Annelise (AJ) Rocks Rocks Counsellor

NorthPsych onlineOnline
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Overview

Annelise Rocks is a talented and insightful therapist with a vibrant tapestry of professional life experience (including corporate business ownership) prior to returning to her first loves in psychology, positive psychology, counselling & psychotherapy. Annelise is a Masters qualified registered counsellor/psychotherapist working with, advocating for & empowering carers, children, adolescents, individuals, couples & families who are managing life changes & life challenges such as : * Corporate/ carer/ parental burnout * Parent care and parents in crises * School refusal/school anxiety * ADHD and learning challenges support * Carer mental health * Family therapy * Anxiety * Depression * Grief & loss * Life-balance support for entrepreneurs Annelise takes a person-centred, evidence-based approach drawing on pluralistic theoretical influences which include narrative therapy, acceptance & commitment therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, play therapy, Adlerian theory, systems theory, Gottman, trauma-informed and strengths-based approaches. She works with her faithful puppy sidekick – Ziggy.

Qualifications and Experience

Education

  • Masters of Counselling & Psychotherapy, ECU
  • DipPositive Psychology & Wellbeing 11069NAT
  • GradDip. Psychology, UTS (in progress)
  • Grad.Dip Marketing
  • Bachelor of Design (Industrial) UON

Accreditations

  • Australian Counselling Association (ACA) 26418

Certifications

  • Resourceful Adolescence Program (RAP-A) Facilitator
  • Gottman Method Couples Therapy (level 1)
  • Hermann Brain Dominance Index (HBDI) Facilitator
  • Genos Emotional Intelligence Facilitator
  • Ego State Therapy
  • Ego State Therapy & Grief
  • Happily Family Parenting Certification

Fees/Services

Halaxy Telehealth

  • Review Consultation - Telehealth

Phone consultation

  • 50 min Review Consultation - Phone

Specialisation and Services

Area of Focus

  • Adolescents
  • Anxiety
  • Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
  • Burnout
  • Couples Therapy
  • General Counselling
  • Grief and Loss
  • Learning Difficulties
  • Parenting
  • School Issues
  • Self-Esteem and Self-Development
  • Trauma

Modalities

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Adlerian / Individual Psychology
  • Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy
  • Humanistic
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Positive Psychology
  • Psychoeducation

Patient Focus

  • Children
  • Teenagers
  • Adults
  • Families
  • Women
  • Men
  • Couples

Languages Spoken

  • English

Services

  • Online consultations
  • Wheelchair access