Ms Rachel Fenn Social Worker

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Overview

AASW Accredited Mental Health Social Worker with extensive experience in private practice, child and adolescent mental health, adult mental health, disability, and family services. I specialise in providing neurodiversity-affirming trauma-informed services, drawing from both professional expertise and lived experience as a late-diagnosed neurodivergent woman. I am a full member of the Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Association of Australia and am working towards EMDR practitioner accreditation, with a focus on adapting treatments for individuals with ADHD, Autism, aphantasia, and other neurodevelopmental differences. I am an advocate for change and preventative mental health care. I have a specific interest in women’s health, and in particular the impact of perimenopause, menopause and neurodevelopmental differences on mental health and evidence-based holistic treatment. I am a Medicare provider and rebates will apply for people with a current Mental Health Treatment and referral letter from their GP.

Qualifications and Experience

Education

  • Bachelor of Social Work

Accreditations

  • AASW Accredited Mental Health Social Worker
  • Accredited Marte Meo Practitioner

Certifications

  • Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Association of Australia (EMDRAA) full member
  • Australian ADHD Professionals Association (AADPA) full member

Specialisation and Services

Area of Focus

  • Addictions
  • Alcohol and other drugs addictions (AOD)
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
  • Autism
  • Bullying
  • Counselling
  • Depression
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • General Counselling
  • Grief and Loss
  • Intellectual Disabilities
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Life Transition and Adjustment Issues
  • Menopause
  • Neurodivergence
  • Personality disorders
  • Phobias
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Self-Harm
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Stress
  • Suicide
  • Trauma
  • Workplace Issues

Modalities

  • Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Psychoeducation

Patient Focus

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

Services

  • Online consultations
  • School Visits