Franco

Registered Psychologist Elsternwick

Registered Psychologist Melbourne

ICF Certified Coach, MPsych (Counselling) MAPS

He/Him/His.

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Accepted Insurance Funds

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

Specialised Training
  • Internationallly Accredited Schema Couples Therapist
  • Acceptance Commitment Therapy for Couples
  • Compassion based Therapy Training
  • Gottman Couples Training
  • Accredited in a range of Psychometric Tools
  • Arbitration and conflict management training
  • APS practice certificate in sleep psychology
  • EDMR trained therapist.
Areas of Interest
  • Specializes in Systematic Family and Codependency Counselling
  • Relationship counselling – work with all couples including same sex couples, intimacy, attachment issues, Domestic violence, affairs and betray
  • Fertility and pregnancy (Worked at Monash IVF)
  • Grief & loss
  • Affairs and Betrayal
  • Anxiety and depression counselling
  • Arbitration and conflict management counselling
  • Personality disorders – narcissistic, borderline type personalities
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Sleep disorder
  • Asperger’s relationships
  • ADHD/ADD
  • Drug/Alcohol counselling
  • Workplace conflict 
  • Affairs and Betrayal Counselling
  • Domestic Violence Counselling
  • Relationship Breakup Counselling
  • Relationship Discernment Counselling
  • Men Counselling
  • Co-dependency Counselling
Types of Therapy (Modalities)
  • EMDR Therapy
  • Schema Therapy for Individuals and Couples
  • Gottman Couples Therapy
  • Acceptance Commitment Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
About Franco

Franco Greco – Accredited Schema Therapist & Counselling Psychologist.  Founder & Principal Psychologist at Your Psychologist, Elsternwick, Victoria. With over 20 years of experience in clinical psychology and coaching, Franco Greco is a dedicated Schema Therapist who specialises in helping professionals, executives, and individuals navigate complex emotional patterns and achieve lasting personal growth.

Specialisation & Therapeutic Approach
Franco is internationally accredited in Schema Therapy, a structured, evidence-based approach that targets deeply ingrained emotional patterns, or “schemas,” formed in early life. These schemas often underpin issues such as chronic anxiety, depression, shame, anger, self-criticism, and relationship difficulties. By identifying and transforming these core beliefs, Franco helps clients break free from self-defeating cycles and build emotional resilience.

In addition to Schema Therapy, Franco integrates techniques from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), mindfulness, and Gottman Method Couples Therapy into his practice. This holistic approach allows him to tailor interventions to the unique needs of each client, fostering meaningful and sustainable change.

Experience with Professionals & Executives
Drawing from his extensive background in executive and corporate roles, Franco has a deep understanding of the pressures faced by professionals and leaders. He works closely with clients experiencing workplace stress, burnout, imposter syndrome, and interpersonal challenges, helping them develop healthier coping strategies and enhance their emotional intelligence.

Services Offered
Individual Therapy: Addressing anxiety, depression, trauma, self-esteem issues, and emotional regulation.

Couples Therapy: Applying Gottman Method principles to improve communication, trust, and intimacy.

Executive Coaching: Supporting leaders in managing stress, decision-making, and work-life balance.

Addiction & Behavioural Issues: Assisting clients in overcoming compulsive behaviours and unhealthy coping mechanisms.

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How many years counselling experience do you have?

Over 10 years.

What are three strengths you have as a Psychologist/Counsellor?
  1. I am an experienced relationship therapist that has helped individuals and couples work through what is holding them back. I am committed to improving myself as a therapist in order to help my clients.
  2. My approach is to help clients come to a deep level of self understanding and to identify and work through the root cause of their difficulties
  3. I have significant professional experiences outside of psychology that provides me a greater insight into the challenges faced by professional clients.
What is the most satisfying and fulfilling part of the work you do?

Helping my clients – whether as individuals or couples – develop insight, take on steps to change and development new and better ways of relating to others and themselves.

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

I have recently helped a young couple who were experiencing a significant level of mistrust.  I was able to help the couple understanding their core emotional needs – the woman had a fear of abandonment and lashed out when her partner emotionally withdraw in fear of being hurt. Through the therapy, they understand this relationship chemistry was not working. The approach resulted in the couple better communicating and developing a deeper level of trust. This approach included: 1) bringing insight into the underlying issues of their relationship – linked to childhood unmet emotional need and 2) cognitive and  behavioural strategies to recognise when triggered and act in more adaptive ways.

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