APPROACH
I am a strong believer in empowering my clients to start their process of transformation from the inside out.
Taking a strengths-based, trauma-aware approach strips back the layers of past patterns, beliefs, and behaviours, to come back to who they truly are.
Liberated from these shackles, individuals are free to make new loving choices about whom they want to be in their lives in the present, opening a world of possibilities for the future.
In all my work, both in hospitals and in private practice, my approach is client centred. This is an approach I take very seriously. I aim to empower every person I work with to be able to heal themselves, by helping them develop their own resources, resilience, and self-concept, while also providing them with useful tools to assist them on a practical level.
I work in collaboration with clients, supporting them to find their own answers, which helps them to decide what they want from their lives, and what serves them best.
I am passionate about helping people explore their inner world in a safe, supportive, non-judgmental space. A deeper sense of self-awareness and insight can support individuals to break free of self-defeating behavioural patterns, and step into newfound levels of self-responsibility. Life becomes enriched and purposeful through reconnecting and aligning with their core values and inner essence, and it is then that true healing can occur.
Everyone is the expert of their own lives, and it is up to all of us to walk the steps of our own journey. However, at times we need support to guide us along the way, especially through stormy waters. Finding a therapeutic relationship that can hold us steady during stressful periods or life crises, for personal development, or simply for our own evolution can be extremely beneficial.
Integrative Therapy
Multiple evidence-based disciplines are offered including:
Trauma-informed approach
Strengths-Based approach
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Narrative Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
Solution Based Therapy
Attachment Theory
Rebecca Newman is an accredited member of the Psychotherapists and Counsellors Federation of Australia (PACFA) as a Psychotherapist and Clinical Counsellor, and the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) as a Social Worker.
