Sexual Abuse therapists in Warnbro, Western Australia WA, AustraliaAU
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Psychologist, Registered Clinical Psychologists - Dr Peter Gibbons and Adri Hunt
Adri Hunt specializes in this area and has worked at the Child Sexual Abuse unit at Anglicare and at SARC (as a trainee). Both Peter Gibbons and Adri Hunt have done extensive work in this area and as a team have discussed and worked out best ways to help clients to face the debilitating shame, confusion and developmental interruptions associated with the criminal and harmful actions of someone else or sexual abuse and confusion in partner relationships. The therapeutic process involves the client's own acting out behaviours or difficulties dealing with normal relationship and sexual needs.
Registered Psychotherapist, Masters in Counselling, BA Psychology, BA Hons Literature Grad Diploma Education
As an abuse survivor I can relate to all who I have the privilege to meet and work with ,as we address the trauma involved with sexual abuse.
It can take many years for the abuse to be able to be addressed - or it may have happened recently. I offer a safe space to look at the impact these events have had and to work through them to achieve a greater sexual and emotional connection with current or future partners - or merely to achieve a greater level of inner peace.
Trauma affects not only our psyches but our relationships with others. I aim to help you get back to your own, authentic life after experiencing sexual abuse.
I have extensive experience working with people who have suffered sexual abusr/assault, & specialise in childhood sexual abuse. My person centered, strengths based & trauma informed practice helps me to create a safe & comfortable therapeutic environment & build a trusting relationship with individuals. This creates a healing environment & supports people to find a way to live with their trauma experiences. I often explain this work through the analogy of wound healing. Before one begins to work on past trauma, the memories are like an open wound. They are painful & have not healed. Through the process of counselling (I've found talking & narrative therapy to be very helpful for clients around these issues) the wound heals & becomes a scar. Whilst you can never remove it, the scar no longer hurts & is just a memory of the incident(s), a memory that no longer has the capacity to hurt.