David’s Experience and Qualifications

David’s Experience and Qualifications span over 30 years working in various fields as a psychologist. I am registered with both the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and the NDIS, and I am a Member of the Australian Psychological Society. My experience has included working in Community Mental Health, Disability Employment, Private Practice, and Specialist Pharmacotherapy settings. I have 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, difficulty concentrating on or completing tasks, trouble reading people, trouble expressing emotions in a coherent way, or identifying as neurodiverse.

I have an eclectic approach and believe 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 therapy to develop a realistic perspective to better manage them.

My training includes aspects of person-centred therapy, interpersonal therapy, psychoanalysis, and play therapy. In my Master of Psychoanalytic Studies, I completed an infant observation that required me to visit an infant (from 9 days old until 1 year old) on a weekly basis for an hour. This taught me to closely evaluate behavior and underlying motivations. I also have extensive experience in report writing and can provide documents such as letters of support and longer reports for a variety of third parties.

I first qualified as a Registered Nurse before becoming a Registered Psychologist, giving me a strong interest in the relationship between physical illness and mental ill-health.