About Madonna

Madonna aims to provide a gentle, non-judgmental and compassionate environment for her clients to safely engage in the task of exploring their experiences, emotions and lives. Madonna works collaboratively with clients so they can be empowered to recover their freedom to love, to live and to create a life that matters. 

Madonna utilises evidence-based interventions, jointly working with the client to create meaningful goals for therapy to best guide her work with each person and ensure meaningful outcomes.

Madonna has gained experience and training across private practice and public mental health facilities for individuals and families. Her experience has included working with adults, couples and families struggling with range of difficulties, including anxiety, depression, relationship issues, stress, substance use, trauma and adjustment to significant life changes.

Madonna uses a variety of evidence-based therapies but is particularly passionate about Emotionally Focused Therapy for individuals, couples and families, and psychodynamic therapy.

Special Interests

Madonna has a strong interest in relationship therapy, helping adults break self-defeating patterns of thinking and behaving. She is experienced in providing treatment for stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and relationship difficulties.

She tailors therapy for each client’s individual needs using evidence-based practice but has a particular interest and training in emotionally focused therapy and psychodynamic short and long-term therapy.

Madonna's Philosophy

Madonna comes from an experiential approach that combines theory with action. It is a technique that touches people’s lives deeply and intimately. It is not enough to tell somebody what they need to do – emotional healing is important.

The goal is to free the person from the unresolved emotions, so they are able to live in the present. By re-experiencing the emotional climates of significant moments of the past they can finally be released and healed by making room for feelings of love, hope, inner peace, and forgiveness.

Qualifications

• Diploma of Teaching Primary

• Bachelor of Arts (Psychology)

• Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Honors)

• Masters of Clinical Psychology