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Practice Specialist: Child and Youth

Alicia McAleer

This is a short position statement on Alica she is pretty cool. She know so much about relationships and the importance of hearing the voice of the child. 

Alicia McAleer

With over 30 years of experience, Crawford has provided therapeutic services to clients in both public and private settings. Her areas of expertise encompass a wide range of interpersonal issues, including couple therapy, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief and loss, workplace stressors, and domestic violence. She also specialises in addressing ante and postnatal depression.

Crawford tailors her approach to meet the individual needs of her clients and utilises a variety of evidence-based treatments such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), Narrative Therapy, Mindfulness, and Sensorimotor Therapy.

Crawford is registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), the Australian Psychological Society (APS), and the Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Association. Additionally, she is a registered Medicare Provider.

All services are $60 out of pocket with a mental health treatment plan.

  • Adjusting to change
  • Anger management
  • Anxiety and Phobias
  • Attachment issues (emotional attachment with others)
  • Behavioural disorder
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Burnout – mental, physical, and emotional exhaustion
  • Career or workplace stress
  • Chronic disease or cancer
  • Couples / family / relationship counselling
  • Depression
  • Dissociative disorders
  • Domestic violence
  • Grief and loss
  • Health and wellness
  • Hoarding
  • Impulsive behaviours
  • Perinatal or postnatal mental health

  • Acceptance and commitment therapy
  • Attachment based therapy
  • Cognitive behavioural therapy
  • Cognitive processing therapy
  • Couples, family and relationship therapy
  • Emotionally focused therapy
  • Interpersonal psychotherapy
  • Trauma focussed cognitive behavioural therapy

  • Adult
  • Older Adult (65+)
  • Couples / Relationship Counselling

  • Psychologist
  • 30 years’ experience
  • Crawford is registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
  • Crawford is a Member of the Australian Psychology Society (APS)
  • Crawford is a Member of the Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Association
  • Crawford is Medicare accredited

I proudly live on the lands of the Ngunnawal people

Articles written by Alicia

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