About Me
Allow me to tell you a little about myself. I'm an experienced Clinical Psychologist and stress management counsellor. I tailor my work to individual needs and draw upon a number of therapeutic models including:
* Hakomi mind/body therapy
* hypnotherapy
* cognitive behavioural therapy
* narrative therapy
* supportive psychotherapy
I believe that as every client is unique, their treatment should be individually attuned for the best possible outcome. That's why I'm constantly building on my knowledge and learning the latest techniques.
I achieved a Master's degree in Psychology at the University of Western Australia in 1992. I am also a Hakomi Institute psychotherapy graduate, meaning I have completed three years of training in the Hakomi Method of experiential psychotherapy. I work within the five principles of Hakomi therapy - mindfulness, nonviolence, organicity, unity and body-mind holism. I have completed a two-year course with the WA Branch of the Australian Society of Hypnosis.
I help people with depression (including post-natal depression), anxiety, relationship break-ups, work issues and other personal issues. I work towards enabling clients to gain more insight into their behaviour, and to empower them to change old patterns that no longer work. My goal is always the same: to improve clients' lives and help them to achieve greater happiness and a better quality of life.
About my team
Janelle Stanbury
Janelle is a Clinical Psychologist who specialises in working with clients struggling with chronic anxiety and/or depression, emotion dysregulation, trauma (including childhood trauma and post-traumatic stress) and personality vulnerability. She works in private practice and also for the health department in the North Metro Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Team, providing therapy to women with Borderline Personality Disorder.
Janelle values building a warm, safe relationship with clients. She helps clients to become aware of and change unhelpful patterns of thought, feeling and behaviour in order to live more joyful and accepting lives, with less time lost to anxiety, depression, shame and anger.
Janelle tailors her approach to meet the individual needs and issues of each client, and draws on a pool of therapies including Mindfulness Based CBT, Emotion-Focused Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.
She works with Jennifer Wright and Associates at Chelsea Psychology on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. You can contact Janelle on 08 93866020.
Jane Hindley
Experienced registered psychologist Jane Hindley has been with Jennifer Wright and Associates since 2008, and has developed a strong practice in the areas of couples counselling, adolescents and families, and physical rehabilitation.
Jane’s work focuses on empowering clients to gain insight, facilitate change and improve their quality of life.
Jane offers an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), a work-based intervention designed to enhance the emotional, mental and general psychological well-being of employees and immediate family members. EAP provides proactive interventions for the early detection and resolution of work and personal issues that may adversely affect performance and well-being. Jane provides professional and confidential counselling to help employees resolve problems related to relationships, health, trauma, substance abuse, gambling and other addictions, financial problems, depression, anxiety disorders, psychiatric disorders, communication problems, legal problems and adjustment issues. Businesses can find out more from Jane on 0402 531 306 or janepat@iinet.net.au.
In addition, Jane regularly gives public talks about parenting teenagers, and has vast experience with adolescent clients. Jane also teaches and supervises psychology and nursing students from Curtin and Notre Dame University, in her long-held position as Psychologist for the Para/Quad Association at Shenton Park.
Jane's areas of interest and expertise include:
* Depression and anxiety.
* Coping issues.
* Rehabilitation and lifestyle issues, particularly in relation to medical conditions.
* Relationship and marriage counselling.
* Sexuality issues.
* Self esteem and confidence issues.
Jane is particularly experienced in helping people with illness management and in sexual issues. She has worked with people with spinal injuries for over 20 years and was a Registered Nurse before training as a Psychologist.
Her approach includes supportive psychotherapy and cognitive-behavioural therapy, and she practices using an eclectic approach, depending on the specific needs of each client and their circumstances.
People consulting Jane will receive rebates from the Medicare Initiative for Psychologists.
Mercedes Asencio
Mercedes Asencio, Registered Psychologist and Associate Member of the Australian Psychological Society.
Mercedes is a Psychologist with 15 years experience helping people in Australia, the US and her native Argentina. Her overseas experience and bicultural background gives added depth to her approach to clients. Mercedes’ strength lies in developing a supportive and committed relationship with her clients which enables them to work together through difficult times.
She graduated as a psychologist in 1992 from the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina and has since completed post-graduate training at Bellevue Hospital Centre and New York University in the US, where she lived and worked for five years. In New York City she gained experience in individual and group psychotherapy, health psychology, and cross-cultural therapy. Her experience across the public and private sectors has given her exposure to a broad range of clients with complex life situations.
Mercedes’ areas of expertise include:
Treatment of anxiety and depression.
Reducing impact of chronic medical conditions.
Coping with histories of trauma and abuse.
Dealing with life transition issues.
Resolving relationship difficulties and improving interpersonal skills.
Coping with grief and loss.
Dealing with migration and adjustment to new environments.
Peter (Steve) Tandy
Steve is a registered psychologist with more than twenty years’ experience. He has a BAppSc (Psych), a Post Grad Dip (Counseling) from Curtin University and a Masters in HR and Employment Relations from UWA. Steve specialises in deep emotional therapy, a process of exploring early childhood trauma with a focus on healing the past to create a space for the ‘now". His approach and experience is particularly suited to those who feel their lives are constantly on the verge of emotional disintegration. It is an approach suited to those individuals who, despite their best efforts and intentions, find old feelings repeatedly interfering with their experiences of today. Steve’s approach focuses on creating an environment in which clients feel safe enough to explore old feelings (such as abandonment, fear and anger) and through self-generated insight (the ‘aha’ moment) permanently change the way they feel about life.
His areas of interest and expertise include:
Old and destructive patterns of behaviour, such as relationship choices or argument patterns.
Depression and anxiety.
Compulsive and addictive behaviours, where a behaviour becomes an imperative - a must do or must have.
Trauma and abuse issues.
Grief and loss.