David has worked in various fields as a psychologist for 30 years. He is registered with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency and a Member of the Australian Psychological Society. David’s experience has included working in Community Mental Health, Disability Employment, Private Practice and Specialist Pharmacotherapy settings. David has worked with clients who have a variety of conditions such as: anxiety and depression, complex personality traits, mental illness, low motivation, chronic illness, burnout from a caring role and substance abuse.

David has an eclectic approach and believes that a trauma informed person-centred therapeutic style facilitates an environment where a client feels safe to talk about their personal issues and to use the therapy to develop a realistic perspective and to better manage them.

David’s training includes aspects of person-centred therapy, psychodrama, interpersonal therapy and psychoanalysis. He also has extensive experience in report writing and can provide documents such as letters of support and longer reports for a variety of third parties.

David first qualified as a Registered Nurse and has an interest in the relationship between physical illness and mental-ill health.