Accredited Mental Health Social Worker
Michelle is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker who has worked across various Child and Adolescent Mental Health teams within NSW Health, and has extensive experience in supporting families who have a child/adolescent presenting with moderate-severe mental health issues. She also has experience working with individuals, couples and families across a broad range of mental health and relational issues.
Michelle has a special interest in Bowen Family Systems Theory, and thinking systemically more broadly regarding the wider influences of communities, (including faith-based communities), schools, treating teams, and other institutions on a person who is presenting with mental health symptoms.
She is particularly aware of the unique role that parents/carers play in the support of a young person, but also the unique anxieties and concerns that are inherent in the demanding role of parenting. She has seen how these anxieties increase alongside the concern for a young person who is deeply struggling with their mental health. As such, she is committed to working with parents in a non-judgemental, empathic approach that supports parents’ self-efficacy and resourcefulness as they continue the enriching challenges of parenthood.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) (UoN)
- Advanced Certificate of Couple and Family Systems Therapy (The Family Systems Institute)
- Prepare/Enrich Facilitator
- Accredited to use Parent Hope Project manualised parent programs developed by Dr Jenny Brown.
Location:
Cremorne: Fridays – offers both in-person and Telehealth consultations
Fee: $220 per 55-minute consultation. Initial sessions for families and couples are $330 for a 90-minute consultation. Low-fee options available with evidence of financial hardship (please discuss with Michelle directly).