Robert Dawborn
Qualifications: MB BS, BSc Hons, Grad Dip. Family Therapy, Dip. Adult Psychotherapy, FACPsychMed
- is a General Practitioner who specialises in counselling, psychotherapy and psychological medicine.
- is a fellow of The Australian College of Psychological Medicine and on the teaching faculty of the Melbourne College of Contemporary Psychotherapy
- special interests include relationships and couples therapy, abuse and trauma
- provides a setting where a crisis can be moved through and balance restored as quickly as possible
- prescribes psychotropic medication (antidepressants and other medications which influence a person’s mental state) if required -as long as the primary reason for referral is psychotherapy
Psychotherapeutic Approach
- provides brief and longer term psychotherapy.
- his psychotherapeutic approach integrates a number of different theoretical frameworks including family therapy, psychoanalytic self psychology and process-oriented psychology.
- has long been interested in dreamwork, meditation and in epistemology (the theory of knowledge or “how we know what we know”) which he incorporates into his psychotherapy.
He considers all patients-unless they have a psychotic illness or are suicidal – to require brief therapy until proven otherwise.
Brief therapy can be defined as anything up to 20 therapy sessions (from 1-20 sessions) and extending over a period of up to 6 months, whereas longer term therapy may last for a year or longer.
More intensive or longer term psychotherapy may be appropriate for people whose mental health condition has been longstanding, who are suicidal or psychotic, or for people with complex post-traumatic stress conditions such as personality disorders or severe sexual abuse.
About Robert
During his medical studies Robert gravitated towards psychiatry and then later when working in psychiatry decided to pursue family therapy and psychotherapy training instead of the psychiatry training program, as a means of assisting people to produce enduring change in their lives.
Robert has a strong commitment to personal and professional development. He has undertaken his own personal development through individual and group psychotherapy and continues to develop himself personally and professionally.
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