Psychologist, Registered Clinical Psychologists - Dr Peter Gibbons and Adri Hunt
The therapeutic aim is to identify obstacles between clients's current state and where they want to be. Strategies involve frustration and distress tolerance, skills development and cognitive behavioural strategies.
Stress and the automatic release of the stress hormone cortisol, is now being recognised as the precursor for so many physical illnesses including heart disease, cancer, diabetes. I help clients to learn life-long skills to reduce their stress levels.
Everybody's experience of stress is different. I'm here to lend a listening ear and help you to come up with strategies that work for you to reduce stress in your life.
12% of Australians experience severe levels of stress according to the Stress & Wellbeing Survey conducted by the Australian Psychological Society in 2011. Our therapists employ a variety of approaches to help you regain your balance. These include helping you identify the causes of your stress, managing underlying emotions and value struggles, developing better assertiveness and looking at your overall relaxation strategies
Being stressed can become a way of life. If you are feeling anxious and reacting to everything that’s going on around you, or finding it hard to unwind and relax, then I can work with you to identify what is causing your stress, and how to manage it and make the necessary lifestyle changes to bring about more peace and calm in your life.