Individual Therapy

Areas of focus

We offer individual therapy for a number of clinical conditions including:

Our approach & therapy styles

At STIA, we have a multidisciplinary team consisting of individuals from various disciplines who collaborate to achieve a common goal: providing quality clinical care to our patients. Our team includes psychiatrists, social workers, counsellors, addiction specialists and psychologists. All our clinicians are trained in clinical psychotherapy, with a specific focus on Schema Therapy. Schema Therapy is an integrative approach, and our clinicians also draw from a range of other therapies, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and other modalities. Below you will find a detailed description about the different therapies we offer.

What is Schema Therapy?

Schema Therapy is a moderate term therapy (often 20+ sessions) that was developed to help those with persistent mental health problems such as chronic depression, treatment resistant anxiety and personality disorders. Schema Therapy integrates elements of a range of therapies to help clients heal their problematic schemas. A problematic schema (technically known as a Early Maladaptive Schema) is a long standing, deeply held belief about oneself and the world that is self-defeating and results in the client repeating the same unhelpful patterns in their life. The main types of clinical interventions used in Schema Therapy are: Interpersonal, Cognitive, Emotion Focused and Behavioural.

What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)?

CBT is a type of therapy that focuses on the ways that an individual’s thoughts, emotions, and behaviours are connected and affect one another. In CBT, the therapist teaches the client different ways of changing their thoughts and behaviours, so as to reduce symptoms and create a better life. Over the years, psychologists have created specialised forms of CBT for various conditions including Eating Disorders (CBT-E) and Insomnia (CBT-I)

What is Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)?

DBT is a type of skill-based therapy that focuses on managing behaviour and distressing emotions. This helps clients to regulate and control their emotions that may be causing troubled relationships and a disturbed sense of self. This is often helpful for those with Borderline Personality Disorder, or other mental health problems where emotion regulation is dysfunctional. DBT at STIA is offered both individually or in a group format (online and face-to-face).

What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)?

ACT is a type of therapy that helps to teach people to accept whar is out of their personal control, and commit to taking action that improves and enriches their lives. The aim of ACT is create a rich and meaningful life by teaching people skills to deal with painful thoughts and feelings, and helping individuals to clarify what is truly important and meaningful.

What is Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)?

EMDR is a treatment that was originally designed to alleviate the distress associated with traumatic memories. EMDR Therapy facilitates the accessing and processing of traumatic memories and other diverse life experience to bring these to an adaptive resolution. After successful treatment with EMDR therapy, affective distress is relieved, including chronic negative core beliefs, depression, and low self-esteem. The therapy’s ability to reprocess distressing memories and beliefs makes it a versatile tool in psychotherapy and works well with the other modalities offered at STIA.

Telehealth & Appointment Policy

Prior to enquiring into STIA services, please note that all consultations* are automatically processed online prior to your appointment. Medicare rebates are processed after you have attended your appointment as per Medicare guidelines.

*This excludes Third Parties i.e. NDIS.

Please note that to undertake therapy at STIA, your card details will need to be placed on file. We no longer take direct debiting as a mode of payment.

This does not apply to individuals who will have their sessions funded by Third Parties.

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