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Clinical Psychologist in Malvern - Helping you navigate life's challenges

Clinical Psychologist

SERVICES

Individual adult therapy

● Anxiety
● Depression
● Grief and loss
● Relationship difficulties
● Life transitions
● Adjustment
● Stress
● trauma
● Self-esteem
● Parent counselling

Antenatal and postnatal counselling With the Antenatal and Postnatal Psychology Network. I work with a variety of perinatal issues such as fertility struggles, pregnancy related issues, counselling for termination for medical reasons, recurrent miscarriage and loss during various stages of pregnancy, stillbirth, loss after birth, as well as birth trauma and pre and postnatal depression and anxiety and adjustment to parenting.

Parent-infant psychotherapy: Focus on the relationship between parents and babies up to the age of 2 when various difficulties arise in order to promote the baby’s attachment, support the baby’s development and enhance the way the parent and their baby are relating to each other.

Under 5 therapy and play therapy for children Working with parents and their children, understanding young children’s behaviour, communication and the dynamics of family relationships in order to facilitate change and promote the parent-child attachment and support healthy emotional development for children.

About

About Me

I am a Clinical Psychologist working in Malvern. In my years of work, I have found that the emotional impact of a situation needs to be addressed sensitively and honestly in an environment that feels safe enough to do so.

Approach

As a psychologist, I understand that part of being human entails going through experiences that leave us feeling vulnerable and unsettled, often with a shattered sense of trust and hope in the world and others. Dealing with these feelings and anxiety on your own is no easy task, and although the decision to begin seeing a psychologist is not an easy one, entering a therapy relationship provides a safe space, where together a journey can be embarked upon as a way of finding meaning and bringing about change. Therapy also aims to understand and shift the unconscious repetitive choices, patterns and behaviours that result in unfavourable outcomes. I work primarily from a psychodynamic perspective, but the therapy process is always tailored to meet the individual’s needs.

I facilitate the courageous process of bringing about change in order to create space for new and healthier experiences..

In essence, I understand therapy to be an investment in one’s self and one’s future

"Feeling real is more than existing; it is finding a way to exist as oneself...and to have a self into which to retreat for relaxation."

Donald Woods Winnicott

experience

I have been in private practice as a clinical psychologist for over 14 years, currently seeing clients in Malvern .

Prior to qualifying as a Clinical Psychologist, I obtained qualifications in Speech and Hearing Therapy and Social Work. I have a special Interest in perinatal work .

In terms of individual adult therapy, I deal with a range of issues such as stress, depression, anxiety, adjustment, life transitions, grief and loss as well as relationship difficulties. I also work with difficulties that stem from childhood with a focus on making links to bring about change in order to participate in life in a fuller, more authentic way.

I offer parent-infant psychotherapy, play therapy for children and under 5 therapy, aiming to understand conscious and unconscious communications and behaviours with presentations such as separation anxiety, sadness, angry behaviour etc in order to facilitate change, support the child's development and promote the parent-child bond.

I provide perinatal counselling, which includes fertility difficulties, pregnancy related issues, preparation for childbirth, processing difficult or traumatic experiences related to childbirth. I also help women and couples who are faced with fetal anomalies during pregnancy or diagnoses of genetic conditions in early childhood. I provide counselling for the devastating experience of miscarriage and loss and I also offer counselling for postnatal challenges including the transition into parenthood. I draw on parent-infant psychotherapy to assist parents who are experiencing various difficulties in relation to their babies, aiming to promote the parent-child attachment and support the baby's development.

I am part of the antenatal & postnatal psychology network. For more information please follow this link: https://www.antenatalandpostnatalpsychology.com.au/beverley-marcus.html

Based on clinical experience, I have written a psychologically focused children's book titled “The Storm Inside Katie” that highlights the idea of helping children manage difficult feelings through characters that are easy to relate to for both parents and children.

EDUCATION, REGISTRATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS

University of the Witwatersrand, BA (Speech and Hearing Therapy)
University of South Africa (Social Work NDP)
University of South Africa BA Hons (Psychology)
University of the Witwatersrand MA (Clinical Psychology)
Registered with AHPRA
Member Australian Psychological Association (MAPS)
Registered with the Perinatal Loss Centre
Member of the Australian Association for Infant Mental Health (AAIMH)

Clinical Psychologist in Malvern - Helping you navigate life's challenges

Clinical Psychologist in Malvern - Helping you navigate life's challenges