Thea Baker
Miss Thea Baker
Phone
03 9077 8194
Mobile
0468 663551
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.theabaker.com.au

Professional Profile

Qualification(s)
Master of Counselling
Registration Number
25160
Registration category
Clinical
Additional PACFA credentials

College of Counselling


Accredited PACFA Registrant
Private health rebate/NDIS provider
NDIS Provider, Offers Private Health Rebate
Offers telehealth
Yes

* 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
I am a counsellor and body-based (somatic) psychotherapist with special interests in all aspects women’s health, trauma (PTSD, C-PTSD) and couples / relationship therapy. I work collaboratively with my clients to find a place of healing and recovery. I am in it for the long-haul and don’t give up easily. I am not the kind of therapist that is ok with “feeling better” if better is still a long way off being truly well.
That’s why I feel such an affinity with the word ‘wellbeing’. Wellbeing is about much more than the absence of disease or illness. It’s a multidimensional mix of getting your physical, mental, emotional and social health in balance.
I am a noisy advocate about mental health being a part of whole-person health – I believe that we have somehow got into a place where we see physical health in terms of strength and fitness whilst mental health is viewed through a lens of stigma, dysfunction and illness. I work tirelessly to address this imbalance. I started my work in the health and wellbeing space as a specialist Personal Trainer working with women at all ages and stages of life and learned early the profoundly simple connection between our physical and mental state of health. Now I combine that knowledge of anatomy and physiology with my research of how trauma is stored in the body using all sorts of creative approaches to therapy.
Practice opening hours
Issues I can help with
Addiction, Anger, Anxiety, Careers counselling, Chronic pain or illness, Communication issues, Conflict resolution, Depression, Eating disorders, Existential or spiritual issues, Family or parenting, Grief and loss, Life threatening Illness, Life transitions, Low self-esteem, Mental health issues, Personality disorders, Phobias, Postnatal depression, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Relationship issues, Sex and sexual issues, Social skills, Stress, Trauma recovery
Type of therapy offered
Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Couples therapy, Emotion-Focussed Therapy, Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing, Integrative therapy, Mindfulness-based therapies, Motivational interviewing, Person-centred counselling, Psycho-education, Solution-focussed therapy, Somatic psychotherapy

Practice addresses

Practice NamePractice AddressSuburbStatePostcode
Thea Baker WellbeingSuite 1 / 1b Cookson StreetCamberwellVIC3124
Thea Baker Wellbeing72 D Maroondah HighwayCroydonVIC3136