Feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected? Whether you’re facing challenges with mood, anxiety, relationships, or motivation, you don’t have to face it alone. We’re here to help. Our team of Psychologists and Mental health-accredited social Workers offers compassionate, evidence-based therapy for individuals, couples, and families. We work collaboratively to support meaningful change and emotional well-being.
Our team of experienced Psychologists and Mental Health Accredited Social Workers are here to support you through life’s challenges. We help with anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship issues, and more—offering a safe space to explore what matters to you. We use evidence-based therapies such as CBT, ACT, DBT, and EMDR to support lasting change. Reach out to book an appointment.
A well-established, highly effective, and lasting treatment is called cognitive-behavioural therapy, or CBT. It focuses on identifying, understanding, and changing thinking and behaviour patterns.
In this type of therapy the patient is actively involved in his or her own recovery, has a sense of control, and learns skills that are useful throughout life. CBT typically involves reading about the problem, keeping records between appointments, and completing homework assignments in which the treatment procedures are practised. Patients learn skills during therapy sessions, but they must practice repeatedly to see improvement.
A form of CBT, exposure therapy is a process for reducing fear and anxiety responses. In therapy, a person is gradually exposed to a feared situation or object, learning to become less sensitive over time. This type of therapy has been found to be particularly effective for obsessive-compulsive disorder and phobias.
Also known as ACT, this type of therapy uses strategies of acceptance and mindfulness (living in the moment and experiencing things without judgement), along with commitment and behaviour change, as a way to cope with unwanted thoughts, feelings, and sensations. ACT imparts skills to accept these experiences, place them in a different context, develop greater clarity about personal values, and commit to needed behaviour change.
Dialectical behavioural therapy, or DBT can involve individual and group therapy to learn mindfulness, as well as skills for interpersonal effectiveness, tolerating distress, and regulating emotions.
Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing therapy (EMDR) is an evidence-based psychotherapy with over 20 controlled randomised studies that substantiate its efficacy for treatment of trauma, anxiety, phobia, somatic disorders and depression. Research indicates that EMDR leads to desensitisation, distancing and cognitive shifts for people who have experienced both single incident trauma, such as a car accident or natural disaster, or complex trauma, such as war or child abuse.
EMDR involves eight treatment phases; client history & assessment, procedural preparation, target assessment, desensitisation, integration, body scan, closure and re-evaluation. During the desensitisation phase, the patient is asked to focus on a trauma memory whilst simultaneously engaging in a task that taxes working memory such as bilateral eye movements. Neuroimaging studies by Pagani, which used ECG to monitor patients brain activity during the desensitisation phase of EMDR showed a shift of the maximal activation from emotional limbic to cortical cognitive brain changes.
CPT therapy is a structured, evidence-based treatment designed to help individuals recover from trauma and post-traumatic stress. It focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and beliefs related to the traumatic experience and replacing them with healthier, more balanced perspectives.
Through CPT counselling, clients learn practical strategies to reduce distress, improve daily functioning, and rebuild trust in themselves and others. This approach has been widely researched and is recognised as one of the most effective treatments for trauma-related conditions.
CPT typically involves structured sessions with a therapist, written exercises, and guided discussions that allow individuals to process their experiences safely. The goal is to reduce symptoms of avoidance, guilt, or self-blame, while empowering clients to regain control over their lives.
Research indicates that approximately 12-18% of children experience tics with average onset around age 6-7 years. Whilst most tics resolve without intervention, tics can cause both physical, emotional and psychological distress for children and adults. Tics can also impair functioning at school and/or work.
Comprehensive Behavioural Intervention (CBIT) is an evidence-based psychological treatment for tics that involves awareness training, competing response training, functional analysis, social support and relaxation training.
CBIT has been found to be as effective in symptom reduction as medication but without the side effects associated with drugs such as Clonidine or Risperdal.
In some cases, the psycho-education and awareness training component of this intervention produces a significant reduction in tics without the need for competing response training.
In addition to CBT, ACT, DBT, and EMDR, our clinic also provides specialised approaches such as boundary therapy for improving communication and personal limits, driving anxiety therapy, tailored burnout counselling, and DTP therapy for emotional regulation. Workplace-related challenges can also be addressed through workplace bullying counselling.
For clients struggling with harmful behaviours, our clinic offers self-harm therapy, self-harm counselling, and support with a dedicated self-harm psychologist to ensure a safe, non-judgemental space for recovery.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) (including exposure therapy) | All |
Ms. Emily Liddle | |
Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing therapy (EMDR) for PTSD | Ms. Michelle Grosvenor Ms. Belinda Grugan Ms. Emily Liddle |
Ms. Brigitte Pride | |
Ms. Brigitte Pride Ms. Emily Liddle | |
Neuro-linguistic Programming | Ms. Jeskara Gordon |
Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) | Ms. Michelle Grosvenor |
Ms. Emily Liddle Ms. Jeskara Gordon | |
Ms. Nila Abbasayn | |
Comprehensive Behavioural Intervention (CBIT) | Ms. Michelle Grosvenor |
Opening Hours
Monday 9 AM – 5 PM
Tuesday 9 AM – 5 PM
Wednesday 9 AM – 5 PM
Thursday 9 AM – 5 PM
Friday 9 AM – 5 PM
Saturday & Sunday – Closed
Blue Mountains
1/82 Waratah Street, Katoomba NSW 2780
Located within the Waratah Wholistic Health Clinic
