Anita Franklin (She/her)Social Worker

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Overview

Anita is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker and Clinical Play Therapist who specialises in integrative play and creative therapy for children and families. She is highly skilled and experienced in purposefully combining evidenced-based interventions with play, games, and creative arts-based therapeutic modalities to promote growth, early intervention and healing.

Qualifications and Experience

Education

  • Accredited Mental Health Social Worker
  • Master of Social Work
  • Bachelor of Social Sciences
  • Diploma of Clinical Hypnosis and Strategic Psychotherapy
  • APT Diploma of Psychological Therapies (UK)
  • Advanced Diploma in Biomedical Yoga, Meditation and Lifestyle Medicine
  • Currently studying Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Accreditations

  • Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (member number 465758)
  • Medicare Provider (provider number: 6307811H)
  • Clinical Play Therapist
  • Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist
  • Registered Bringing Up Great Kids program facilitator
  • ADHD Certified Clinical Services Provider
  • Full member of the EMDR Association of Australia
  • Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician
  • Registered Open Arms (Veteran Affairs) provider
  • Medical/Allied Health full member, Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine
  • Certified Integrative Mental Health Professional (Nutritional and Integrative Medicine)

Certifications

  • Bringing Up Great Kids Facilitator Program
  • Certified AutPlay® Therapy Provider
  • Certified EFT (Tapping) Practitioner
  • Clinical Hypnotherapist and Strategic Psychotherapist
  • EMDR Therapist
  • Certified Facilitator of LEGO®-Based Therapy
  • Accredited Mental Health Social Worker
  • Certified Interplay Practitioner
  • Certified Humanistic Play Therapist
  • Clinical Play Therapist
  • Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician
  • Certified Integrative Mental Health Professional (Nutritional and Integrative Medicine)
  • Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist
  • ADHD Certified Clinical Services Provider

Working Hours

This Week

Monday:8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday:8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wednesday:8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday:8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday:8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Specialisation and Services

Area of Focus

  • Adoption
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
  • Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Behaviour Problems
  • Bullying
  • Child Psychology
  • Counselling
  • Depression
  • Divorce/Separation
  • Family Therapy
  • General Counselling
  • Health counselling
  • Impulsive Behaviours
  • Intellectual Disabilities
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Meditation
  • Mental Illness
  • Relationships
  • Relaxation training
  • Religious Issues
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Esteem and Self-Development
  • Shyness & social skills deficits
  • Stress
  • Trauma
  • Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
  • Grief and Loss
  • LGBTI issues
  • Life Transition and Adjustment Issues
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Panic Disorders
  • Parenting
  • Phobias
  • Physical Abuse
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • School Issues
  • Self-Harm
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Supervision
  • Career and Vocational Planning
  • Academic Performance
  • Eating disorders
  • Pain Management
  • Panic Attacks
  • Schema Therapy
  • Teenagers
  • Victim of Crime

Modalities

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Art Therapy
  • Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy
  • Mindfulness
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Positive Psychology
  • Psychoeducation
  • Psychotherapy
  • Solution-Focused Therapy
  • Clinical Hypnosis
  • Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)
  • In Vivo Exposure Therapy
  • Interpersonal
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Humanistic
  • Integrative
  • Eclectic
  • Time-Limited Therapy
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy
  • Gestalt
  • Internal Family Systems

Patient Focus

  • Children
  • Families
  • People with disabilities
  • Culturally and linguistically diverse communities
  • Teenagers
  • Infants

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Mandarin
  • Sign Language

Services

  • School Visits
  • Online consultations
  • Home Visits
  • Group Sessions
  • Wheelchair access