James Wheller
Mr James Wheller
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Professional Profile

Qualification(s)
Master of Music Therapy
Registration Number
30956
Registration category
Clinical
Additional PACFA credentials

College of Counselling
Offers telehealth
No

* Certified Practicing PACFA members have studied at AQF Level 7 (Bachelor degree) or above, with a minimum of 400 hours instruction in counselling or psychotherapy subjects, plus have a minimum of 40 hours client contact, and 10 hours of supervision.

Clinical PACFA members have met the education standards above and have accrued a minimum of 750 client contact hours, including 75 hours of supervision.

About me

My practice
Hi there,

I'm James, a mental health clinician, Registered Music Therapist and Registered Clinical Counsellor living, working and playing on Ngunnawal country in Canberra.

I hold clinical roles in public mental health services and provide clinical supervision to staff and students.

My background is in music therapy, however my experience gained while working in public mental health settings has broadened my therapeutic approach. I am fascinated by the intersections of verbal counselling and psychotherapy modalities alongside music therapy techniques.

My work revolves around narrative and schema driven approaches to therapeutic songwriting, emotion-focused lenses for song discussion, cognitive-behavioural uses of playlists for mood management and trauma-informed psychodynamic clinical improvisation.

I practice from an eclectic mix of humanistic, psychodynamic, ecological, behavioural and transdiagnostic frameworks and believe in the power and primacy of the therapeutic relationship in therapy, working with core processes and mechanisms that can catalyse change and create positive impact in people's lives.

I am currently focusing on public health settings across adult and adolescent mental health and do not offer private counselling services at this point.
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Issues I can help with
Anxiety, Childhood or adolescent issues, Chronic pain or illness, Communication issues, Depression, Grief and loss, Life transitions, Low self-esteem, Mental health issues, Personality disorders, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Rehabilitation, Social skills, Stress, Trauma recovery
Type of therapy offered
Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Cognitive therapy, Integrative therapy, Mindfulness-based therapies, Person-centred counselling

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