Mr Daniel Wakefield Counsellor
Community Counselling and Care 180 Commercial St East, Mount Gambier, South Australia, 5290
Info
08 8725 1843(Landline)08 8725 9438(Fax)
www.communitycounsellingandcare.com.au Community Counselling and Care 180 Commercial St East, Mount Gambier, South Australia, 5290
Overview
Daniel has worked for over 20 years in the health/mental health services both within Government/non Goverment/ private sectors and is understanding, compassionate and professional. Trained at the highest level as a Mental Health Clinician / counsellor and is Medicare approved (Medicare rebates available with a valid Mental Health Plan from your GP). People describe Daniel as insightful, knowledgeable, non judgmental, caring and down to earth.
Qualifications and Experience
Education
- Bachelor of Social Work
- Mental Health Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention (Post Grad)
- Diploma in Professional Counselling
- Accredited Assessment and Workplace Trainer
- ATAPS Trained Proivider
- Registered Medicare Provider
Accreditations
- Nationally Accredited Mental Health Social Worker with Australian Association of Social Workers. Medicare approved Clinician.
Certifications
- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills
- Workshop and Trauma Informed Care and Practice
- Cannabis and Synthetic Cannabis Clinical Training
- Amphetamines and Stimulants Clinical Training
- Hallucinogens Clinical Training
- Provision of Support to People Living with Dementia
- Introduction to Metabolic Syndrome
- Childhood Mental Health (ATAPS)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Collaboration and Service Delivery in Mental Health Services
- Mental Health Social Worker Accreditation (Highest level)
- Diploma in Professional Counselling
- Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Trainng
- Certificate IV in Community Services and Health
- Marte Meo Workshop (Early Childhood Development)
- Clinical Leadership
- Allied Health Mandatory Training (OHS, Respectful Behaviours, Infection Control, Emergency Procedures, Manual Handling).
- Planning for Emergencies in Health Care Facilities
- Early Intervention Psychosis
- Child Safe Environments – Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect
- Optimal Health Program
- Borderline Personality
- Authorised Health Professional
- Non-Violent Intervention
- Supervision Training for Supervisors
- Dealing with Personality Disorders II - Advanced Module
- Dealing with Personality Disorders I
- Mediation and Conflict Resolution
- Mandated Notification
- Recovery Based Practice
- Non Crisis Intervention
- Child Protection Workshop
- Anger Management
- Cultural Awareness
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Domestic Violence and Rape
- Clean Needle Program Licensing
- Managing Aggression
- Working with Young People around Violence and Abuse
- Recognise and Respond to Rape and Sexual Assault
- Certificate of Health and Safety Representative
- Developing Teams and People Skills
Working Hours
This Week
Monday:9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday:9:00 am - 7:40 pm
Wednesday:9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday:9:00 am - 7:40 pm
Friday:9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Specialisation and Services
Area of Focus
- Addictions
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Assertiveness Training
- Behaviour Problems
- Bipolar disorder
- Bullying
- Child Psychology
- Conflict Resolution
- Couples Therapy
- Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
- Depression
- Dissociative Identity Disorder
- Eating disorders
- Employee Assistance Program
- General Counselling
- Grief and Loss
- Impulsive Behaviours
- Life Transition and Adjustment Issues
- Memory Problems
- Men's Issues
- Mental Illness
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Panic Attacks
- Parenting
- Physical Abuse
- Post-Natal Depression
- Psychosis
- Relationships
- Religious Issues
- School Issues
- Self-Esteem and Self-Development
- Self-Harm
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Difficulties
- Shyness & social skills deficits
- Smoking Cessation
- Stress
- Suicide
- Teenagers
- Terminal Illness
- Trauma
- Victim of Crime
- Workplace Bullying
- Workplace Issues
- Sleep Disorders
- Personality disorders
- Rehabilitation
- Family Therapy
- Supervision
- Phobias
- Relaxation training
- Adoption
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Alcohol and other drugs addictions (AOD)
- Career and Vocational Planning
- Sexual identity disorders
- Medico-Legal services
- Violent and Sexual offenders
- Pornography addiction
- Panic Disorders
- Gambling addiction
- Personality Assessments
- Pastoral care
Modalities
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Art Therapy
- Choice Therapy
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- Existential
- Family Therapy Gestalt
- Humanistic
- Interpersonal
- Mindfulness
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
- Narrative Therapy
- Positive Psychology
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Psychoeducation
- Psychotherapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Patient Focus
- Adults
- Older adults
- Teenagers
- Families
- Women
- Men
- Couples
- People with disabilities
- Culturally and linguistically diverse communities
Languages Spoken
- English
Services
- Group Sessions
- Home Visits
- Inpatient care
- Nursing home visits
- School Visits
- Wheelchair access