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For over ten years, Jodie lived in London where she had a private psychotherapy and counselling practice alongside working for charities, creative and corporate organizations. In 2006, after many travels throughout Europe, Africa and Asia, Jodie returned to live on the Northern Beaches in Sydney where she runs a successful private psychotherapy and counselling clinic for individuals and couples. With over 15 years of experience in the field of psychology and 1000+ clinical hours, Jodie is a preferred service provider for South Pacific Private Addiction & Mood Disorder Treatment Centre. She contributes to psychotherapy and counselling journals, magazine articles and blogs.
Jodie is passionate about putting the soul back into therapy and always holds the context that at the core of each person, they are whole and unbroken. Her journey as a psychotherapist and counsellor began after having a 'peak experience' swimming with wild dolphins in Ireland. This led to a deep exploration of her inner and outer world which helped her to find a sense of value, meaning and purpose out of her own suffering.
Jodie's eight year training in psychosynthesis psychotherapy and counselling was rigorous and consisted of over 500 clinical hours, 50 case presentations and over 500 hours of personal, couples and group psychotherapy. She is a clinical member of Psychosynthesis Aotearoa New Zealand Australia, the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Association of NSW and a provisional member of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia. Jodie regularly participates in clinical supervision and post graduate training, workshops and conferences for professional, personal and spiritual development.
Qualifications & Training
• Masters in
psychosynthesis psychotherapy
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Diploma in psychotherapy
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Diploma
in therapeutic counselling
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Bachelor of social work (candidate)
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Foundations of modern psychology: psychoanalytic, attachment
theory, object relations, self-psychology, systems theory, humanistic, existential,
Jungian, transpersonal and spiritual psychologies.
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Cognitive behavioural therapy specialization including: CBT:
Cognitive behavioural therapy, MiCBT: Mindfulness integrated CBT,
MBSR: Mindfulness
based stress reduction , DBT: Dialectical behaviour therapy and ACT:
Acceptance commitment therapy
Continued Professional
Development
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Addiction: therapeutic fundamentals
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Addiction: integration of therapeutic fundamentals
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Bereavement, grief and loss
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BAAM: Beating anger
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Conflict resolution
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Contextual couples: reframing relationship difficulties
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Systemic relationship and family therapy
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Teenager-parent relationships
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Mother-daughter relationships
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Family constellations
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Family violence
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Right relations: exploring the I-Thou relationship
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Open mind, open heart: intimacy love and attachment the Buddhist
way
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Transforming problems and the key to happiness the Buddhist way
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Adoption, foster care and intercountry adoption attachment and
behaviour
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Men and women's self-development
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Chakras as a psychological system
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Indigenous Australia: past, present and future
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Infertility awareness and crisis counselling
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Mindfulness, meditation and visualization
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Women, power, sex and soul: integrating the work of Jung,
Reich, and the wisdom of Indigenous people
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Women's health: past, present and future
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Female lineage and reclaiming female ground
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Eating disorders: body esteem
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Eating disorders: diagnosis and
treatment
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Eating disorders: psychospiritual
crisis
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Eating disorders: support group
facilitation
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Post traumatic stress disorder:
group interventions
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Telephone crisis counselling
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Training and assessment
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Suicide intervention and prevention
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Self-esteem, assertiveness and
self-confidence
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Sociology of childhood and youth
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Journey of the soul: Dante's
Divine Comedy
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Senior First Aid
© 2010 Jodie Gale
Jodie Gale
Psychotherapist Counsellor
Coach
Trainer