Available at Goodwin Drive Medical on Fridays 8am -5pm
Operating from Goodwin Drive Family Medical Centre
1/235 Goodwin Drive Bongaree 4507
Referral enquiries can be emailed to admin@perspectiveenhancement.com or faxed to 07 3905 1852.
What is
Perspective Enhancement?
Perspective Enhancement is a framework for practice that views mental health on a gradual continuum. At one end we can have a hopeful and enhanced perspective, while at the other we can experience a highly disillusioned view of life. The four key areas of life that I explore with people include their sense of self, relationships, environments, and activities of daily life.
Perspective Enhancement Therapy allows enables me to adopt a holistic and eclectic approach to practice. A range of techniques and interventions are utilised with people depending upon the areas of life that may be generating distress. It is important to provide a road map for clients to help them pinpoint the source of their stressors as well as formulate possible solutions.
About Me
Carolyn is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker and EMDR therapist and has a Master of Social Work and PhD.
Carolyn has worked in mental health and disability settings throughout her career and has developed and facilitated well-being groups and retreats. Carolyn her been in private practice for the past 7 years.
Carolyn takes an eclectic and holistic approach to practice to enable individuals to gain a stronger sense of self, manage their relationships effectively, enhance their environment and develop a greater sense of meaning and purpose in everyday life.
Carolyn has experience in working with a broad range of mental health issues including:
- Mood disorders, anxiety, and suicidal ideation.
- Adjustment issues (work and personal)
- Stress and burnout
- PTSD and complex trauma
- Grief and loss
- Identity, self-worth, and attachment issues
Carolyn utilises a range of therapeutic approaches including mindfulness, interpersonal psychotherapy, CBT, relaxation techniques, skills training, psychoeducation, compassion focused therapy and trauma informed frameworks such as EMDR. She has experience with WorkCover, NDIS, DVA and Victims of Crime.
Services
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy makes use of a range of psychological theories in the context of a professional relationship to assist people better understand themselves and overcome challenges faced in their everyday lives. Psychotherapy aims to improve an individual’s overall well-being by supporting people to come to terms with, manage or resolve individual distress. Through exploring behaviours, emotions, thought processes or relationships, individuals begin to gain greater insight into personal issues and instigate changes to enhance their overall well-being and lifestyle.
Perspective Enhancement Therapy can offer you psychotherapy support through a Mental Health Care Plan from your GP, or through the NDIS, Workcover or Victims of Crime. Alternatively, reasonable fee for service rates are available at $160 per hour for non-concession card holders with a Medicare rebate of $85.20. Concession card holders continue to be bulk billed. A range of cognitive, interpersonal, and experiential approaches are used tailored to your personal needs and issues.
Referrals can be emailed to admin@perspectiveenhancement.com or faxed to 3905 1852
Online training
Workshop 1
My Therapy Briefcase:
Essentials for Mental Health Practice
This 2.5-hour workshop will explore the Theory of Perspective Enhancement and which therapeutic modalities are most useful in working with clients. It will cover how to map the 4 key domains covered in Perspective Enhancement Therapy (sense of self, relationships, environments, and activities of daily life) with appropriate therapeutic interventions. This workshop weaves together the benefits of CBT, narrative therapy, ACT, interpersonal psychotherapy, skills training, relaxation techniques and more within the holistic framework of perspective enhancement.
Cost: $165 (GST inclusive)
Workshop 2
How to Facilitate a Perspective Enhancement Therapy Workshop – A package for facilitators.
This 3-hour workshop package is designed for psycho-educational group leaders and provides all the resources necessary to facilitate a Perspective Enhancement Therapy group online or face to face.
The framework of Perspective Enhancement explores 44 concepts over the 4 domains of life (sense of self, relationships, environments and activities of daily life) and supports group participants to reflect and make changes in each of these 4 domains.
Group discussion, meditation and reflective activities are important aspects of the group.
Cost $220 (GST inclusive)
Testimonials
Working with Dr Carolyn has dramatically changed my life from a life full of fear and overwhelming emotions, to one of confidence in dealing with whatever life throws at me. Along with her endless patience and encouragement, and a lot of hard work.