Keir

Accredited Mental Health Social Worker and Counsellor in East Melbourne and Pascoe Vale

Accredited Mental Health Social Worker and Counsellor in Melbourne

Bachelor of Social Work

He/Him/His.

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Accepted Insurance Funds
  • Medicare
Specialised Training
  • Accredited Mental Health Social Worker
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)
  • Motivational Interviewing (MI)
  • Schema Therapy
  • EMDR – Level 1
  • Gottman – Level 1
Areas of Interest
  • Blended families
  • Extended family systems
  • Culturally and Linguistically Diverse
  • Neurodivergent
  • LGBTQIA+
  • Alcohol and Other Drugs
  • Addictions
  • Dual Diagnosis (co occurring substance use and mental ill health)
  • Infidelity
  • Trauma
  • Personality disorders
  • Schizophrenia
  • Bipolar
  • Polyamory and open relationships
Types of Therapy (Modalities)
  • Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
  • Attachment-based
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
  • Culturally Sensitive
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Family / Marital
  • Family Systems
  • Feminist
  • Gottman Method
  • Humanistic
  • Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)​
  • Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Person-Centred Therapy (Client-Centred / Rogerian Psychotherapy)
  • Psychodynamic
  • Psychoeducation
  • Schema Therapy
  • Strength-Based
  • Trauma Informed
About Keir

I am an intuitive and empathetic counsellor, with over twenty years’ experience gained in hospitals, residential rehabilitation, and counselling services. I work with individuals (15+), experiencing mental health challenges, from mild to moderate depression, anxiety and interpersonal issues, through to more complex and co-occurring presentations. I am also a passionate Gottman trained couples counsellor, and I love supporting parents and families of all shapes and sizes to thrive.

My practice is safe and welcoming for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse, neurodivergent and LGBTQIA+ clients. I treat the whole person in context. This means I consider psychological, biological and social aspects of health and well being.

Prior to private practice, I held teaching roles at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and worked alongside Psychiatrists on the Crisis Assessment (CATT) and Substance Use and Mental Illness Treatment teams.

When I am not working, I enjoy time with my family, gardening and bush walking, and I love getting out of town when I can.

‘It is a privilege to work with people and hear their stories. With good support and strategies, clients can experience profound and positive change, and develop more clarity, optimism and confidence about their circumstances, and their future.’

Hart Centre located in East Melbourne, VIC
Hart Centre located in Pascoe Vale, VIC

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Accredited Mental Health Social Worker and Counsellor in East Melbourne and Pascoe Vale


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How many years counselling experience do you have?

Over 20 years.

What is the most satisfying and fulfilling part of the work you do?

Helping relationships to turn around, helping desperate clients get unstuck. Seeing anger dissipate and empathy and compassion grow. Supporting clients to talk to each other (not at each other!) and feel heard. Helping clients to feel validated and important and more confident about expressing their needs. Supporting implementation of practical strategies that work. Supporting improved boundary setting, emotional expression and articulation. Reigniting romance. seeing distant clients move back to a place they want to be in each others presence.

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