Christine Bolstad - Inner West Therapy Centre
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Christine Bolstad
BA (Hons) Psych.; Masters of Clinical Psychology.
Psychotherapist.
Christine
Bolstad specialises in counselling and psychotherapy for:
Depression,
Anxiety, Trauma-recent and/or past trauma including abuse/neglect,
Relationships, Sexuality issues and Grief and Loss.
Christine is the Co-ordinator of the Inner West Therapy Centre. She has over 25 years experience as a therapist in private, public and community practice.
Christine uses an empathic approach to help people deal with any emotional difficulties they may be struggling with and develop a sense of self-control and safety in their life and relationships. She focuses on developing a warm and safe therapeutic relationship to assist people to gain greater self-awareness, self-confidence and understanding in order to develop lasting change in their lives.
Christine tailors a variety of therapeutic approaches to suit a person’s needs. These include, Action Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, Psychodynamic therapies, Acceptance and Commitment therapy and Family Therapy.
Where appropriate she uses creative processes to enhance verbal therapy combing a variety of experiential methods to present her own post-modern approach to action, art and body work in therapy. The emphasis is on working safely and respectfully with people who have experienced various kinds of abuse and/or neglect. Her approach incorporates an awareness of social and cultural issues, including how power impacts and informs ideas and practices of therapy. Christine assists people wishing to develop different relationships with their own body, with other people and with the environment.
Christine provides individual, family and group therapy, supervision, consultations and training. Prior to establishing a private practice she worked for many years as a child and family therapist within Community Health and as a vocational counsellor. Her Professional Development has included a period of special training in Movement and Action Techniques under the guidance of Dr Bermudez in Europe. Christine conducts training courses on Trauma, Relationship Therapy and Individual Therapy using these methods.
