Tecoma Consulting Suites
Providing Psychological Services to the Hills Community

Omer Hadas
Clinical Psychologist
Contact: Ph 0493 065 466
Email: omer@hadaspsychology.com.au
Services: Omer is a registered Clinical Psychologist with over 12 years of experience. Over the years, Omer worked in various public settings, including community mental health services, an outpatient ward, and schools, as well as his own private practice, both in Australia and abroad. Omer works with adolescents and adults, coping with a wide range of mental health and well-being issues. He also has extensive experience working with parents and supporting couples experiencing parenting and relationship difficulties.
Funding: Medicare and Private Health Rebates Apply

Sivan Hadas
Clinical Psychologist
Contact: Ph 0492 936 272
Email: sivan@hadaspsychology.com.au
Services: A qualified Clinical Psychologist with over 12 years of experience, working with clients of varied ages and from varied backgrounds. Experience was gained working as a clinical psychologist in both Israel and Australia and includes working in various environments: Private clinic; Drug and Alcohol counselling service; Psychiatric ward; Schools; and Out of home care facilities. These work environments allowed Sivan to gain significant experience with low and high-risk populations and in working collaboratively alongside other professionals.
Funding: Medicare and Private Health Rebates Apply

Roxahn Thomas
Therapist / Core Connections Counselling Services / TCS & HCS
Contact: Ph 0447 546 506
Email: counselling@coreconnections.com.au
Website: coreconnections.com.au
Services: Core Connections offers individual, couple, and family therapy and co-facilitated counselling.
Funding: Medicare Rebates Apply to counselling services. Contractor for: Merri Health, Converge International (EAP), and TAC Clients.

Dr Lauren Ban
Clinical Psychologist
Contact: 0413 490 240
Email: lm.ban@hotmail.com
Services: I am a Clinical Psychologist who uses a range of therapeutic approaches including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) and Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS).
I have a PhD in Social Psychology, and have worked as a researcher both locally and internationally in the fields of Cross-Cultural Psychology and Transcultural Psychiatry. My clinical experience includes working with severe trauma, especially with survivors of torture from refugee backgrounds.
I am registered with Medicare for a broad range of concerns, including:
Managing difficult emotions, Stress and burnout, Anxiety, Post natal depression and anxiety and parenting issues, Long-term problems or stress following trauma-related experience or abuse, Grief and bereavement, Communication and interpersonal skills, Relationship and family issues, Difficulties in initiating or maintaining personal relationships, or in relating to other people, Difficulties with identity, self-esteem or self-image, Adjustment to and management of major life events.
Funding: Medicare and Private Health Rebates Apply

Tranquillium Counselling Clinical Social Worker
Michelle Downs
Contact: Ph 0414 519 655
Fax: (03) 9754 1761
Email: michelledowns@tranquilliumcounselling.com.au
Web: tranquilliumcounselling.com.au
Services: Trauma Therapy, EMDR, Trauma Informed Sexual Assault, Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, Supervision.
Funding: Medicare for therapy sessions only and EAP contracts

Dr Candice Loopstra
Clinical Psychologist
Contact: 0413 533 876
Fax: (03) 9012 4488
Email: hello@candiceloopstra.com.au
Services: I am trained in both brief symptom-focussed and longer-term therapies. A therapy is tailored for each person, using evidence based approaches including: cognitive behaviour therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, dialectical behaviour therapy, schema therapy, mindfulness-based therapies, trauma-focused therapies, mentalization-based therapy, attachment and developmental theories, psychodynamic principles, contemporary neurobiology research
Accredited Circle of Security Parenting Facilitator (COS-P & COS-I).
Funding: Medicare, Victims of Crime (VOCAT), Traffic Accident Commission (TAC), Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), and National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) referrals, and I am a registered service provider for WorkSafe and Defence Force members.

Peak Psychology Australia
Psychology
Contact: (03) 9754 2703
Email: info@peakpsychology.net.au
Therapy is a unique experience for everyone, and we provide a safe and secure environment to work through psychological issues and life stressors. We will work with you to develop strategies to reduce symptoms and alleviate stress. We are dedicated to empowering clients to gain insight into their behaviours.
Services: We offer a range of therapeutic interventions, including:
Cognitive Behaviour Theory (CBT)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
Emotion Focused Therapy
Motivational Interviewing
Reminiscence Therapy
Narrative Therapy
Our main areas of interest include mood, anxiety disorders and borderline personality disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and trauma related issues.
We also offer general supportive counselling and provide practical everyday techniques to relieve emotional distress.
Funding: Medicare and Private Health Rebates Apply

Vijay Singh
Clinical Psychologist
Contact: 0435 198 693
Email: info@ptsdmelbourne.com.au
PTSD Melbourne is a clinical psychology service dedicated to the assessment and treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other trauma-related conditions. We provide high-quality, evidence-based care to people recovering from the impacts of traumatic experiences.
Treatments we provide:
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Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
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Prolonged Exposure (PE)
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Eye-Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Funding: Medicare and Private Health Rebates Apply

Jeanine Busch
Embodied Insight Clinical Psychologist
Contact: 0458352285
Email: info@embodiedinsight.com.au
I am a registered Clinical Psychologist with over 12 years of experience and have worked in both South Africa and Australia. I have worked in public hospital, private practice and private clinic settings. Therapy is a personal process of growth within which I aim to draw on the fields I have trained in and tailor an individualised, emergent process. I draw on and use: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy; Ego State Therapy; Dialectical Behavioural Therapy; Interpersonal Neurobiology as taught by Dan Siegel; and somatic/trauma approaches like the polyvagal theory orientated frameworks of the Community Resilience Model (as taught by the TRI, CA, USA), the work of Bessel v.d Kolk and Peter Levigne, amongst others. I also trained in hypnotherapy and past-life regression, and I am a certified 200-hour Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher, certified 220-hour Yoga Teacher, and Ishaya Meditation Teacher. I have also done courses in Integrative Medicine and complementary alternative therapies for mental health practitioners which creates room for all of the above to be held in a holistic framework and orientation.
I work with adolescents (14+) and adults in the following areas:
· Depression
· Postnatal/perinatal depression
· Anxiety
· Stress
· Eating disorders
· Bipolar mood disorder
· Trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
· Complex trauma
· Childhood emotional neglect
· Struggling with a chronic illness
· Loss and Bereavement
· Relationship/marriage difficulties
· Spiritual emergence
· Feeling like you need to work through some things to be a better you
Funding: Medicare and Private Health Rebates Apply