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Lara Steel perth psychologist

Lara Steel

General Psychologist

Available online

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Available Wednesdays and Saturdays online. 

There is no such thing as a human that doesn't need support sometimes. If it all feels too much and you're overwhelmed by your emotions, or perhaps you've gone numb long ago, it's ok to be where you're at.

The question really is, where do you want to be in the future? What do you want your life to look like, and how can you get there?

I am all about helping people build up their own toolkit of coping strategies so that you feel you have options to weather the storms and are in control of your own thoughts and feelings and not at their mercy.

I don't have the answers to your life. You are the expert in your own experience, choices, thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. I can offer you a listening ear, empathy, respect and will draw on the science to see if there are proven strategies that may be useful in your own life. My aim is to help people feel like they don't need me.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Sexual abuse
  • Sexual Issues
  • Adult survivors of sexual assault/abuse/family trauma
  • Anger Management
  • Adolescent Counselling (13-18 years)
  • Child Counselling
  • Bariatric
  • Existential Issues
  • LGBTIQ+
  • Managing Addictions
  • PTSD/Trauma
  • Self-harm
  • Suicide Prevention
  • Assertiveness training
  • Bullying and Harassment
  • Burnout
  • Work Stress
  • Career Coaching
  • Leadership and management
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QUALIFICATIONS

  • Ahpra Registration Number: PSY0001799806
  • Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Edith Cowan University
  • Graduate Diploma Forensic Sexology, Edith Cowan University
  • Graduate Certificate Counselling, Edith Cowan University
  • Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) (Honours), Edith Cowan University
  • Masters of Organisational Psychology, Murdoch University

ADDITIONAL CREDENTIALS

  • Membership: Australian Psychological Society (APS)

THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES

  • Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Schema Therapy
  • Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Existential Therapy
  • Solution-focused Therapy
  • Mindfulness

HEALTH INSURANCE

  • Medicare
  • Private Health 
  • EAP

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OUR LOCATIONS

MELBOURNE CBD
(main practice)
2/50 Queen Street
VICTORIA
accessible
Phone 1300 161 639 for all locations
Reception Hours:
Mon - Thurs 8:30 am - 6:30 pm
Fri 8:30 am - 6 pm,  Sat 9 am - 2:30 pm
SYDNEY
NEW SOUTH WALES
BRISBANE
QUEENSLAND
ADELAIDE
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
HOBART
TASMANIA
PERTH
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
CANBERRA
ACT

 

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