Overview
CONSULTANT PSYCHOLOGIST,
E.M.D.R THERAPIST,
RELATIONSHIP, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY EDUCATOR.
Muradiye Selvi is a Consultant Psychologist with over 28 years of experience working in the mental health field and was the first Turkish speaking Psychologist in private practice. Her practice has recently been awarded with a Multicultural Impact Award and was featured in SBS Small Business Success Story.
Her earlier jobs involved working at Royal Park Hospital and the Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit, extensively studying the prevalence of mental health disorders within ethnic communities. She is also experienced as a health and welfare officer, disability worker, and a trainer and supervisor of telephone counselors for Melbourne Life-Line.
Muradiye has continued to develop her skills in psychology and pursued interest in the areas of cross-cultural counselling, counselling victims of crime and trauma, counselling traffic accident victims, rehabilitation of injured workers, and chronic depression in migrant/ethnic women. She is a trained relationship, marriage and family educator and has more recently been working with families and youth in the problem areas of drug and alcohol abuse and mental health.
She works extensively with adults, youth, adolescents, couples and families and along with Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), uses a variety of therapeutic modalities as she strives to meet the individual needs of her patients.
Muradiye is a non-judgmental, ethical, supportive and sensitive therapist who will provide unconditional positive regard and respect to all those she tries to assist. She is a senior psychologist who has gained the respect of her colleagues and patients’ and remains an invaluable asset to the community this clinic strives to service. She is also a regular speaker on community ethnic radios and television and provides seminars, lectures and workshops on psychological issues within the Community.