Mark can assist with the assessment, diagnosis*, formulation, and psychological treatment of mental health, behavioural, and emotional disorders across the lifespan.

*Some clients may have a diagnosable mental illness such as Major Depressive disorder. A diagnosis can help us understand what a person might be experiencing as a cluster of symptoms. Once we have an insight into the symptoms, we can work through ways of alleviating these with evidence-based treatment. Sometimes this will be in conjunction with medication prescribed by a GP or psychiatrist. A diagnosis can be helpful to some people, as it can give insight and acceptance to what they may be experiencing, but not so helpful for others, as they may feel that a diagnosis labels them, and that they may not be able to change. More than anything, people are unique individuals. As a therapist, Mark works collaboratively to validate the client’s position on whether or not they would find a diagnosis helpful to them in understanding their own journey , and therapy is always targeted to the benefit of the client, with the client’s best interest at heart.

Issues such as work stress, low self-worth, relationship issues, and grief and loss can seriously affect our lives. Opening up to talking about these issues can assist in gaining insight, and help process difficult emotions, while finding a way forward to improved wellbeing.

Mental health and performance go hand-in-hand. Whether exploring issues such as performance anxiety, negative self-talk or underlying issues affecting performance, Mark can to assist you in learning and applying strategies and techniques designed to improve performance across work, sport and art sector settings.

Mark has years of experience in performance psychology. He was a preferred provider of Mental Health Services to the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) as part of the inaugural AIS Mental Health Referral Network. Mark was also an embedded psychologist with the Australian team at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Village.