Ms Ruth Hillman-Booth (She/her)Social Worker

Thrive at Life (New Street Haven)Entrance on New Street, 1/190 Cypress Street, Torquay, Queensland, 4655
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Phone0468 308 199(Mobile)Websitethriveatlifeaustralia.com.auruth@thriveatlifeaustralia.com.au
Thrive at Life (New Street Haven) Entrance on New Street, 1/190 Cypress Street, Torquay, Queensland, 4655
Map for Entrance on New Street, 1/190 Cypress Street, Torquay, Queensland, 4655

Overview

Social Work and Counselling. Anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, grief, or trauma? We provide person-centred support with trauma-informed, anti-oppressive therapy with Embodied Healing (somatic practices). Advocacy, case-management, education, and warm-referral connections, as well as counselling for individuals, families & relationships, children & young people, First Peoples, LGBTIQ+, and NDIS. Animal-Assisted Therapy available.Together we can discover how you #ThriveAtLife

Qualifications and Experience

Education

  • Master of Social Work
  • Bachelor of Applied Social Science (Counselling)

Accreditations

  • Working with Children check (Blue Card)
  • 'Quality, Safety and You' - NDIS Worker Orientation Module
  • AASW Accredited Social Worker

Certifications

  • Circle of Security Parenting
  • I-ASIST - Indigenous Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
  • Gestalt Art Therapy for Therapists
  • Love Bites Respectful Relationships Program
  • Youth Mental Health First Aid
  • Stopping Violence Against Women
  • Suicide Prevention Training
  • Trauma Centre Trauma Sensitive Yoga Foundations

Fees/Services

Others

  • Initial consultation ( mobile practice)A$225.00
  • MindFit at Work
  • NDIS 1hr CounsellingA$156.16
  • NDIS First/Intake appointment (2 hours)A$312.32
  • Ongoing 1.5hr sessionsA$225.00
  • Ongoing Counselling (mobile practice)A$150.00

In-clinic consultation

  • Initial consultation - New Street HavenA$225.00
  • Ongoing Counselling - New Street HavenA$150.00

Working Hours

This Week

Monday:11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday:11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wednesday:9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday:9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday:9:00 am - 2:30 pm

Specialisation and Services

Area of Focus

  • Addictions
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Assertiveness Training
  • Behaviour Problems
  • Child Psychology
  • Counselling
  • Depression
  • Divorce/Separation
  • Family Therapy
  • General Counselling
  • Grief and Loss
  • LGBTI issues
  • Life Transition and Adjustment Issues
  • Panic Attacks
  • Panic Disorders
  • Parenting
  • Physical Abuse
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Relationships
  • Relaxation training
  • Self-Esteem and Self-Development
  • Self-Harm
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexual Difficulties
  • Shyness & social skills deficits
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Smoking Cessation
  • Stress
  • Suicide
  • Teenagers
  • Trauma
  • Women's Issues
  • Workplace Issues
  • Men's Issues
  • Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Couples Therapy
  • Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Menopause
  • Mental Illness

Modalities

  • Art Therapy
  • Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Gestalt
  • Humanistic
  • Integrative
  • Internal Family Systems
  • Interpersonal
  • Jungian
  • Mindfulness
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Phenomenological Therapy
  • Psychodynamic
  • Psychoeducation
  • Psychotherapy
  • Rogerian Psychotherapy
  • Solution-Focused Therapy
  • Time-Limited Therapy
  • Positive Psychology
  • Body Psychotherapy

Patient Focus

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

Languages Spoken

  • English

Services

  • Group Sessions
  • Home Visits
  • Mobile service
  • Online consultations
  • School Visits
  • Wheelchair access
  • Nursing home visits