Hi, I'm Liz Clarkson. Still inspired.
I work three days per week at Blackburn North. I am taking new patients again, and assure regularity of ongoing appointments.
How I came to this work
Having first worked with children and their traumas, I later moved into working solely with adults who had traumatic childhoods. This began my lifelong commitment to providing psychotherapy to adults with complex lives.
Early on I worked in public hospitals and a psychiatric inpatient ward for many years, which provided a depth of appreciation for depression, anxiety, childhood abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, grief and bereavement and perinatal issues, and for the importance of good communication with the treating team.
My interest in perinatal psychology began during my years working in the remote north west of Western Australia, where many women found the adjustment to motherhood harder for being isolated from family and friends. On returning to Perth I worked at King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women for ten years, in a team dedicated to identifying women at risk of perinatal depression and anxiety. I began a part time private practice in 1995 and now work exclusively in private practice.
I assess your individual situation, and your treatment requirements are discussed together. My preference is for insight-oriented therapy, psychoanalytic in approach, but other treatment modalities are available to suit your needs.
Psychotherapy requires thoroughness and complete attention, all at a manageable pace.
A community attitude
I am a founding member of the Australian Clinical Psychology Association and a member of the Centre for Perinatal Psychology.
In 2018 I was invited to co-facilitate the Work Ready program with the GoGirls Foundation, and I continue to co-facilitate this program and support their fundraising efforts for women at risk. The program helps women who have been long term unemployed regain their confidence to return to the workforce and enhance their independence.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Psychology
- Master of Applied Psychology (Clinical)
- Registered as a Clinical Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia
- Founding Member, Australian Clinical Psychology Association
- Member, Centre for Perinatal Psychology
- Candidate, Victorian Association of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy