Darren Besanko Counsellor

Qualifications and Experience

Education

  • Diploma Transpersonal Counselling
  • Grad Diploma of Student Welfare
  • Diploma of Education
  • Master of Engineering (Electrical)
  • Cert IV Training & Assessment

Accreditations

  • Foundation in Voice Dialogue
  • Introduction to Sandplay

Specialisation and Services

Area of Focus

  • Abuse
  • Academic Performance
  • Addictions
  • Adolescents
  • Adoption
  • Affective disorders
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety and phobias
  • Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
  • Bullying
  • Burnout
  • Cancer management
  • Career and Vocational Planning
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Couples Therapy
  • Depression
  • Emotional abuse
  • Executive Coaching
  • General Counselling
  • HIV-AIDS
  • Identity Problems
  • Impulsive Behaviours
  • LGBTI issues
  • Life Coaching
  • Life Transition and Adjustment Issues
  • Men's isssues
  • Mental health
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Personal Development
  • Phobias
  • Physical Abuse
  • Polycules and Polyamorous/Multi-Partnered Relationships
  • Pornography addiction
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Psychotherapy
  • Religious Issues
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Esteem and Self-Development
  • Self-Harm
  • Sexual identity
  • Sexual identity disorders
  • Sexuality
  • Shyness & social skills deficits
  • Smoking Cessation
  • Spirituality
  • Work Related Issues
  • Workplace Bullying
  • Workplace Issues
  • Grief and Loss

Modalities

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Body Psychotherapy
  • Humanistic
  • Integrative
  • Jungian
  • Psychodynamic

Patient Focus

  • Teenagers
  • Adults
  • Families
  • Women
  • Men
  • Couples
  • Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander
  • Non-Binary People
  • LGBTIQ