David J Delaney
Psychology Services
0481881427
davidjdelaneypsychology@outlook.com
At David J Delaney Psychology, we offer tailored Mental Health services, to enhance your overall well-being.
Services include: assessment, counselling, mindfulness skills training, stress reduction workshops, customised to suit your individual needs (even for shift workers, please ask!).
David has a unique background in emergency services, health and university education which inform his practice, especially in the areas of:
Trauma
Mood changes
Challenges related to complex surgery, and cardiac surgery in particular.
Managing stress, and sleep disturbance, and more..
Are you ready?
Welcome
The only real truism of life, is that it doesnt give us a reverse gear. We can only go forward.
At our practice we embrace this notion:
Kierkegaard: Life Can Only Be Understood Backwards, But It Must Be Lived Forwards
About David
David is an AHPRA registered general psychologist, having completed a Master of Psychology (Counselling Psychology) and has experience with a diverse range of mental health concerns, including:
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anxiety (and panic),
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depression,
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grief and loss,
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substance use,
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post-traumatic stress,
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older adult psychology
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relationship issues,
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stress management,
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perinatal mental health
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chronic health conditions and pain
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family violence (Experience with Victoria Police as a Senior Instructor teaching Family Violence to recruits).
David has experience in face-to-face, telephone counselling, telehealth, and extensive experience in working with a range of presentations and ages, from 7 to 99 yrs!
Mental Health Education:
In addition to counselling, he has significant experience in teaching mental health
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Significant experience full-time teaching at the tertiary (university) and TAFE levels developing and managing mental health units of study for undergraduate nurses at all levels.
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As such, David with a wealth of knowledge of therapeutic strategies in mental health, as well as a sound understanding of psychopharmacology (medications) and other medical treatments.
Health and First Responder Sector Experience:
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decades-long experience in health, from a nursing perspective, as he has been a qualified critical care nurse (emergency, intensive care and hospital management) and registered with AHPRA for many years.
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years of experience working with members of VicPol. Worked as a Senior Instructor to recruits at the Victorian Police Academy, in the Centre for Family Violence.
Given this unique depth of experience, David has a strong interest in the needs of healthcare staff (nurses, doctors, paramedics, etc) as well as other frontline staff such as police, fire and defence forces.
As a counsellor, David has utilised psychodynamic, interpersonal, cognitive-behavioural (CBT), narrative and reminiscent approaches. He describes his core approaches as CBT and humanistic.
At the heart of change, is building a strong, trusting relationship.
Once we have that, your recovery journey has already begun.
Lets roll up our sleeves and get to work on your journey to recovery!