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About Us
We are a psychology & therapy practice with attachment at our heart.
We are here to help you to achive the life you want, whether that involves overcoming obstacles, connecting more fully with your goals, values and purpose, or whether it involves strengthening your relationships with the special people in your world.
When we are assisting adults, young people, children, couples, relationships or families, we prioritise the connections between people in devleoping their health and wellbeing. Directed by Dr Clare Rosoman (she/her), who is also the Director of the Brisbane Centre for Emotionally Focused Therapy (BCEFT), we are a group of therapists who are passionate about people and helping them to flourish. Our group of therapists have broad-reaching expertise and special interest areas and advanced-level training in specific forms of therapy.
We have a genuine desire to help you to live a full and vital life.
Our Mission
We value human connection in all our interactions. It is our mission to create a safe space for our clients to grow into the best versions of themselves and to thrive in their relationships. We are dedicated to bringing the most effective, evidence-based treatment approaches to the people we are lucky enough to work with and to assist. As the perfectly imperfect humans we are, we embrace the humanity in all we encounter. We are committed to helping you to build the life you want and to achieve your goals.
How we work
Attachment-based
All of our therapists are informed by Attachment Theory in and as a result, our approach is warm, non-judgemental, and de-pathologising. We believe in the healing and transformative power of human connection in overcoming obstabcles and in living a full life. We honour our clients' emotional processes, their goals for therapy, and centre their experience.
Trauma-informed
Our therapists work in a trauma-informed manner, recognising and understanding how traumatic experiences impact a person's emotional, physical and spiritual health. We value a person's way of living with their past traumas and see psychological symptoms as the byproduct of unprocessed pain and coping strategies. We are safe and growth-based.
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Connection-driven
We prioritise interpersonal connections, believing them to be a rich source of strength, sollace and meaning. When working with individuals or relationships, we pay special attention to interpersonal connections and patterns of communication. We all cope better in co-regulation with safe others. After all, life is easier when it is shared with those who matter most.
Welcoming
We strive to create an environment where each person that we are privileged to work with can feel welcomed and appreciated for their uniqueness. We aim to understand your personal context, leaning in with curiosity rather than assumptions. We want to join with you in determining your treatment goals - appreciating your unique circumstances and honoring your needs.
We also provide information on Emotionally Focused Therapy and training for therapists at the Brisbane Centre for Emotionally Focused Therapy (BCEFT) www.bceft.com.au
Who we can help
Individuals
We take an attachment-focused and non-judgemental approach to all our work. We believe in creating a safe and accepting environment for all in our space, knowing that we are all imperfect humans, doing our best to cope with what life throws at us. Our therapists have advanced skills and expertise in a range of special interest areas to help you to live the life you want.
Relationships
We know that all humans need loving connections in order to thrive in life. We are here to help partners to form strong loving connections. Using Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), we take a non-blaming, emotionally sensitive approach to building secure bonds. We work with diverse relationships as well as dyads to create secure connections that benefit all.
Families
We work from an attachment framework when assisting families to disentangle hurts and misunderstandings and to build strong loving connections that honour all family members. Our therapists are trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy for Families (EFFT), which prioritises connections and clear communication to resolve hurts and build strong bonds.
How we can help
Services for Individuals:
- Children, young people, and adults
- In-person or online sessions
- Honouring of all abilities, sexualities, genders and neurotypes
- Depression and mood disorders
- Anxiety disorders including Panic Disorder and OCD
- Trauma, complex trauma, and PTSD
- Sexuality and gender concerns
- Adjustment difficulties and life transitions
- Stress and interpersonal conflict
- Addictive and substance-abuse concerns
- Finding life direction & meaning
Services for Relationships & Families:
- Couple and relationship therapy inclusive of all relationship types and structures
- In-person or online sessions
- Recovery from betrayal or boundary violations
- Building security in consensually non-monogomous relationships
- Coping with relationship transitions and separation
- Building attachment security & increasing relationship satisfaction
- Sex therapy
- Parenting training
- Family therapy
Embracing Diversity
The Brisbane Centre for Attachment & Relationships embraces diversity in the humans we are privileged to work with and values their relationships in all forms. We believe in the power of attachment and connection for all relationships, whether dyadic, polyamorous, monogomous or consensually non-monogomous and for the unique people who are enriched by them.
We are deeply respectful of human difference, believing that it is our diversity that makes humanity so beautiful. We are honoured to work with people across the sexuality and gender spectrum and of all neurotypes. We respect the cultural and spiritual context in which people live and love. We proritise acceptance and emotional safety in our relationships with others and seek to communicate this clearly in all our interactions.
Our clinicians are embracing of all relationship types (such as dyadic, polyamorous, monogomous or consensually non-monogomous relationships), individuals who identify as LGBTIQA+, all sexualities, all genders, all cultures, and all neurotypes.
Types of therapists
Psychotherapists & Counsellors
Our psychotherapists and counsellors have postgraduate university level training in counselling as well as specialist training in evidence-based therapies.
Psychotherapists are highly trained in counselling skills and in building a strong therapeutic allicance in order to help their clients to achieve personal growth. Psychotherapy focuses on core issues and root causes such as how past events affect chronic emotional problems and thought processes leading to distress, both within the individual and in their relationships.
Our psychotherapists are committed to ongoing professional development to hone and refine their skills.
Mental Health Social Workers
Social workers complete a 4-year bachelor degree in social work that covers human behaviour, families, social justice and human rights. They must meet certain professional standards to become accredited by the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). Some social workers have additional training in mental health issues. These are called Accredited Mental Health Social Workers (AMHSW) and they receive training in evidence-based interventions in order to help those affected by mental illness, other personal problems and social disadvantages. Accredited mental health social workers can provide sessions under Medicare.
General Psychologists
Our general psychologists have completed a 4-year bachelor degree majoring in psychology followed by postgraduate Masters or Doctorate degrees in psychology. Psychologists are trained in the assessment and diagnosis of mental health concerns as well as a broad range of evidence-based interventions. They provide both short and long-term therapy. Some of our psychologists have an "area of practice endorsement" such as educational and developmental psychology or counselling psychology. That means that their postgraduate training and subsequent professional development has focused in this area and they have advanced skills in this field of practice.
Clinical Psychologists
Clinical psychologists are registered psychologists with an "area of practice endorsement" in clinical psychology. Our clinical psychologists have completed the same course of university study as our general psychologists and their postgraduate training has been in clinical psychology. Their training has a strong emphasis on assessment, diagnosis and treatment of moderate to severe mental health concerns. They have also completed a "clinical psychology registrar program" after graduation. This is a course of professional development to further refine their skills. Clincal psychologists provide both short and long-term therapy, as well as assessment and diagnosis.
Confidentiality & Privacy
We understand how vulnerable people can feel when considering sharing the most intimate parts of their lives with us. We want to offer reassurance that we respect our clients' right to a private and confidential service. We pride ourselves on upholding the highest standards of confidentiality and privacy.
Confidentiality
Our therapy services are confidential. We take this very seriously and maintain the highest levels of confidenitality from a client's initial phone enquiry throughout ongoing care. Your personal information is kept strictly confidential and can only be released with your consent.
There are some circumstances under which your personal information can be released without your consent. These include: where there is a serious threat to life, health or safety of an individual (yourself or another) or the public, or on a rare occasion to assist in the location of a missing person, or if the records are subpoenaed by a court of law. Under Queensland law, all adults have a responsibility to report sexual offences against a child to police.
Privacy
In order to provide you with an efficient and orderly service, some of your personal information will be collected. This is to allow our staff to make appointment bookings and for the clinic to provide you with the most appropriate care. You can access this service using a pseudonym if you choose.
Administration staff are trained in confidentiality requirements and privacy laws and only have access to your contact and booking information. They do not have access to your clinical care notes. All personal information collected by your therapist will be kept strictly confidential and all records are safely stored in a secure location. Records are destroyed after 7 years after you last access this service for adults or until the age of 25 years for minors.
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Qualifications & Fees
Qualifications
- Our Psychologists are registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Our Psychotherapists have postgraduate qualifications and membership to the Australian Counselling Association (ACA) or the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA)
- All our therapists have completed advanced level training in special areas such as couple/relationship therapy, family therapy, Triple P Parenting training, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), or trauma-focused approaches such as EMDR.
Advanced Training in EFT
- All of our therapists have completed training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
- This enables them to work with individuals, relationships and families in an attachment framework
Fees & Rebates
- Medicare rebates available for individual sessions with Psychologists (GP referral and Mental Health Treatment Plan required)
- Private health rebates available depending on the service and your level of cover
- Fees from $180-$250 per session
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