Amanda Beattie Social Worker

Mind@Work Psychology Bellfield 335 Bell Street, Bellfield, Victoria, 3081

Overview

Mandy Beattie is a warm and empathic therapist with experience of supporting clients across the life span, in public health, community health and in private practice. With a background in psychotherapy, Mandy works with clients to develop a therapeutic relationship and to build a secure base for working towards recovery. Work with each person is collaborative and tasks and goals are agreed, whilst recognising and respecting the singularity of each client and the uniqueness of their experiences and issues. Mandy has experience in helping clients with a wide range of symptoms and issues including depression, anxiety, trauma, stress, grief and loss. Mandy’s practice is integrative with knowledge and experience of a wide range of evidence-based tools, strategies and modalities including Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), Mentalization-based Therapy (MBT), Compassion Focussed Therapy (CFT), Psychoeducation, a range of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) strategies and Family Therapy. Mandy works with adults, adolescents (twelve and over) and families. As an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, she is able to offer Medicare rebates with a Mental Health Care Plan from your GP.

Qualifications and Experience

Education

  • LLB (Hons), Master of Social Work

Accreditations

  • Accredited Mental Health Social Worker

Fees/Services

  • Individual Focused Psychological Strategies Session (appointments 9am-4pm)A$175.00

Specialisation and Services

Area of Focus

  • Addictions
  • Adoption
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Assertiveness Training
  • Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Behaviour Problems
  • Bullying
  • Counselling
  • Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
  • Depression
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Family Therapy
  • Grief and Loss
  • Life Transition and Adjustment Issues
  • Menopause
  • Mental Illness
  • Panic Attacks
  • Panic Disorders
  • Physical Abuse
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • School Issues
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Esteem and Self-Development
  • Self-Harm
  • Shyness & social skills deficits
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Stress
  • Suicide
  • Supervision
  • Teenagers
  • Trauma
  • Victim of Crime
  • Workplace Bullying
  • Workplace Issues

Modalities

  • Family Therapy Gestalt
  • Integrative
  • Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Psychoanalytic
  • Psychodynamic
  • Psychoeducation
  • Rogerian Psychotherapy

Patient Focus

  • Teenagers
  • Adults
  • Families
  • Older adults
  • Women
  • Men
  • People with disabilities
  • LGBTIQ

Languages Spoken

  • English