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Dr Sharon Gold

Psychologist, Relationship Therapist

Live Better Psychology

Woollahra, NSW 2025

In Person + Telehealth

Philosophy & Vision

Are you sick of feeling 'listened to' in therapy but not learning strategies that you can use to help you to positively change? Live Better Psychology's philosophy is that anyone can experience permanent psychological change if the right kind of therapy is combined with the best possible evidence based strategies. Our psychological treatments are integrative and trans-diagnostic which means you get a psychological treatment plan tailored to your unique needs.

Background

Extensive experience in clinical private practice since 2003. Special interests currently are PTSD, Trauma in couples and emergency workers, fertility issues, cancer - psycho-oncology and death anxiety.

Services

Counselling, Psychotherapy, Couples Therapy, Family Therapy, Phone Consultations, Online Video Consultations

I specialise in seeing First Responders, Couples and Veterans/Current Serving Defence personnel for trauma, couples therapy and in the perinatal field.

Quality Provision

Excellence and professionalism in everything I do.

Areas of Special Interest

Addiction - Alcohol & Drug Dependency - Anxiety & Panic Attacks - Borderline Personality - Cancer Support - Carer Support - Childhood Issues - Depression - Dissociative Disorders - Divorce & Separation - Dual diagnosis - Eating Disorders - Emotional Overwhelm - Family and Parenting - Fertility / Pregnancy - Gay and Lesbian Issues - Gender and Sexuality - Grief and Loss - Guilt Feelings - Insomnia - Loneliness - Obsessive Compulsive - Pain & Rehabilitation - Personality Disorders - Phobias - Postnatal Depression - PTSD - Relationship Issues - Self Harm - Sex Related Issues - Sexual Abuse - Stress Management - Suicidal Feelings - Trauma Recovery - Violence - Women's Issues - Workplace Issues

                  Accreditations
          PhD (Science - Psychology) - 2010 - UON
Certificate of Clinical Neuropsychotherapy - 2016 - MIACN
Level B Certificate in Interpersonal Psychotherapy - 2007 - ISIPT
BA(Psych)(Hons) - 1999 - CSturt
GradDipPsych - 1997 - CSturt

      

Modalities

ACT - Animal Assisted Therapy - CBT - DBT - EMDR - Emotionally Focused Therapy - Gottman Method - Internal Family Systems - Interpersonal - Marriage and Family - MBSR - Mindfulness - Narrative Therapy - Schema Therapy - Sensorimotor Psychotherapy - Trauma-Informed

Therapy Approach

EMDR, Gottman Method Couples Therapy, CBT, Emotion Focused Couples Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Interpersonal Psychotherapy

I work with my Animal Assisted Therapy Dog, Max, who is a standard Groodle. He adds a unique healing element to therapy that clients absolutely resonate with.

              Professional Associations
        Australian Association for Cognitive & Behaviour Therapy
Australian Psychological Society
EMDRAA
International Society for Interpersonal Psychotherapy
The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
    

A conversation with Sharon Gold

Kabbalah and Buddhism
Mind - body connection
Evidence-based science including EMDR, Gottman Method Couples Therapy, CBT, ACT, IPT
From the very first session if Max (my Groodle Animal Assistant) and I are doing our jobs properly!

Dr Sharon Gold

Psychologist, Relationship Therapist

Live Better Psychology

Woollahra, NSW 2025

Philosophy & Vision

Background

Services

Quality Provision

Areas of Special Interest

Accreditations

Modalities

Therapy Approach

Professional Associations

A conversation with Sharon Gold

Which philosophical approaches have influenced your professional development?

Which particular aspects of health or the human journey are you interested in?

What methods do you use?

When do you think the client will start to feel that progress is being made?