As a qualified and experienced Psychotherapist/Clinical Social Worker, Josh specialises in working with clients with trauma (PTSD), anxiety, depression and chronic conditions by providing Therapy from Body-Mind perspectives rather than just ‘talk therapy’.
Josh uses Buddhist Psychotherapy as his therapeutic framework, which is a non-religious, brain science and compassion-oriented framework.
Buddhist Psychotherapy combines evidence-based counselling methods with body-mind integrative practices.
The Body-Mind processing approaches Josh uses include:
EMDR Therapy,
Meridian Tapping (EFT and TFT)
Havening Techniques
Mindfulness
Somatic Approaches
Focusing
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy
Process-Experiential/Emotion-focused Therapy
Qigong, etc.
As a therapist, Josh believes that everybody has their own healing power within. Josh sees his role as a therapist is to help people connect with their inner wisdom by providing a safe empathetic space. He enjoys working with people from a wide range of backgrounds, including migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and LGTIQA+ community.
Josh’s professional affiliations include:
Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AMHSW) with AASW
Registered Psychotherapist (MACA-Level 4)
Full-Member of EMDR Association of Australia
Registered Medicare service provider.