Welcome to Wellbeing... Wellbeing@Macquarie is your CBD oasis from the stresses of modern day life, living, working and relationships. Centrally located for your convenience in the heritage British Medical Association Building our professional team of practitioners are here to help you to find solutions in a caring and understanding environment. Wellbeing@Macquarie is here for your wellbeing. Quality of Care... Our team of practitioners are among the best in Australia. Recognised authorities in their fields, and fully accredited with major professional bodies, you can be assured of the best assistance from the best professinals. At Wellbeing@Macquarie we don't just care, we are able to offer a quality assurance of the highest standards possible. Our Mission... To nurture and promote the wellbeing of all and to do this in a nurturing, caring environment, with professionalism. We strive for the best result in every circumstance. Excellence is our constant goal. Psychotherapy Psychotherapy is a process developed by Freud that helps a person to resolve their emotional problems, usually through self-awareness that is gained in the therapeautic relationship. It is a confidential process based on the inner world of the client. In a paced way it allows examination of struggles, their causes and  consequences, with the goal of resolution and self acceptance. See Paula Kruger Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Cognitive behavioural techniques (CBT) assist people to identify problems, formulate goals and develop psychological strategies to improve their lives. Dr Lydia Bennett facilitates this process and has found CBT to be a popular and powerful technique to bring about positive change in her patients. See Lydia Bennett Relationship Counselling Couples learn new ways of communicating and relating. Thoughts, feelings, wants and not-wants are safely and yet assertively expressed leading to clearer understandings. Common goals and levels of commitment are examined. Problems due to different life experiences and families of origin are addressed and realistic outcomes are explored in a neutral, respectful, and empathic environment. See Paula Kruger Treatments For Depression Do you ever feel lethargic and apathetic? If life holds little pleasure for you and you are lacking in enthusiasm, you may be suffering from depression. Dr Lydia Bennett uses the Beck Depression Inventory scale (the most widely used objective measure of depression in the world) to assess whether or not depression is your main issue. Effective treatment is available and may include psychological therapy as well as co-ordinated visits to your GP. See Lydia Bennett Trauma Counselling Traumatic events such as witnessing or being a direct victim of violent crime or horrific accidents can occur to individuals, groups, and businesses. An immediate response is a critical incident debreif that can deal with the emotional shock and identify particular problems and provide strategies that enable a swift recovery and reduce debilitating longer term effects and costs. See Paula Kruger Mens Wellness Men face unique problems in today’s demanding society; expectations are high with men facing increased pressures. Often those pressures relate to having to work long hours and the stress and anxiety this can have in being able to balance other areas of life such as family, relationships, social life and health. Darren Peake is qualified to assist you effectively as you deal with these struggles. See Darren Peake Workplace Counselling There are a wide range of issues that benefit from counselling and psychotherapy in the business and corporate world. Counselling is an effective strategy that addresses anger and aggression, effective communication, structural change (including retrenchment) and other loss of jobs, and critical incident debreifings following traumatic events such as armed robberies and industrial accidents. It can be win/win with staff better able to deal with the emotional toll including depression, confidence etc and business lowering  costs and increasing productivity. See Paula Kruger Clinical Psychology Therapy with a Clinical Psychologist involves the client and Psychologist working together to develop an understanding or ‘formulation’ about a particular problem. The Psychologist then draws on relevant evidence-based psychological theories and techniques to help the client make changes and reach goals identified together, within an empathic, reflective context. See Kirstie Missenden Family Therapy The focus is on bringing about change in the family realtionship. The presenting problem may be frustrations and pain resulting from how the children are acting out. Effective communication strategies, clear messages and boundaries are dealt with and evaluating  all relationships within the family, modeled behaviour are strategies that can lead to positive outcomes. See Paula Kruger Career Directions Balancing the demands of work and life can raise all manner of conflicts and stress, and the issues that arise from the pressures you are subject to. Focusing on your career allows the space to explore your options. Darren Peake has the expertise to help you analyse your need for change, and the potential for increased job satisfaction. See Darren Peake Stress Management Stress may appear to be inevitable in the modern world. Psychotherapy and counselling is able to re-examine life style choices and help put the struggles into perspective, and evaluate possible ways to realistically grow more able to deal with the demands of a demanding world. Stress may not be inevitable after all. See Paula Kruger Cognitive Analytic Therapy CAT is a relatively new therapeutic development originating in the UK and researched and widely used in the UK and the rest of Europe, now becoming available in Australia. As the name suggests, CAT draws on theories from Cognitive and Analytic schools of therapy, in order to provide a user-friendly, empathic, change-focussed approach, which has been found to be helpful in a broad range of problems. See Dr Kirstie Missenden Executive Coaching Directors often lack the opportunity to debrief with someone about confidential or difficult matters occurring in the corporate environment. Dr Lydia Bennett, former Unit Director during her time as a University Professor has many years experience assisting staff to manage change and to deal with challenges. Support and guidance is provided to assist people in positions of authority. The dual essential components of personal goals and team management are addressed. See Dr Lydia Bennett Time Management Do you ever feel that there are not enough hours in the day? Dr Lydia Bennett helps you to assess your use of time. Lydia will visit you in your office (if requested) and follow you during your normal working day to give you instant feedback on improving your time management. Techniques taught always provide immediate results. See Dr Lydia Bennett Substance Abuse Disorder Is characterized by the overindulgence in psychoactive substances such as nicotine, Alcohol, prescription medication and other drugs (Cannabis, Amphetamines, Ecstasy, Cocaine, Opiates and Hallucinogens). All psychoactive substances impact on cognitions, behaviour and emotions. Apart from potentially inducing health-, social-, vocational-, financial- and legal problems, Substance Use Disorders form one of the main reasons for individuals to not live their life to the fullest. See Claudia Rothhaas Solution Focused Therapy Solution focused and resource oriented therapy is a type of talking therapy that is based upon social constructionist philosophy. It focuses on what clients want to achieve through therapy rather than on the problem(s) that made them seek help. The approach does not focus on the past, but instead, focuses on the present and the future. The therapist uses respectful curiosity to invite the client to envision their preferred future. See Claudia Rothhaas