Services
Registered Counsellor
Dimitra Tsoukalas
Languages Spoken:
- Greek
If you’re feeling slightly overwhelmed by things or dissatisfied with where your life is, Dimitra can help you get back on track. You don’t have to go it alone! Life is too short to be unhappy, unsure or unfulfilled. Moreover, Dimitra is deeply passionate about helping you to effectively cope with various personal, relationship, family and /or professional challenges. The essence of her work is to facilitate self-growth by helping you to identify the core challenges and setbacks in your life, so that you can overcome them with confidence. Dimitra specialises in creating personalised plans, providing tools to empower and guide you in moving forward in achieving your desired goals.Clients describe Dimitra as curious, calm, engaging, thought provoking, genuine and accepting. Clients most appreciate her sense of humour, warmth and openness to new ideas. Dimitras main aim is to build a safe place for you to be able to express yourself freely.Furtermore, Dimitra is experienced in working with children, adolescents, families, couples and adults from a variety of different backgrounds. Dimitra has experience in supporting individuals across the lifespan with a variety of clinical presentations such as anxiety, depression, interpersonal / relationship difficulties, life transistions, behaviour change, trauma, grief, self-esteem etc.Dimitra also has extensive knowledge in working in a variety of industries for over 30+ years, with relationship building / sales management & training being at the forefront of what she does. She currently works part-time for a private organisation dealing with diverse clinical presentations and as a rapid response trauma specialist. She also has professional Counselling and Clinical experience in a variety of settings including; • Schools (both primary & secondary) as a School Counsellor• Non for profit agency, specialising in individual Counselling (adults & children), couples counselling, family therapy, family violence counselling for both victim survivors and perpetrators and she also co-facilitates Men's Behaviour Change Programs• A volunteer at Lifeline as a Crisis Support Counsellor• Thorne Harbour Health working with the LGBTIQ +demographic• Dimitra is also fluent in Greek and has experience working with this demographic esp the elderly. In addition to her work as a Counsellor / Therapist Dimitra is also a yoga teacher and uses mindfulness, meditation and self-compassion in her treatment approach.Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy and Solutions Focused Therapy are some of the interventions that are interwoven into the treatment plan and according to the individual needs of clients.Dimitra works collaboratively with her clients to help them establish clear goals and helps them maintain the motivation to achieve them. She will support you in finding helpful strategies to deal with your difficulties.
Qualifications
• Bachelor of Business – Marketing & Human Resource Management
• Masters Degree in Counselling – Monash University
• Yoga Teacher -Knoff Yoga Australia
• Grad Certificate in Case Management and Assessment (Men;s Behaviour Change)
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