In this video interview, husband and wife psychologists Drs Robert and Rita Resnick from Los Angeles discuss their Gestalt approach to couples therapy. They discuss why couples need to move from a model of fusion to a model of connection. Bob and Rita are the founders of Gestalt Associates Training Los Angeles. In this 40-minute…
Terry Real is an internationally recognized Family Therapist and Author and founder of the Relational Life Institute (RLI), offering workshops for couples, individuals and parents around the country along with a professional training program for clinicians wanting to learn his RLT (Relational Life Therapy) methodology. A senior faculty member of the Family Institute of Cambridge in…
Sarah Wayland is an Australia Counselling member who holds the unique title ofsocial worker and successful freelance writer. She has found that writing and blogging has been an effective way to attract new clients into her practice and raise her profile in the community. In this interview Sarah speaks about: How her journey as a…
Mindfulness meditation and psychotherapy have many points of conversion and overlap. Both have the ability to heal and help people increase their sense of wellness and wellbeing. But is mindfulness a stand-alone therapy in itself? And can psychotherapy benefit from using mindfulness and incorporating meditation skills into clinical work with clients? These are some of…
Have you ever considered becoming a clinical supervisor, but are yet to do anything about it? Perhaps you’ve thought that supervisors form part of an elusive field that only a select few can practice in. Or maybe you haven’t thought about what else supervision could bring to your therapy practice or your clinical skills. There…
Did you know that you can use PR and the media to increase the exposure of your counselling practice to a local or global audience? Public relationships is the strategy of telling powerful stories to communicate messages to your community about your business and the services you provide. Watch the video below to find out…
Australia Counselling recently spoke to Geelong Counsellor and Australia Counselling member Colleen Morris about her private practice and how she was able to grow her practice from a small therapy business that primarily offered low-cost counselling services to a thriving practice in the heart of the Geelong CBD that is booked out up to two weeks in…
After the success of our online training series ‘A Fresh Look at Gestalt Therapy’, Australia Counselling is excited to announce that we are forming an online supervision group that will be facilitated by Australia Counselling member Michael Reed PhD. This group will meet online via video conferencing technology (see the example on the right) once…
In this 30-minute video, Dr Ellyn Bader of www.couplesinstitute.com speaks about the Developmental Approach to Couples Therapy that she created with her husband Dr Peter Pearson. Drs. Bader and Pearson run The Couples Institute in Menlo Park, California and have trained hundreds of couples therapists world wide. In this presentation, Dr Bader also discusses: How her…
Have you heard of the therapeutic approach called Family Constellations? Gestalt therapist Maria Dolenc is passionate about Family Constellation work and has trained extensively in this approach as well as run workshops throughout Australia and overseas. In this interview she shares: What is a Family Constellation and Family Constellation work. How she became interested in…
