Meet our team

MY AREAS OF INTEREST:

  • Maternal Health & Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Loss
  • Infertility
  • Preparing for Birth
  • Perinatal Anxiety & Depression
  • Parent-Infant Attachment
  • Birth Trauma
  • Adolescents

MICHELLE SOUTHGATE

Accredited Mental Health Social Worker & Family Therapist

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

Michelle has 25 years experience as a Clinical Social Worker and Therapist. She completed undergraduate qualifications in Psychology and Social Work and has a Master’s degree in Couple & Family Therapy. Michelle is also a trained Level 1 and Level 2 EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) Practitioner. Michelle has extensive clinical experience supporting individuals and families facing a wide variety of life, parenting and health challenges.

Michelle has a strong interest in supporting women through life transitions, including all aspects of maternal health. She is experienced working with infertility, pregnancy loss, perinatal anxiety and depression, parent-infant attachment and birth trauma. She is also a certified Circle of Security and Tuning in to Kids group facilitator and draws upon attachment-based interventions and emotion coaching parenting in her work with families.

Her aim is to collaborate with the client, drawing on their strengths and inner resources and providing a containing space for safe exploration of their experiences.

Therapeutic approaches include

  • Systemic Family Therapy
  • Bowen Family Systems Theory
  • Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
  • Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
  • Parent-Infant Psychotherapy
  • Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Somatic therapy and other trauma informed approaches

She provides services under Medicare (Better Access and PSS) as an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker.

HOURS:

Mondays 9am – 6pm
Thursdays 10am – 6pm

CONTACT MICHELLE

You can call email Michelle on msouthgatetherapy@yahoo.com or you can submit your enquiry using the form below.