider social context and dynamics is also an integral part of the work. Putting this inner and outer together to help a client see a problem in a new light, enabling symptom resolution, change or acceptance is deeply rewarding. It is this ‘pattern recognition’ and the proffering of insight and support that I find both interesting and satisfying.
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