Monika McIntosh

Counsellor · Psychotherapist

Telehealth availableFemaleTweed Heads South, NSW

About

Monika McIntosh is a Counsellor and Psychotherapist practising at Tweed Heads Holistic Health in Tweed Heads South, NSW. Areas of clinical interest include Child and adolescent emotional, psychological, behavioural, and social development Child, adolescent, and adult mental health concerns related to stress, anxiety. Languages spoken include Polish. Telehealth consultations are available.

Areas of clinical interest

Child and adolescent emotionalpsychologicalbehaviouraland social development Childadolescentand adult mental health concerns related to stressanxietydepression and many others Parenting concerns Childhood and intergenerational trauma Traumatic events and posttraumatic stress Fostering and Adoption Consultations and training to organisations around childadolescent and adult mental health and wellbeing

Location

Practice
4, 40 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South NSW 2486
Telehealth

Details

Qualifications
  • Integrative Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy and Counselling at Terapia/Middlesex University, London, Graduated 2017 [recognised by VETASSESS Australia as equivalent to the educational level of an AQF Master degree]
  • EMDR with Children, Level 1-2 (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) London / 2019
  • EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Level 1-4; Work with adults; / 2019
  • Diploma in Therapeutic Life story Work; Richard Rose Model - IATE Institute for Arts in Therapy & Education, accredited by University of East London, UK (2019)
  • Foundation Level Certificate in Family Focused Practice using applied systemic Theory at Chiron Foundation, London,(2015)
  • Certificate in Counselling Skills and Theoretical Perspectives in Psychotherapy at Terapia, London, UK (2009)
  • Certificate of Higher Education in Psychology at Birkbeck University (2009)
  • Short Courses/ Continuing Professional Development:
  • Intensive EMDR Therapy with Tracy Lynch; June 2023
  • Compassion Focused Therapy Webinar with Paul Gilbert; The National Centre/The Healing Foundation; June 2023
  • IFS informed EMDR with Bruce Hersey; April 2022
  • EMDR UK National Conference, March 2022,
  • Practicing existential therapy with Ernesto Spinelli; May 2021
  • Therapist’s burnout and vicarious trauma, with Babette Rothschild; February 2021
  • A Study in Trauma and Somatic Memory - Workshop with Dr Janina Fisher; June 2020
  • On Loneliness: Therapeutic growth and the capacity for solitude; Confer, May 2020
  • National Art Therapy Conference -June 2021
  • National Counselling and Psychotherapy -2021
  • Talks On Demand - Confer’s Annual Psychgeist Conference: Is Psychotherapy a Relationship or a Cure?
  • Developing and Repairing Trust (with Dan Hughes) (Confer)
  • Sandra Paulsen workshop: “Working with Preverbal Trauma and ego states” (EMDR)
  • AIM Initial Assessment and Intervention for Under 12s Who Display Harmful Sexual Behaviour
  • Theraplay (level One and group)
  • Intra-familial child sexual abuse (RIP)
  • Working Systemically with Family Violence and Attachment Dilemmas, Risks, Safety and Resilience-training with Arlene Vetere
  • Trauma-Focussed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT) for Children and Young People with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (Anna Freud Centre)
  • The impact of child abuse on the mental health of African children
  • Children in adversity (IFT; Children entangled in high conflict post – divorce disputes: Asen, S. Shattock, S. Whitcombe; Working with childhood trauma :
  • J. Avigad, G. Smith, A. Vetere ;)
  • PMD: Impact on Parenting Capacity and Children
  • Introduction to Parental Mental Distress
  • Domestic Violence: Impact on Children and Young People
  • Specialist Domestic Violence
  • Family Partnership Model (SLAM/ South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust)
  • Child Bereavement (ACAMH)
  • Infant Loss (The Foundation of Infant Loss)
  • Applications of Attachment Theory in Psychotherapy (Confer)
  • Adolescents at Risk
  • Working with Vulnerable and Hard to Reach Adolescents
  • Families and Beyond: An introduction to Systemic Thinking
  • Interviewing Skills (Conference at Institute of Family Therapy)
  • Dual Diagnosis (Mental Health and substance misuse)
  • Managing Self Harming and suicidal ideation
  • Family Risk Assessment Tools
  • Safeguarding Children and Young People from Sexual Exploitation
  • Certificate in Counselling at City Lit (London)
  • Working with Identity and Difference in Counselling at City Lit (London)
  • Energy Psychotherapy/Evolving Perspectives by diverse practitioners (Confer, )
  • Reiki (Level 1, Level 2)
  • The Foundations of Liberating Touch (integration of EFT/Emotional Freedom Technique and Jin Shin Jutsu)
LanguagesPolish

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