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Teresa Caruso

General psychologist, specialising in:

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Teresa Caruso
  • Adjustment Difficulties and Life Transitions
  • Alcohol and Other Drug Concerns
  • Anger Management
Taking new clients
English

Hi, I’m Teresa

Hi, I’m Teresa I am very mindful that despite differing socio-economic or cultural backgrounds, each of us carries our own mental health challenges or burdens, at times. I am committed to working with you on a personal and confidential level to assist, and empower you, to deal with whatever concern you share with me. My approach is compassionate, open-minded, and collaborative, and I employ various strategies and techniques that will best suit you as an individual, to help you reach a more peaceful mind and implement positive change. I look forward to starting that healing journey with you.

I can help you with

  • Adjustment Difficulties and Life Transitions
  • Alcohol and Other Drug Concerns
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Body Image and Body Dysmorphia
  • Borderline Personality Disorder
  • Chronic Pain and Pain Management
  • Depression and Low Mood
  • Dyslexia
  • Eating and Feeding Disorders
  • Gambling
  • Gender and Sexual Identity
  • Grief and Bereavement
  • Health and Lifestyle
  • Narcissism
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Parenting and New-Parent Support
  • Perinatal and Postnatal Mental Health
  • Phobias
  • Relationship Difficulties
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sleep and Insomnia
  • Smoking Cessation
  • Stress Management
  • Trauma
  • Weight Management

I’m trained in

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Qualifications

Teresa has a Bachelor of Social Science, Post-Graduate Diploma in Psychology, and Master of Counselling Psychology. She is registered with AHPRA and is a Medicare Provider. Teresa applies multi-disciplinary evidence-based approaches, singularly or combined, that best suit the client’s needs. These include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT & CBT-E), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Couples Counselling/Family Counselling, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Maudsley Method, Solution Focused Therapy, Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Mindfulness Practices & Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Drawing Therapy & Sand Therapy.; Teresa has broad experience working in private & public businesses, primary school & university settings, working with all age groups with a range of difficulties, including, but not limited to, anxiety, OCD, depression, LGBTQ concerns, PTSD, addiction, ADHD, bipolar disorder, NDIS, eating disorders, grief and loss, stress & anger management, violence or family trauma, personality disorders, career & couples counselling, Work Cover/TAC, goal setting.