Anne Fitzpatrick Counsellor

Overview

I'm a skilled Counsellor and Psychotherapist in Private Practice in Hilton, providing services to the wider Fremantle catchment area and beyond. Employed for 18 years within non-profit organisations Holyoake Institute, Relationships Australia, and 4Families-Family Mental Health Support Services, I have the experience to support clients to overcome their mental, emotional, physical, social and spiritual challenges. I bring my insight and knowledge with me. My focus is to help my clients develop new skills and coping strategies and improve their relationships through better connection and communication skills. I promote a client's power of choice and raise understanding, self-awareness and motivation to achieve their desired goals. Certified Foundational Theraplay Practitioner (TTI) Cert. Play Therapy (Play Therapy Australia) Cert. SandPlay & Symbol Work (Expressive Therapies Institute, QLD) Further Professional development trainings include: Trauma-Release Exercise (TRE), Clayfield Therapy, Emotion-Focused Couple Therapy (EFCT), Remaking Mind & Emotions (RME), Parent-Child Interactive Therapy (PCIT), Tuning Into Kids & Tuning Into Teens, Sunshine Circles groups, Circle of Security (CoS), Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP), Narrative Therapy (NT), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Dialectical-Behaviour Therapy (DBT).

Qualifications and Experience

Education

  • B. Counselling (Notre Dame University, Fremantle)
  • Theraplay Practitioner (The Theraplay Institute, TTI - US)
  • ACA College of Clinical Counsellors - 7332

Specialisation and Services

Area of Focus

  • Adoption
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
  • Behaviour Problems
  • Bullying
  • Burnout
  • Career and Vocational Planning
  • Coping with disability
  • Couples Therapy
  • Depression
  • Disabilities
  • Emotional abuse
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Family Therapy
  • General Counselling
  • Grief and Loss
  • Identity Problems
  • LGBTI issues
  • Life Coaching
  • Life Transition and Adjustment Issues
  • Mental health
  • Neglect
  • Parenting
  • Personal Development
  • Physical Abuse
  • Post-Natal Depression
  • Pregnancy
  • Psychosis
  • Rehabilitation
  • Relationships
  • Relaxation training
  • Schema Therapy
  • School Issues
  • Self-Esteem and Self-Development
  • Sexuality
  • Shyness & social skills deficits
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Trauma
  • Women's Issues
  • Work Related Issues
  • Workplace Bullying

Modalities

  • Adlerian / Individual Psychology
  • Art Therapy
  • Choice Therapy
  • Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Eclectic
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy
  • Humanistic
  • Integrative
  • Internal Family Systems
  • Interpersonal
  • Mindfulness
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Neuro-Linguistic Programming
  • Positive Psychology
  • Rogerian Psychotherapy
  • Solution-Focused Therapy

Patient Focus

  • Children
  • Teenagers
  • Adults
  • Families
  • Older adults
  • Women
  • Infants
  • Men
  • People with disabilities
  • Culturally and linguistically diverse communities
  • Couples
  • Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander
  • Non-Binary People
  • LGBTIQ

Languages Spoken

  • English

Services

  • Nursing home visits
  • Online consultations
  • School Visits