Shelah Magtibay

Clinical Counsellor: MA (Counselling), Adv Dip (Couns and Family Therapy), CCAA (Clinical, 200596), PACFA (Clin, Reg 28653)

Shelah is a Clinical Counsellor who has experience working professionally with children, adolescents, adults and their families.

Through a client centred and empathetic approach, Shelah seeks to provide tools and strategies to assist in the areas of :

• Anxiety
• Stress management
• Trauma
• Relationship concerns
• Social anxiety
• School refusal
• Self-harm
• Study and time management
• Emotional dysregulation
• Grief and loss

Currently in addition to private practice, Shelah works as a School Counsellor at a Kindergarten to Year 12 school. She provides individual Counselling, facilitation of group programs, works in a multidisciplinary team and, collaborates with the school and child’s family. Shelah also works with adults of various faith, cultural backgrounds and presentations.

As every individual is unique Shelah draws from a range of evidence based modalities to tailor a treatment plan for her clients. Examples of these modalities include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Mindfulness based therapy, Somatic therapy approaches as well as a Family Systems approach.