Mrs Kristina Kosmak Social Worker

Sticks n' Stones Therapeutic Services Wodonga 163 Lawrence St, Wodonga, Victoria, 3690

Overview

Kristina has: * Provided over 3000 individual counselling sessions with adults and children * Provided over 1500 family therapy and couples counselling sessions * Designed and facilitated over 50 group work programs for children adults and youth * Facilitated and developed over 50 youth camps and or youth recreation groups for young people 10 – 25 * Providing outdoor therapy, ropes courses assisting youth to challenge themselves, problem solve and develop team work skills Provided supervision to staff in a number of settings Provided psychoeducation and strategies to a number of parents, teachers and other professionals within the field Constant supervision and observation from leaders and specialists in the field such as clinical family therapists and psychotherapists, expressive therapists and clinical psychologists Provided teaching and training for future community service workers

Qualifications and Experience

Education

  • Qualified Specialist, level 2 Internal Family systems
  • EMDR, level 2 Adults, adolescents and Children
  • Masters of Clinical Family Therapy- Bouverie Centre
  • Master of Social Work - Charles Sturt University
  • Bachelor Youth Work – Victoria University
  • Specialist Couples therapy – Relationships Australia, Swinburne university
  • Certificate of Sand Play and Expressive Therapy – Expressive Therapies Institute

Accreditations

  • Australian College of Relationship Counsellors CM: 25794
  • Australian Association of Family Therapy CM: 47437
  • Psychotherapy & Counselling Federation of Australia - Level A CM: 25794

Specialisation and Services

Area of Focus

  • Counselling
  • Divorce/Separation
  • Family Therapy
  • General Counselling
  • Supervision

Modalities

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Internal Family Systems

Patient Focus

  • Children
  • Teenagers
  • Adults
  • Families
  • Older adults
  • Women
  • Men
  • People with disabilities
  • Couples
  • Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander
  • Non-Binary People
  • LGBTIQ