About Our Services
Our psychotherapists provide individual therapy for a range of complex psychological challenges including:
Mood and anxiety disorders
Social difficulties
Relationships with others
Trauma
Adverse childhood experiences
Grief and loss
Emotional and social functioning
Adjustment to life transitions
When you commence individual therapy, the first few sessions will involve an assessment of your needs and an exploration of your history. This will also provide an opportunity for you to assess if the therapist you are working with feels like the right fit for you. By the end of the assessment, your therapist will be able to offer you some first impressions of what the work will include, and you will both think together about a treatment plan to follow. If you have questions about the therapy process, they are welcomed for discussion whenever they arise.
Our psychotherapists also work with couples to support them in working through painful emotions and experiences in their relationships that may be manifesting as things such as a crisis of trust, communication difficulties, or loss of intimacy.
Telehealth services are available for all our clients. In December 2021, the Australian Government announced that Australians will be able to continue to access Medicare rebates for telehealth psychology services (telephone or online).
What is a Psychotherapist?
Psychologists and counsellors who undertake specialised training and supervision in psychodynamic psychotherapy are called psychotherapists. Psychodynamic psychotherapy is a specialisation for working in depth with people experiencing a range of personal, well-being and psychological challenges. Longstanding issues that never reach a comfortable resolve are often best addressed with a psychotherapist using psychodynamic psychotherapy.
What is Psychotherapy?
Psychodynamic psychotherapy is the primary mode of treatment at Integrate Therapy. Psychotherapy is a mode of therapy that individuals might engage in if they want to explore themselves more deeply to examine the origins of their symptoms. Psychodynamic psychotherapy is suitable when individuals have been unable to resolve longstanding and complex issues in therapies that target symptoms alone.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy is an insight-oriented, emotionally focused therapy which has an emphasis on self-discovery. On the journey, clients may discover habitual patterns of self-defeating actions and interpersonal relating. Psychotherapy supports individuals to curiously explore their symptoms to cultivate understanding and insight, and work toward challenging unhelpful patterns and behaviours.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy is based on the premise that psychological symptoms are meaningful expressions of psychological experiences that have not yet been explored or addressed. Working through these experiences in a safe and supportive therapeutic relationship can provide clients with insight, relief, and a further development of their strengths.
Our psychotherapists may draw from other treatment modalities depending on the presenting symptoms and difficulties. These modalities may include Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Narrative Therapy, Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP), however, psychodynamic psychotherapy theories and principles underpin all our work.
Couples Therapy
Couples seek psychotherapy together for several reasons. It may be that there is a loss of trust, difficulties with communication, or a disconnection due to the relationship changing over time. Psychotherapy offers couples a space to uncover and explore unresolved tensions in their relationship, and work through these to target and leave behind defeating and destructive patterns.
Our psychotherapists work with couples to support them in bringing about change toward a stronger, more open, and mutually fulfilling partnership.