Mary-Anne Godfrey
Ms Mary-Anne Eleonore Godfrey
Phone
0404031150
Mobile
0404031150
Email
[email protected]
Website
maryannegodfrey.com.au

Professional Profile

Qualification(s)
BA; Grad Dip Ed; Dip Psychotherapy
Languages
French
Registration Number
21082
Registration category
Clinical
Additional PACFA credentials

College of Counselling


Accredited PACFA Registrant
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 highly experienced practising psychotherapist and have worked with patients of all ages, life-stages and many nationalities. I have a lively intellect; I am well travelled, have lived in three countries and enjoyed a rich and varied life.

In my work as a therapist I help to restructure and heal those aspects of a person’s self that have been damaged, arrested or traumatised so that they can experience, sometimes for the first time, feelings of joy and optimism.

The therapy I offer takes the form of an extended ‘conversation’ with my patient, in which I engage with him/her as a whole person – not just with ‘the problem’.

I believe that depression, anxiety and anger are symptoms, not illnesses. My work in helping patients address the causes of depression and anxiety has led me to understand that they are different conditions, and neither are they the same for all sufferers.

I believe that when people behave in harmful and problematic ways towards themselves, and sometimes others, they do so as ways of coping with inner difficulties.

It is these inner issues that I aim to transform in the psychoanalytic therapy I offer.
Practice opening hours
By appointment -variable
Issues I can help with
Lesbian & Bisexual issues (undefined), Addiction, Anger, Anxiety, Childhood or adolescent issues, Chronic pain or illness, Communication issues, Conflict resolution, Cultural issues, Depression, Disability support, Eating disorders, Existential or spiritual issues, Family or parenting, Gay (undefined), Grief and loss, Life transitions, Low self-esteem, Mental health issues, Migrant issues, Personality disorders, Phobias, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Rehabilitation, Relationship issues, School counselling, Sex and sexual issues, Social skills, Stress, Trauma recovery, Veterans and Defence Forces issues
Type of therapy offered
Brief therapy, Couples therapy, Emotion-Focussed Therapy, Family therapy, Mindfulness-based therapies, Person-centred counselling, Psycho-education, Psychodynamic psychotherapy

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