Laima has the most experience working with adult and teenage clients experiencing a range of concerns including anxiety, depression, self-esteem, LGBTIQ and gender identity, relationship concerns, substance use and trauma. Laima has worked with NDIS, jobactive, NES, DVA and private workplace rehabilitation insurers to provide a range of rehabilitation services. She has experience providing support counselling, vocational counselling, vocational assessments, fitness for work assessments and implementing rehabilitation plans to support clients in sustainably returning to work.

Laima is trained in providing Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy to support clients in processing traumatic experiences. She uses an integrative approach to therapy, using the CABCAA Changing Tracks integrative Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy model in conjunction with Mindfulness-based Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Dialectic Behaviour Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, and Existential-Humanistic approaches. Laima has also worked with couples using the Gottman Relationship Model to build shared meaning and communication strategies within relationships. Laima uses these approaches to support clients in managing their symptoms with an overarching focus of building resilience and a sense of fulfilment throughout life.

Training highlights include:

• Eye-movement desensitisation reprocessing therapy (EMDR) Level One Accredited Training
• Department of Veteran Affairs (DVA) Training
• ARPA Stress and Resilience Workshop
• WAAMH Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Tools Training
• WAAMH Dual Disability Training (Mental health and disability)
• ComCare Training

Anxiety

Laima has experience treating a range of anxiety concerns, including social anxiety, generalised anxiety, PTSD and OCD. She uses an integrative CBD approach including cognitive-behavioural, graded exposure, mindfulness and relaxation skill-building.

Depression

Laima has worked with a variety of clients presenting with depression concerns. She uses an integrative CBD and IPT approach which explores both current and historical contributing factors, exploring and challenging relevant schemas and building holistic resilience opportunities to reintroduce meaning and purpose to our lives.

PTSD, Trauma/Significant Stress

The experience of trauma or significant stressful events on children, adolescence and adults can be devastating on one’s ability to cope with daily life.  There may be a chronic sense of helplessness, panic or anxiety that persists despite your efforts to manage the symptoms.  These experiences can be linked via the neural network of images, thoughts and emotions associated with single or multiple trauma’s and can be triggered when experiencing similar situations or events.  EMDR together with mindful CBT and ACT techniques provides a highly recommended evidence based treatment for the resolution of these experiences.  Trained in EMDR Laima can work with you to map and process the interplay of emotion, core beliefs or thoughts and triggering events/experiences whilst supporting you to apply effective coping and management skills for distress.

Self esteem

Laima has worked with a wide range of clients with concerns regarding self-esteem. Laima enjoys adopting an existentialist-humanistic approach, integrated with CBT, IPT and ACT approaches, to support clients in challenging unhelpful self-talk and taking steps toward building meaning and purpose in their lives.

Couples, Marriage and Relationship Counselling

Laima has experience working with couples using the Gottman Relationship House model, Laima explores the couple’s communication patterns, builds insight into the experiences of each person, and explores relationship goals and values used to build shared meaning.

Laima is passionate about working with clients with these concerns!

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