About Dom Lawrenson

Originally from England, I migrated to Australia in 2002. I see this country as a place where our true potential can be reached. As someone in my 50s, it is good to see that anything is possible when hope is present.

My motivation for becoming a counsellor was to facilitate positive change in others. Through my personal experience of grief, self-learning, academic learning, and taking the glass half full option, difficult situations and long-held negative influences can be flipped over to reveal solutions and new opportunities for growth.

Regardless of your situation, my hope is that you leave each therapy session with hope and positive change.

My background

Prior to studying for my degree in Counselling, I had a 25-year career in management, recruitment and sales. My work incorporated a large amount of career counselling which has added to my general counselling skills. Managing, motivating staff and interviewing literally thousands of candidates has enhanced my listening skills and the ability to engage with a wide variety of people, without judgement. I also have many years of counselling experience from working in community health, employment services and specialist mentoring programmes.

Qualification & specialist training

Bachelor of Counselling, Australia College of Applied Psychology (ACAP)
Couples Counselling training in Emotional Focused Therapy
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Practitioner Course
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Family Violence Risk Assessment and Risk Management Framework
Responding to Disclosures of Sexual Assault
Domestic Violence Best Practice
Working Affirmatively with People in the LGBTQIA+ communities
Common psychotropic medications workshop
Diploma of Human Resource Management, Victoria University

Volunteering

I have been a volunteer counsellor at three community based organisations,

providing counselling for

Domestic violence
Workplace bullying
Sexual identity and sexuality related counselling
Anxiety Counselling
Self-esteem counselling
Parenting

Therapies used

I specialise in providing counselling for individuals and couples focused on establishing strengths, self-discovery and facilitating changes to negative beliefs and thoughts and destructive behaviours.

Everyone is different, has unique life experiences and responds differently to various therapies. I use a variety of evidence-based therapeutic approaches that include, but are not limited to:

· ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)

· CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)

. Emotional Focused Therapy

· Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

· Person-centred Therapy

· Motivational Interviewing.

About Dom Lawrenson

My background

Qualification & specialist training

Volunteering

Therapies used

Memberships

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