Steve has been a registered Psychologist since 1991, gaining extensive experience in psychological counselling for mental health, personal and work related concerns.

Steve works with clients (aged 13 years and older) through a client-centred, holistic and spiritually-integrated approach.

As a generalist psychologist he has gained experience in many areas of psychology, including:

• Health psychology (chronic pain management, psychological trauma, smoking cessation, disability, stress management, and sleep hygiene)

• Relationships (families, cross-cultural issues and workplace counselling)

• Performance psychology (workplace difficulties, performing under pressure, and career/guidance counselling)

• General life issues including: anxiety, depression, grief & loss, managing adjustments, anger management, self-esteem, motivation, and communication.

He has particular experience and a strong interest in helping people to manage stress and anxiety and to find healing from the negative impact of traumatic experiences and memories.  Steve has previously lived for several years in Africa and in Asia, which has given him a heightened appreciation of how differences in cultural values and perspectives may impact on personal wellbeing.

As a committed Christian he seeks to respectfully help others to move toward wholeness that encompasses all domains of life, whether intellectual, physical, emotional, social or spiritual.

Steve is able to provide psychological assessments, personal counselling and psychotherapy for clients. He is trained and experienced in a variety of therapeutic techniques, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Solution Oriented Counselling and Hypnosis.