Most people will experience difficulties and setbacks at some point in their lives. Working with a clinical psychologist can enable you to deal with these issues more easily and constructively and gain a greater understanding of your self, your behaviours and thinking patterns, and enhance your sense of well-being and life satisfaction.
I am a registered clinical psychologist with both graduate and post graduate qualifications in psychology. I bring to my work many years of life experience and 18 years of experience as a family and child counsellor and psychotherapist and have been registered as a psychologist for over 13 years. I have since carried out further studies and gained qualifications as a Clinical Psychologist, which enables suitably referred clients to gain a higher Medicare Rebate for my services. I am a member of the Clinical College of the Australian Psychological Society.
It can be helpful to work with a professional who has spent many years acquiring skills and expertise through extensive university training and who is able to work with you in a way that enables you to deal with the “emotional aspects” of life’s challenges.
If you are curious to see if psychological work may be helpful or you are concerned about someone else who may be acting out of character, please don’t hesitate to call me on 0419 411 709 . Perhaps I can help……
Kate MacKinnon
Clinical Psychologist
“Thank you hardly seems adequate for what you have helped me discover about myself. Your intelligent, understanding and productive approach to psychotherapy inspired me, pushed me and healed me !”
“Counselling was a scary idea for both of us in the beginning, but for different reasons. I was nervous about what we would learn about ourselves and our marriage and my husband was ambivalent about the whole idea of counselling itself.
After the first session we both left feeling completely heard and felt Kate was non-judgemental, compassionate and most importantly gave us hope, which we seemed to have lost. We looked forward to our meetings with Kate as it gave us the time to focus on just us and gave us things to think about and work on in or marriage. We highly recommend Kate to family and friends and we plan to see Kate again in the future, if needs be, as we enter the difficult task of parenthood. ”
“I first came to see Kate five years ago when I was dealing with the break up of a long term relationship, and since then I’ve consulted her several times when my life has needed some ‘fine-tuning’. Kate is a truly gifted listener, and coach,”
“I was quite sceptical that I would benefit from counselling… I have therefore been pleasantly surprised at how useful and beneficial my sessions with Kate have been. I would thoroughly recommend her kind, gentle, insightful and supportive approach”