Gemma is a Registered Psychologist and a member of the EMDR Association of Australia (EMDRAA).
She is an EMDR Accredited Consultant and Practitioner with her private practice delivering EMDR treatment to clients with Complex PTSD. In additon to treating, Gemma offers case consultation to EMDR therapists wishing to gain further accreditat
Gemma is a Registered Psychologist and a member of the EMDR Association of Australia (EMDRAA).
She is an EMDR Accredited Consultant and Practitioner with her private practice delivering EMDR treatment to clients with Complex PTSD. In additon to treating, Gemma offers case consultation to EMDR therapists wishing to gain further accreditation.
Gemma's additional experience is in high performance sport having worked for 10 years in a clinical capacity across football and cricket.
She has over 22 years’ experience in clinical counselling, vocational rehabilitation and consulting to organisations on a range of people issues.
When she is not consulting, she is writing, having published her first children's book in 2024, Bicycle Anxiety.
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a Psychotherapy treatment used to treat trauma.
When a person is very upset, their brain cannot process information as it does ordinarily. One moment becomes "frozen in time," and remembering a trauma may feel as bad as going through it the first time because the images, sounds, sme
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a Psychotherapy treatment used to treat trauma.
When a person is very upset, their brain cannot process information as it does ordinarily. One moment becomes "frozen in time," and remembering a trauma may feel as bad as going through it the first time because the images, sounds, smells, and feelings haven’t changed.
Such memories have a lasting negative effect that interferes with the way a person sees the world and the way they relate to other people.
EMDR has a direct effect on the way that the brain processes information. Normal information processing is resumed, so following a successful EMDR session, a person no longer relives the images, sounds, and feelings when the event is brought to mind. You still remember what happened, but it is less upsetting.
EMDR is one of the most researched psychotherapeutic approaches for PTSD. Since 1989 over 20 controlled clinical studies have found EMDR to effectively decrease or eliminate the symptoms of PTSD for the majority of clients and it is more efficient.
The Australian Psychological Society (APS) has recently noted EMDR as a Level 1 treatment for PTSD in their recent published results for ‘Evidence-Based Psychological Interventions: A Literature Review’ (2010) for both young people and adults. This is the highest rating that can be applied to a specific therapeutic approach. Additional research has focussed on use of EMDR for Depression and Anxiety and numerous other issues with extremely good results.
Gemma uses EMDR to treat trauma, anxiety, depression, disturbing memories, panic attacks, stress, phobias, performance anxiety and complicated grief.
Medicare
Under the Better Access initiative, Medicare have now made seeing a Psychologist affordable. Consultations with a Psychologist attract a Medicare rebate if you are referred from a GP, Psychiatrist or Paediatrician with a Mental Health Treatment Plan.
With this plan, you will receive a rebate of $96.65 for each consultation for u
Medicare
Under the Better Access initiative, Medicare have now made seeing a Psychologist affordable. Consultations with a Psychologist attract a Medicare rebate if you are referred from a GP, Psychiatrist or Paediatrician with a Mental Health Treatment Plan.
With this plan, you will receive a rebate of $96.65 for each consultation for up to 10 sessions in a calendar year.
Through our EFTPOS terminal, a refund will be transferred into your nominated Savings or Cheque account. This transfer goes into your account immediately.
Session fees are $220 for a 60 minute consultation.
Private Health Insurance
If you have private health insurance with extras cover that includes psychological counselling, you may be eligible for a rebate.