Welcome
Are you feeling lost and isolated or overwhelmed by problems in your life?
Does it all feel too hard?
Do you think it’s time you had some support?
I can help!
• I offer professional psychotherapy and counselling services in Manly on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.
• I provide a safe, healing environment where you will be respectfully supported to explore the many issues you may be facing.
• You will learn to access your strengths and abilities and develop new skills which can lead to renewed confidence, clarity and well-being.
• I will honour your past journey when helping to create new direction and growth for improved personal and interpersonal maturity.
• I will tailor treatment according to your specific needs whilst drawing from a diverse pool of methods and approaches.
• I will work respectfully at all times according to your values and beliefs.
About
I am committed to providing people with a professional and contemporary approach to therapy
based on informed and extensive past and on-going training.
I run a private practise in Manly on Sydney’s Northern Beaches and specialise in individual therapy,
couple therapy and group therapy work.
I have worked at South Pacific Private Hospital, facilitating clients with a range of issues including
addictions, co-dependency, depression, eating disorders and anxiety.
I have developed and facilitated regular group workshops on Anger Management at Kirribilli
Neighbourhood Centre, Lifeline Northern Beaches and Theba, a young women’s service in the inner
city.
In addition I have previously been engaged as a specialist Domestic Violence telephone counsellor
on the Domestic Violence hotline, a face to face counsellor and telephone counsellor for Lifeline,
Northern Beaches.
Qualifications
• Bachelor of Counselling and Human Change/Psychotherapy (Jansen Newman Institute, Sydney).
• Certificate in ASSIST, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training – Lifeline.
• Certificate of Accreditation – Lifeline Telephone Counselling.
• Continuing module training at South Pacific Private Hospital.
• My on-going professional development includes workshops and seminars on relationships and addiction, Adults surviving sexual abuse (ASCA), Hypnotherapy, Sandplay Therapy, and Sexual Compulsivity.
Professional Membership
• Counsellors & Psychotherapy Association of New South Wales (CAPA).
• Mental Health Professionals Network (MHPN)
Services
My therapeutic style draws on the uniqueness of each individual I see, offering a respectful and accessible approach to assist people in dealing with the many challenges life presents.
My work is informed by a range of therapeutic modalities including Psychodynamic, Narrative Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). I believe an integrated approach broadens the individual’s ability to develop skills and techniques which can be then ‘integrated’ into their life. This approach maximizes the potential for insight, change and development in a flexible and personalised way.
I take a non-judgemental, person-centred approach, where unconditional positive regard and a genuine and deeply respectful relationship underpin the process of therapy.
I can work with you on a broad range of issues such a depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief and loss, anger management, addictions, trauma, childhood abuse and neglect, personal development.This is achieved by supporting you with guidance and compassionate care, helping you to gain understanding and restored sense of meaning and direction.
I work with individuals, couples and groups on the following:
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Relationships
• Couples therapy
• Grief and loss
• Trauma
• Bereavement
• Addictions
• Anger Management
• Hypnotherapy
Counselling & Psychotherapy
The complexities of life with its many challenges can leave us feeling confused, fearful, sad, angry and unsure of our place in our lives, our family and our relationships. The counselling and psychotherapy process can change this. Whether you are facing difficulties from past experiences where repetitive cycles and unhelpful patterns are re-surfacing, or you simply are finding it hard to cope, psychotherapy and counselling can help. Patterns of behaviour developed as a result of past conditioning and experiences can lead us to develop specific thinking and behaviours that can sometimes interfere with our personal growth. The process of Psychotherapy and Counselling can help to change these unhelpful patterns.
Individuals seeking support with unexpected issues can be facilitated in a brief, solution-focused way, while others may wish to engage in longer term therapy where personality development, attachment and relationship styles and childhood issues can be explored and understood. The therapy process provides support and direction for those who may feel lost or isolated. Issues of neglect, uncertainty, childhood abuse, isolation can be transformed into greater self-understanding, insight, acceptance and a willingness to change the future from past pain, fear, shame, sadness. The experience of being sincerely and respectfully guided and supported in this process can be profound. Individuals will learn to take this experience with them after therapy ceases as continued empowerment and self-validation.
Together with the therapist, clients work towards releasing negative patterns by exploring their source, understanding their presence in your life to date and working to let them go. This creates greater awareness, growth and transformation.
Benefits of Therapy
• Healing from past pain
• Understanding your patterns and behaviours
• Finding a strong sense of self
• Better communication
• Understanding addiction
• Releasing anger
• Changing unhelpful patterns and cycles
• Finding solutions
• Changing your ‘script’ and discovering a new one
• Developing effective interpersonal skills
• Personal and relationship growth
• Learning to accept the past and leave it behind
• Finding a greater sense of meaning and belonging in life
• Releasing the negative forces that keep you stuck
Testimonials
It is hard to find the right person to talk to and trust when you are really down. I remember the first day I went to see Eileen I walked in feeling extremely low and walked out with hope. She helped make a dark heavy thing seem light and the dark keeps on lifting thanks to her help.
Eileen was recommended to me by a friend and I cannot believe looking back now I almost didn’t call her. I don’t know where I would be now if I hadn’t. My friend spoke highly of Eileen and now I speak highly of her to my friends, some of which have ended up seeing her and believe the same as me that Eileen is a “God send”. Thank you Eileen.
- Suzie
Eileen has helped me see that I can free myself from my past abuse through acceptance and trust. I am working towards a healthier, brighter and more stable future. I highly recommend Eileen for anyone who wants to make positive lifestyle changes.
- Claudia.
I have been a patient of Eileen since September 2008 .
The reason I came under Eileen care was a marital break-up, a loss of property and a business collapse. Also I had moved back to Sydney and was renting a room to survive.
Things couldn't have been worse and my thought patterns were all over the place with the contemplation of suicide sometimes quite strong.
Needless to indicate I was in bad shape mentally and physically.
I was recommended to an appointment with Eileen.... I found Eileen to be immediately calming, caring and a great listener.
As our meetings progressed I felt an aura of Eileen, that of an authentic determination that "I'm going to make it".
Eileen, through her genuine care and professional insight has helped bring myself out of "the dark world" and into a great life growing experience.....I am on the way and Eileen is there with her giving inner strength for myself to continue on the path of 'newness'.
- Greg
Contact
Eileen can be contacted directly on:
Phone: 0412 061 881
Email: epcondell@yahoo.com.au
79B Lauderdale Ave,
Fairlight, NSW, 2094
Centrally located near Manly.
There is easy access to Manly via ferries and buses.
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