Warrnambool Counselling and Psychotherapy

21/05/2024

No more wait times! Begin therapy now with our new therapist.

Welcome Dr. Rjurik Davidson, Ph.D., to Warrnambool!

The Warrnambool community recognises the value of quality therapy. Dr. Davidson is an Integrative Psychotherapist, Counselor, and Coach dedicated to helping individuals improve their well-being. With his expertise, you can work through:
Anxiety & Depression
Grief & Loss
Emotional Regulation & Change

20/11/2023

How was your childhood?

Now Offering: Integrative Attachment Therapy

We are now offering specialisation in treatment of attachment disturbance. Attachment refers to the emotional bonds that form in early childhood based on our experiences with our caregivers. The quality of these relationships set up patterns of relating to ourselves and others which typically form by the time we are 2 years old. These patterns then go on to influence how we form adult relationships, whether they are romantic or friendships.

Attachment theory has some of the strongest research and evidence base within the field of psychology and psychotherapy. There is a strong link between dysfunctional attachment in childhood and poor outcomes later in life. It has been shown that what happens in the early process of attachment formation significantly effects areas of self-experience, emotional regulation and capacity for intimacy.

Attachment is an important developmental period in which neurological systems are either switched on, or not. We aim to repair those systems.

In order to do so, we use a 3 Pillars model to treat attachment insecurity: 1) collaboration, 2)metacognition and 3) technique.

If you want to know more, visit our website (link in bio). You can read more there, or contact us if you have any enquires.

11/09/2023

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09/05/2023

Foundations of Attachment Theory

The psychological theory of attachment refers to the emotional bonds which form between infant and caregiver during the first few years of life. The theory explains how and why newborns are so emotionally dependent on their caregivers, and what it means when those fundamental needs are not met. Th

23/04/2023

How technology affects the development of attention in children

The ability to pay attention and concentrate is a developmental achievement which requires certain environmental conditions. Without those conditions, concentration and attentional regulation skills do not properly develop, and this can lead to all sorts of mental health issues in adolescents and ad

21/04/2023

Technology: Poison and Cure

The ubiquity of digital technologies in the modern era has become a defining feature of the age. Given that we emerge from the technologies of our past, and that we are always participants in the technologies of what is current, human beings can be considered technical in their very nature. It is te

19/04/2023

The great relationship researcher John Gottman is able to predict divorce in newly wed couples with 94% accuracy. His research findings come out of almost 40 years of work into the nature of relationships.

He discovered what he calls “The Four Horseman of the Apocolypse”. These negative communication habits which are common across relationships which fail: criticism, contempt, defensiveness and stonewalling. He also uncovered the antidotes for each.

Stable couples manage conflict in ways that support each other. They retain healthy friendships, understand each others inner worlds, stay calm during conflict and make time to work on their relationships.

If you notice any of the “four horseman” in your own relationship, take the time to practice their antidote. If they are not addressed, they often lead to the breakdown of relationship, or else make the relationship an unhappy place to be.

11/04/2023

Part 3: Shadow Work

Shadow work forces us to hold the tension of opposites - right and wrong, good and bad, light and dark. Carl Jung said that the first step toward the integration of the shadow was to accept its reality. To take seriously the existence of the dark side of all our natures. Shadow work begins with an a

07/04/2023

Part 2: How to recognise the shadow

The shadow is, by definition, unconscious. This makes it hard to pin down, and it means we can never observe it directly. We have to learn to recognise it, and in order to do that, it is important to understand another psychological concept: projection .  Projection is a distorted emoti

06/04/2023

Part 1: What is the shadow?

You may have heard of “the shadow”, a concept taken from psychology to describe the dark side of human personality. If you haven’t, it doesn’t matter, because you have definitely encountered it not only in your own life, but in the lives of others, in culture, in art and in entertainment. It...

01/04/2023

Alienation in modernity: R.D Laing

R.D Laing was a Scottish psychiatrist and philosopher who gained prominence in the 1960’s for his radical and controversial views on mental illness. He viewed social and cultural factors as central to the creation and maintenance of mental illness. His views were in contrast to the prevailing mood...

31/03/2023

Existential anxiety and “the courage to be”

"The basic anxiety, the anxiety of a finite being about the threat of nonbeing, cannot be eliminated. It belongs to existence itself." - Paul Tillich In 1952, Paul Tillich, the most influential theologian of his generation, published The Courage to Be. Tillich wrote the book i