Anxiety (general anxiety, panic attacks and panic disorder, phobias, trauma, social anxiety, OCD)
Stress management
Anger management
Grief
Depression
Bipolar disorder
Borderline personality disorder
Coping with chronic health issues (such as IBS, HIV)
People struggling with cultural adaptation, homesickness
LGBTIQ concerns including:
Coming out
Bullying
Coping with the trauma of conversion therapy
Identity conflicts
Gender dysphoria – support and assessment for HRT and SRS, etc.
Eric does provide reports to assess for gender dysphoria and to support Hormone Replacement Therapy and Sexual Re-assignment Surgery/ Procedures.
About Eric
Eric is a Clinical Psychologist with special interests in:
Understanding how emotions work and using methods to transform emotions deeply and quickly
Supporting adults from the LGBTQ community
Supporting adults from CALD communities who find that culture and language do affect their experiences of their problems
Eric can particularly relate with persons from Asian communities and the complexities of multiple identities – being an Asian migrant himself
Supporting clients with psychological issues stemming from complex family-of-origin and childhood experiences.
Eric’s approach is warm, open, and humorous. He is interested in people and not symptoms, and prefers a conversational style of working with people. He works respectfully with his clients to help them understand their stuck emotional patterns and their way of being with both people and life events. He guides them to develop life-skills to change these patterns so that they could live fully, more fulfilled lives.
Eric completed his Doctoral degree in clinical psychology with research focused on psychological factors affecting Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and the mind-body connection. Eric has worked as a mental health clinician for 17 years in not-for-profit, correctional, hospital and private practice settings.
Eric offers in-office, teleconference and online counselling. He also offers services for persons funded under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
Eric is also a board-approved supervisor and provides supervision for trainee psychologists and psychologists.
Reports: Eric does NOT do medico-legal, immigration, injury or compensation reports
Education and Qualifications:
Bachelor of Social Sciences (2nd Upper Class Hons)
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical Psychology)
Full registration with AHPRA, with Specialist Endorsement in Clinical Psychology
Eric’s thoughts about how he approaches therapy:
“I am a firm believer in providing the right kind of space and therapy relationship for clients so that their stuck patterns of feelings and thoughts have room to be explored, expanded and changed. I do this in a very conversational style. This is the heart of how I approach my client.
To enhance this exploration and change process for my clients, I focus on two areas:
I often guide clients to pay attention inwards to their feelings in a specific way. Sometimes these feelings can be too intense to handle alone, and I ride through them with my clients. It also takes two brains to make sense of these feelings. When we make meaning out of these feelings, they start to transform in healthier ways.
I also place special emphasis on how clients experience relationships and interpersonal interactions. This includes reflecting together with the client about the relationship happening between a client and myself. I find that doing so can be transformative. Clients often find they can open up previously stuck emotions, and mobilize them in new and healthier ways. Because of this, I often invite clients to bring examples of their interpersonal struggles to me, including:
Struggles in asserting oneself
Struggles with interpersonal conflicts
Experiences with abusive relationships
Struggles in communicating oneself
Feelings of being “lesser/ less mature/ smaller/ less confident/ less sure” than others in relationships
Meet Eric
Enjoys drawing and reading
Likes to learn and try new things off of YouTube
Loves good stories – in any form such as books, movies, and anime
Types of Clients
Eric also supports people without a diagnosis, including people who:
Suffer from chronic low-key anxiety
Struggle with low self-esteem
Feel that something is missing in their lives
Have struggles that stem from childhood experiences (known as attachment issues)
Question their sense of self
Struggle with anger issues
Feel uncomfortable in their own skins
Struggle relating with people (conflicts, social awkwardness, stuck communication patterns).
Therapeutic Techniques
Evidence-Based Therapeutic Approaches
Focusing-Oriented Therapy
Emotion-Focused Therapy
Psychodynamically-Informed Therapy
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Solution-oriented Therapy
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
Availability
Mondays 8:00am – 3:50pm
Tuesdays 8:00am – 3:50pm
Wednesdays 8:00am – 2:50pm
Thursdays 8:00am – 2:50pm
Appointments
Adults (50 minutes)
Call 07 3211 1117 to book
Medicare Rebate
$137.05 with valid Mental Health Care Plan
Make an Enquiry
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