Individual therapy allows you to unlock your potential and evolve into your true self.
Marina’s one-to-one therapy services offer confidentiality, professionalism and a safe place for you or your loved ones to express yourselves.
Often, people become entangled with the mundaneness and negativity that exists in their everyday life, and they tend to lose focus on their goals. Judgements and decisions become clouded, and people become overwhelmed. However, there is hope in the form of therapy. Therapy generally uses talking, rather than medication as a way forward to help you work through your emotional state.
A Safe Space to Share your Thoughts and Feelings
Marina provides a safe, supportive, and non-judgmental environment where we will work hand-in-hand with you to explore difficulties and work towards improving your quality of life.
It’s important to note that the journey of therapy can, at times, be uncomfortable and painful as you become more aware of your unconscious world. However, with this awareness comes growth and insight that can provide you with a sense of empowerment, fulfilment, and renewed energy.
What is clinical psychology?
Clinical psychology refers to a range of treatments that assist with emotional challenges, mental health problems, and certain psychiatric conditions.
As an experienced Clinical Psychologist, Marina is able to provide direct services for those who need help with mental or behavioural issues. She also administers and interprets cognitive tests, diagnoses mental illnesses, creates treatment plans and conducts psychotherapy.
What services do we offer?
Marina Genis offers individual therapy for the following:
- Mood
- Anxiety
- Trauma (including Adult Survivors of Child Abuse)
- Loss and Bereavement
- Personal Growth
- Life Stage Transitions
Marina also offers Relationship and Couples Therapy.
What to expect at your Clinical Psychology Sessions
What brought you here?
Your first visit with Marina is all about getting to know you and what brought you to your appointment. She may ask you to describe some of the symptoms you are experiencing and the concerns you may have.
These may include asking:
- If anything makes the problem better or worse
- Where the problem occurs or doesn’t occur (e.g. home or work)
- How much it impacts and interferes with your daily life
- Any other problems related to this issue
- What you’ve tried so far to deal with the problem
- What your thoughts and feelings are regarding the causes and solutions to the problem
- Anything else that may concern you
Marina will ask you to describe the history of your symptoms (when the problem first began and how long it has been happening). She will also ask whether the problem has changed since it first began and the frequency, duration and intensity of the problem.
What has shaped you?
Marina will also be interested to learn more about your family, the nature of relationships with family members and whether there is any family history of substance abuse or mental health issues.
She may also ask about your developmental history (i.e. your childhood and teenage years), your relationship history, previous history of psychological help.
Current information about your lifestyle – including work, study, leisure activities, friendships and relationships, can also be useful in getting to know you and understanding what you are experiencing.
Marina will also be interested in your goals and expectations for therapy and what specific changes you would like to see.
Observations and therapy recommendations
Equipped with all of the above information, Marina will provide you with feedback and her views on the presenting issue(s), possible causes and maintaining factors. Based on this assessment, she will develop an evidence-based treatment suited to your unique situation.
Futur therapy sessions involve working collaboratively on your goals and chipping away at the presenting problem(s) to improve your coping mechanisms and mood.
Marina will make a recommendation about the frequency of your therapy sessions based on your individual circumstances. After your first session, Marina will most likely recommend booking a series of therapy sessions to ensure you are able to work consistently towards achieving your goals.
How long do sessions take?
In general, sessions last for 50 minutes, once a week.
The length of therapy differs; some forms of therapy last only a few sessions, while others are long-term, lasting for months, years or a lifetime.
Marina Genis is bound by strict confidentiality rules. This means she will not share any information discussed during therapy sessions with anyone else. The only time that we would break this rule is if we were worried about your safety or someone else’s safety or when Marina Genis has been court-ordered to make certain disclosures. More detail is contained in Marina Genis’ Informed Consent Agreement.