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Allison Cusack
Allison Cusack is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker/ Psychotherapist and has over twenty-five years’ experience in providing counselling and psychotherapy to children, adolescents, adults and families. She enjoys helping clients better understand themselves and likes teaching people strategies to restore balance and functioning in their life. She is passionate about educating clients that recovery is indeed possible and then journeying with them as they develop a fulfilling and vibrant life.
Allison’s approach is professional yet relatable. Many clients have expressed that Allison has been the first professional with whom they felt comfortable, who understood them, and who has actually made a difference. Whilst Allison receives a lot of referrals from GP’s, her main referral source continues to be word of mouth, which indicates a very high level of client satisfaction.
Allison’s approach is professional yet relatable. Many clients have expressed that Allison has been the first professional with whom they felt comfortable, who understood them, and who has actually made a difference. Whilst Allison receives a lot of referrals from GP’s, her main referral source continues to be word of mouth, which indicates a very high level of client satisfaction.
Allison has worked in hospital, disability, schools, and government mental health services and has been in private practice since 2008. Allison has specialist training in mental health and trauma counselling and does regular training to ensure that her therapy approaches work and are in tune with recent research. Whilst her focus is on individual counselling, she incorporates some couple and family work as needed. She individually tailors the way she works with people and often uses a variety of creative therapy methods with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR). Christian inner healing techniques are also available upon request.
As a Mental Health Social Worker, Allison is willing to support, educate and work with the client’s wider support network as needed and to provide crisis support (within reason) between appointments.
Specialties: Mental Health, Trauma and Abuse, Anxiety disorders, Depressive disorders, Grief and Loss issues, PTSD, Dissociative disorders, Personality disorders, Eating disorders, PND, OCD, Supervision of therapists and ministry workers.
Allison is a Medicare Provider and a WorkCover Provider, as well as a well-experienced Master Level trained EMDR therapist.