CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
WHAT IS CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY?
A clinical psychologist has expertise in diagnosing, assessing, and treating a range of serious mental health disorders.
Mental illness is a narrower concept than mental health, and often involves distressing changes in how one may think, feel, behave, or interact with the world. Mental health is not just an absence of illness, but also refers to a state of psychological well-being.
Resolving mental illness and building good mental health work in tandem. Dr Guha works with all her clients on these twin aims.
WHERE AND WHEN?
Dr Guha provides individual clinical psychological services to adults (ages 21+) through her private practice.
At present, she offers sessions on Tuesdays and Fridays in Brunswick (or via telehealth) at Barkly Health Suites (70A Sydney Rd, corner Barkly St, Brunswick VIC 3056).
Her books are closed and will likely re-open to new clients in the final quarter of 2024. She is not currently waitlisting clients.
Please use the enquiry form to contact her if interested in therapy.
FEES
Clients who see her are eligible to receive Medicare rebates under the Better Access scheme (if based in Australia), with a rebate of $137.65 per session.
Her rates for clients are $240 for a session during business hours, and $260 for an after-hours session.
Any requests for letters and reports to be completed outside session incur an additional fee.
HOW?
Dr Guha’s therapeutic practice is built on the principles of warmth, respect, collaboration, and evidence-based practice. She only uses therapies which have been tested and shown to work, and carefully matches the difficulties you have with the interventions she offers.
She is trained in a range of therapy styles including schema therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, dialectical behaviour therapy, cognitive processing therapy for PTSD, EMDR, and cognitive behavioural therapy. She often blends elements of each to provide a multi-pronged approach.
Dr Guha sees therapy as a longer-term attachment-focused relationship (though she is also able and willing to provide short-term interventions), and a commitment made together to hold space for you so you can safely explore the difficulties which bring you to treatment.
WHO?
Dr Guha’s ideal client has some sense of what they want from treatment, is willing to tolerate some discomfort in the pursuit of a meaningful life, is willing and able to commit to attendance at regular sessions, and to do some work between sessions.
She can assist with a range of difficulties, including:
Anxiety disorders (such as social anxiety or generalised anxiety)
Vicarious and occupational trauma
Disordered eating and body image issues
Depressive disorders
Personality disorders
Perfectionism
Affective disorders (such as bipolar disorders)
Stress and burnout
Boundary formation
Bullying
Religious abuse and cult survivors
Stalking victims
Grief and loss
Impulse control disorders
Substance use
Problematic sexual behaviours (such as use of pornography)
Anger management disorders
Difficulties which might arise within a caring role (such as when family are caring for someone with mental health issues)
If you are interested in reading more about the treatment of trauma, you may wish to refer to her book — Reclaim: Understanding complex trauma, and those who abuse (please note that this is not a substitute for professional advice).
SUPERVISION
Dr Guha is a psychology board approved supervisor, and registrar program principal supervisor. At present, she is available to supervise:
Clinical and forensic psychology registrars seeking endorsement
Psychologists completing the +1 component of the 5+1 pathway
Postgraduate psychology students on placement
Early career psychologists
Consults in relation to her areas of expertise, including management of forensic risk issues, and complex trauma
Supervision of forensic report writing in the criminal jurisdiction.