Psychology
Dr Cate Bearsley-Smith
EMDR Consultant
Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Cate Bearsley-Smith is an accredited EMDR Consultant and a Clinical Psychologist with a special love for helping people achieve their growth goals utilising EMDR Therapy. During the past twenty years Cate has worked in the public and private sectors of clinical psychology.
If you’re not yet familiar with it, EMDR stands for Eye Movement De-sensitisation and Reprocessing.
It is an evidence-based therapy that is particularly helpful for treating psychological symptoms stemming from adverse life experiences, traumas large and small.
EMDR is not just for healing from trauma. It is also used for performance enhancement, making difficult decisions, coping with hard changes or a shock, improving self-belief, resolving internal conflicts or complicated grief or avoidance problems, and more.
There is more information about engaging in an EMDR Intensive with Cate at
https://www.drcatebsmith.com.au/emdr-intensives
People with substantial additional childhood trauma are recommended to have the additional support of a long-term therapist when engaging in an EMDR Intensive.
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*GP referrals required
Naomi Carswell
Clinical Psychologist
Naomi is a warm and caring clinical psychologist with over 14 years of experience. She has experience working with children, adolescents, and adults, in a variety of settings including schools, mental health services, community health, hospitals, and non-government organisations. Naomi uses a person-centred approach when working with clients, and draws on cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and psychodynamic therapy. Naomi knows that one-size does not fit all, and that the support provided needs to be tailored to each client, with a strong focus on developing a therapeutic relationship built on trust and openness. Her main interests are supporting people with stress, anxiety, anger/emotion regulation, relationship issues, and life adjustment issues. Please note: At this time, Naomi is only offering therapeutic services, and does not offer assessments (e.g. for ASD/ADHD), or see people for the purposes of providing WorkCover documentation.
Call the Centre on 56364902 to book your appointment.
*GP referrals required
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Carol Wilson
Clinical Psychologist
Carol enjoys helping people get to the root cause of issues and develop plans to address
them and takes personal satisfaction in empowering people to become self-sufficient to deal
with future issues.
Carol provides evaluation, assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning across mental
health concerns, identity development, family violence, relationships, emotional competency
and personal development. She provides services Privately and under Medicare,
WorkCover, TAC, DVA, NDIS, VoCAT or EAP Agencies. She is a provider of assessments
for neurodivergence, neuropsychological/ executive/cognitive/memory functioning, school
readiness, personality disorders, dyslexia and career selection.
Her approach is underpinned by the empathic therapeutic model and is integrative of
modalities that are tailored to the individual and the symptoms/concerns they are
experiencing. She uses the biopsychosocial approach that considers biological,
psychological, and social factors and their complex interactions in understanding health,
illness, and health care delivery.
Her special interests include stress and trauma using evidence based approaches such as
EMDR, Exposure Therapy, Narrative, Brainspotting, Flash Technique and Rewind Technique
to resolve symptoms. She is a certified DBT practitioner and clinical services provider for
ADHD and ASD.
David Pyman
General Psychologist
David has had 19 years of experience as a Generalist Psychologist working with children,
adolescents and adults. He has experience working with cognitive-behavioural and
dialectically informed approaches. He has a particular interest in educational needs, with a
focus on lifelong education, differential diagnosis, understanding giftedness and managing
neural diversity. David has also worked extensively with individuals experiencing anxiety,
depression, issues of self-worth, attachment concerns and relationship difficulties. He has
experience from private practice, community health services and school environments.
David has completed a Masters in Educational and Developmental Psychology. He is
registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and
Australian Psychological Society.