Psychoanalytic therapists in Victoria, Australia AU

I’m Michelle Mushtaq, founder of The Healing Journey. I am a Professional member of International Association for Counseling and International Associations of Therapists. I had my own journey of battling with Depression and Anxiety. Having personally battled depression, I deeply understand the struggles one faces. This experience, combined with my extensive qualifications, fuels my empathy and commitment to helping others find their path to healing and growth.  

Dimitri has a wealth of experience as a psychologist, offering assessment, support, counselling, and psychotherapy services to a diverse clientele that spans children, adolescents, and adults. His expertise encompasses a wide range of psychological counseling domains, including relationship counseling, grief, stress management, work-related issues, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, anger management, and personal development. Dimitri also specialises in addressing neurodiverse challenges, and excels in facilitating the psychological recovery from trauma, including complex trauma presentations related to issues such as childhood and adult abuse, domestic violence, family dysfunction, childhood neglect, abandonment/mistrust wounds and attachment difficulties. His professional journey has taken him through various roles, including private practice clinician over several years, school psychologist, and providing telephone counseling for high-risk and vulnerable individuals. Dimitri's experience extends to conducting psychological assessments and offering counselling support to Victims of Crime through (VOCAT), clients associated with the Transport Accident Commission (TAC), Workcover clients, and those covered by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and has previously provided psychological support within prison settings. Dimitri is a registered Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), holding Registration number PSY0001684002. He is also a registered Medicare Service Provider and is qualified to assist clients covered by Worksafe, DVA, NDIS, and TAC.  

I enjoy working collaboratively to create a shared sense of the goals and process of therapy. My work is informed by clinical psychology within a psychodynamic framework, my training in somatic psychotherapy, and a deep interest in the intersection of the mind, body, emotions and spirit. As well as the more conventional approaches of clinical psychology I make active use of my background in yoga, meditation and creative arts therapies. My approach is guided by assisting you to identify your deeper life callings and to identifying how you might make these more central to your lived experience. I have presented aspects of my work at conferences in Australian capital cities and internationally in Berlin and Berne, Switzerland. As well as my work as a therapist I am a musician, gardener and nature lover.  

Dr Maggie Hall is a warm and kind Clinical Psychologist who has a passion for helping people move forward in their lives. She is non-judgemental and empathetic and has a strong desire to help people. She has over ten years experience and uses evidenced based therapies such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and mindfulness to treat anxiety, depression and a range of other difficulties.