Qualifications
- Master Of Arts – Social Work
- Advanced Cert. of Gestalt Therapy (GTAA)
- EMDR (EMDR Acad. Level One)
- Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AASW)
Experience
Trevor is an experienced clinical mental health social worker and counsellor. He has worked in public mental health for over 30 years in diverse clinical settings such as primary mental health, forensics and acute psychiatry, Veteran’s counselling. He has clinical experience working with people who have experienced trauma, grief and loss, adjustment disorders, addictions, depression and anxiety and relationship difficulties. He has an interest in working with clients with enduring mental health conditions, veterans and their families, the LGBTIQ, Men’s mental health and workplace stress.
Approach
Trevor is a warm, engaging, empathic man who incorporates evidence based interventions with his natural curiosity, his open reflective approach and his heartfelt humour. He draws from the following modes of practice:
- Motivational interviewing – Socratic inquiry, supporting change and recovery in addiction.
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy – strengthening self-acceptance and compassion through reflective value based dialogue.
- EMDR – Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing – trauma work.
