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 Jim OConnor 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 Relationship Counselling If you or someone you know is having difficulty with a relationship; then relationship counselling will help. During the process of relationship counselling the key concerns are identified, any unhelpful relationship dynamics are examined; couples are taught effective communication, conflict resolution and the keys to enhancing their relationship; all within a safe and empathic environment. See Jim OConnor 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 Anxiety Disorders Anxiety disorders refer to a group of problems which include excessive levels of fear and anxiety. Anxiety is a normal reaction to stress, threat, or danger. It enables us deal with threatening situations by triggering the fight/flight response so that we can take evasive action. However, when this response is persistent, excessive and interferes with daily life it becomes an anxiety disorder. See Scott Wright 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 Life Coaching We explore the results you currently get in life (Health, Significant other, Friends & Family, Fun and Recreation, Money, Career, Environment, Personal Growth) and the results you’d rather have. Coaching closes the gap, by discovering what is holding you back from living the life you want and deserve. Let’s create lasting change. See Susan Farrell 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 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 Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) ACT is an innovative and pragmatic approach to therapy that addresses a diverse range of conditions in a mindful and compassionate way whilst encouraging individuals to do what is important to them. ACT helps clients accept themselves and others with compassion, choose valued directions for their lives, and commit to action that leads them in those directions. An important component of ACT is the teaching of Mindfulness, or bringing one’s awareness to the present moment, as an effective way to handle unpleasant thoughts, feelings, sensations, urges, and memories. See Scott Wright Executive & Leadership Coaching We assist emerging and existing leaders manage their projects and teams with more success and certainty. Over a 3 to 6 month period you gain an advanced management toolkit and brainstorm solutions and ideas to “real-life”, challenging, experiences within weekly sessions. See Susan Farrell