Erfan is a highly skilled Registered Psychologist, who combines evidence-based approach with a warm, engaging and conversational approach with clients. He is dedicated to understanding the development of problematic patterns by means of thorough assessment to inform evidence-based and effective intervention. Erfan has worked in both government and private settings and assisted individuals, couples and teams for over 20 years. He has also worked as a senior manager, managing and empowering psychological and multidisciplinary teams; as well as providing manager assistance programs. Erfan endeavours to provide a respectful, safe and non-judgemental therapeutic space to allow clients to safely explore their past/current experiences and address their difficulties so they can improve their quality of life and psychological wellbeing.
Erfan has significant experience working with Anxiety Disorders; Depression; Separation; Grief & Loss; Stress; Trauma; PTSD; Couples/Relationships and attachment difficulties; Situational Adjustment; Parenting Adjustment; Interpersonal & Emotional difficulties; Anger management; Sexual difficulties, dysfunction & discrepancies; Identity formation; Sexuality challenges; Workplace Issues; Workers Compensation & Motor Vehicle Accident presentations.
Erfan takes a transdiagnostic integrative clinical approach from different modalities, theoretical frameworks, systems and attachment theory. Erfan has training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Schema Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness and Meditation, Motivational Interviewing (MI), Emotion Focussed Therapy (EFT) and Gottman Method couples counselling.