Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling
NDIS
A family systems life span approach including working systemically provides a framework to understand the person-in-environment context for those living with psychosocial disabilities. This multi-focal approach includes knowledge of human functioning and behaviour, mental health conditions, psychiatric treatment and psychosocial recovery models, which includes the intersectionality between gender, ethnicity, culture, socio- economic and political context that impact on individuals and their families across their lifespan. Individual counselling, family support, educational and training programs for those living with chronic illnesses, complex mental health conditions and psychosocial disabilities are provided. An innovative therapeutic recovery oriented somatic movement program for those living with disabilities and their carers is also provided to support personal recovery.​
Therapeutic Supports
Individual Counselling
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Psychosocial disabilities & mental health conditions including co-morbidity issues
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Grief, bereavement and loss issues associated with adjustments to disability
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Anxiety management and emotional regulation strategies
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Social skills training and independent living strategies
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Trauma resolution arising from abuse, neglect, family and sexual violence
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Psychoeducation on living with psychosocial disabilities
Groups
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Carer recovery support groups
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Psychoeducation on living with disability
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Psychosocial educational & therapeutic groups
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Training & education programs to build workforce capacity
Innovative Community Participation
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Arts Therapy - Dance Movement Therapy
Referral Process
Complete the NDIS Online Referral Form.
Alternatively, manually complete the NDIS Client Referral Form (download a copy here) and forward to Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling via email.
Upon receipt of the referral, we get in touch to discuss individual goals for therapeutic supports and recovery.
A Service Agreement including Practice Standards, Confidentiality and Cancellation policy will be onforwarded.
Download a copy of the Service Agreement below.
Melbourne Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling
Somatic Movement Psychotherapy
Somatic Movement psychotherapy is an expressive arts form that uses body-oriented psychotherapy based on psychology, humanistic and existential therapies. It focuses on unifying the cognitive, emotional, psychological and spiritual expressions of the individual’s lived experiences through improvised movement and dance. An individual’s lived experiences or narrative is often expressed through the body, how a person moves reveals their inner psyche as it is communicated through breath, body posture, muscular tension and somatic responses. A person’s relational style is also found in psychological wounds, injuries and trauma which are all contained within the body. Healing psyche wounds or physical trauma is through accessing the innate wisdom of the body. It is through integrating the expressive and experiential arts – movement that restoration of health is possible towards more of an embodied self.
Therapeutic Aims
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improvised expressive movement release stored energies, supports emotional connections, self-expression and catharsis.
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breathe, body posture (attitudes), developmental movement patterns reveal communication styles and narratives.
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expression of bodily felt sensations and body memories.
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improve body functioning through expansion of movement repertoire
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supportive therapeutic processes grounds the work towards healing and personal recovery.
Facilitator
Sharon trained in Integrative Dance Therapy with the German Society for Dance Therapy in association with the European Academy Psychosocial Health and Fritz Perls Institute.