Psychoanalyst
Practicing Psychoanalyst, Member (Australian Centre for Psychoanalysis).
PGCertCouns (Torrens University). BCSc (La Trobe University). Accredited Crisis Supporter CHCSS00113 (Lifeline).
Working With Children Check #3330876A (Victoria). Four-year clinical/theoretical program (ACP).
I use a psychoanalytic approach to therapy with adults and children. I offer support in times of crisis and long-term treatment to address sources of inner conflict, anxiety and distress.
Psychoanalysis creates a time and space where our most difficult thoughts and feelings can be voiced. By speaking without censorship in a safe and private environment, the unconscious causes of our deepest suffering can be acknowledged and ultimately their grip on our destiny loosened.
My work is grounded in the ethics, theory and practice established by Sigmund Freud and elucidated by Jacques Lacan. It recognises and seeks to articulate one’s unique subjectivity, beneath the identities and expectations we unknowingly adhere to. It is a talking therapy, to hear, understand and possibly recognise a choice to conclude an unspoken traumatic history that is often generations in the making.
A psychotherapy with a comprehensive theoretical framework, psychoanalysis is also deeply human. It is an invitation to traverse the surprises of the soul, freeing up the energy consumed by suffering for creativity and enthusiasm to live, work and love.
People can bring a range of symptoms and diagnoses to the psychoanalytic clinic such as:
Depression and anxiety
Schizophrenia, bipolar, borderline or paranoid personality disorders
ADHD, ASD, PTSD and C-PTSD
Phobias, nightmares, insomnia
Addictions and eating problems
Or distressing feelings and behaviours related to:
Sexuality or relationships
Anger, fear, panic, stress, shyness, confusion, helplessness, guilt
Suicide and self harm
Obsessive or compulsive thoughts and actions
Problems with identity, existence, parents or children
While these categories group common descriptions of suffering, every psychoanalysis is unique. It is a patient, durable and open-ended treatment. It can be either short or long term.
My practice is informed by my own analysis and five years of theoretical and clinical studies at the Australian Centre for Psychoanalysis where I am a current member. I also bring my experience working the phones for Lifeline Australia at the coalface of suicide prevention and crisis support. I am a father and husband, previously I raised suburban milking goats and tech companies in Melbourne and Silicon Valley.
I hold a current Working With Children Check (3330876A), a Graduate Certificate of Counselling from Torrens University, a LivingWorks Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training certificate and Lifeline CHCSS00113 Crisis Support accreditation.
If you are curious about psychoanalysis you may have already made a choice to pursue change. Contact me to schedule a preliminary session. The fee is $165 for sessions up to 50 minutes, concession rates available. I can provide support to self-managed or plan-managed NDIS participants.
I work from the Hartington Centre, on the corner of Arthurton Road and Hartington Street in Northcote, Melbourne. The centre is opposite Northcote train station (Mernda line) with street parking, the 86 and 112 trams and the 508 bus.
I gratefully work on the unceded land of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation in the northeast of Narrm/Melbourne.