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As a Counselling Psychologist, I view the problems and difficulties that each individual presents with, first and foremost as an attempt to adapt to one’s world, rather than pathological. We all strive to be happy, however the strategies we have learned to achieve happiness can be misguided and counter-productive, especially when they were learned early in life and we have not had the necessary resources to ‘update the files’. The body-mind has inherent self-correcting capacities that can be harnessed with skilful interventions in the right environment for a sort of realignment of our inner selves to occur. I use a variety of psychotherapeutic tools to create a healing space and facilitate the inherent body-mind wisdom to emerge. I provide a therapeutic environment imbued with safety, respect, acceptance and deep listening as I seek to understand and support each client in moving towards their desired outcomes. The therapeutic endeavour is always most successful when the client understands their role is one of active participation both in and between sessions. Qualifications and EndorsementsDr. Mandy Peyton holds a Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology. Her research thesis investigated how individuals feel they are changed by the experience of depression. She completed her Degree in Arts with Honours, majoring in Psychology & Sociology Prior to this Mandy completed a Diploma of Natural Therapies and practiced as a Naturopath. She remains committed to a wholistic, body-mind view of each client & the healing process.
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Dr. Mandy PeytonCounselling Psychologist
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Depression and Anxiety