We are a team of mental health professionals dedicated to offering clients professional support to work through issues in a safe environment. We are passionate about providing the highest quality care and support.

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• Couples & Family Psychotherapy
• Individual Psychotherapy 
• Supervision (Clinical & Organisational)
• Parenting coaching – Individualised Parent Programs

Martina specialises in Bowen Family Systems Theory in her psychotherapy work with families, couples, adults, and adolescents. This way of ‘thinking systems’ has led her to understand that how we feel, what we do, and how we think, cannot be separated from our significant relationship-systems. You could say that sorting out how people get emotionally caught in their relationships and entangled in their work and/or family systems is her specialty.

She offers clinical and organisational supervision to mental health clinicians and teams and mental health team leaders. This is a confidential, structured and collaborative space for reflective practice and systems thinking. This way of engaging builds the supervisee’s capacity to reflect on their own clinical practice, increase self-awareness, and become more autonomous. Martina can supervise mental health clinicians working with families, couples, and individuals (including adolescents) as well as mental health teams or leaders, who would like to develop further knowledge and skills in a family systems framework.

Martina is currently a trainer at The Family Systems Institute, Australia’s leading training centre in Bowen Family Systems Therapy where she facilitates training for psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and counsellors, in their Adv.Cert. in Couples and Family Systems Therapy, accredited by the Australian Association of Family Therapy (AAFT), as well as running Family of Origin Courses.

She has worked in youth mental health (headspace Bondi Junction), Drug & Alcohol (Gloo Project) and with the LGTBQI+ community (Aids Council of NSW).

Martina became interested in the work of Dr Murray Bowen in 2013, since then she has been an avid reader and a committed scholar of Bowen Family Systems Theory which she applies to both her clinical work and personal life. Martina has published two articles on the subject in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy which were amongst the top 10% downloaded articles in both 2016 and 2018. She has presented her work at symposiums and conferences. 

Martina has been embedded in contemplative practices and the healing arts for over twenty years, with experience in the practice and teaching of Yoga, a Diploma in Zen Shiatsu and a long term commitment to meditation in the Theradavan Buddhist tradition.

Publications: 

Palombi, M. (2016). Separations: A Personal Account of Bowen Family Systems Theory. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy.

Palombi, M. (2018). From Gestalt Therapy to Family Systems: How Theoretical Frameworks Inform Clinical Applications. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy.

English & Italian Speaker
Martina speaks English and Italian and employs a culturally-sensitive practice.

Martina works with the following:

• Family therapy
• Couples Therapy
• Infidelity
• Divorce
• Conflict
• ​Depression
• Anxiety
• Anger management
• Trauma
• Stress management
• Life transitions
• Work related issues
• Drugs and alcohol
• Parenting problems
• Relationship counselling
• Grief and loss
• Family related issues

  

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John Gordon

‘ Do not feel lonely, the entire Universe is inside of you ‘ ( Rumi )

John is a licensed psychotherapist providing support and counselling for both individuals and couples. He has a Psychotherapy practice in Sydney and also together with his partner has built a retreat centre in Kangaroo Valley, NSW ( Arawaka…A Place of Sacred Nourishment ). This retreat centre allows for deeper healing and immersion for individuals and couples as they explore the deeper meaning and essence of who they are choosing to become. Using nature as an instrument of profound healing we can potentiate and mature when soul and our wild nature guide’s us. It is in the presence of a past, present and emerging rainforest setting at Arawaka that a template for a more mature, fulfilling and purposeful life can lead to inner healing and a better world

John works with INDIVIDUALS to explore those parts of selves that behaviourally get in the way from living a more authentic and meaningful life. These old patterns are formed in the developmental years of growth and often reflect our experience of Family of Origin. Letting go of these patterns often associated with a residue of trauma, allows for more healthy resourcing and self discovery. John is particularly interested in the body’s ability to self heal… psychologically, emotionally, intellectually and spiritually

Couples Counselling
Many COUPLES seek Couples Counselling only when their relationship is either in crisis or stagnation. We now know, however through discoveries in neuroscience and interpersonal attachment that Couples can acquire and learn skills that can strengthen their relationship. Whether you are in a new relationship, an old and successful relationship, or a troubled relationship, couples counselling can enhance the quality of your life/lives

John works with the following:

• Anxiety & Stress.     
• Codependency
• Depression
• Divorce
• Dream Work
• Drugs & Alcohol
• Family Conflict
• Grief & Loss
• Infidelity
• Marital & Premarital
• Marriage & Family
• Men’s Issues
• Conflict Resolution
• Parenting
• Sexuality
• Spirituality
• Trauma PTSD
• Women’s Issues

MENTAL HEALTH

• Mood Disorders

MODALITY

• Individual
• Couples
• Family

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Declan Brady

‘ Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it ‘( Rumi )

Declan is a qualified psychotherapist, trainer, educator and supervisor. He is a core faculty member of a psychotherapy training institute and has been in private practice in Sydney for over 15 years. He works with issues such as stress and anxiety, depression, grief and loss, relationship issues, existential issues and life and identity transitions, or workplace related issues. He also and has a specialisation in working with trauma using somatic experiencing, BrainSpotting, compassionate based therapy and non-dual approaches.

Declan has a long running interest in contemplative practices and their application in improving our lives. He applies his knowledge of these practices in his work.

He is a clinical member and accredited supervisor of the Psychotherapy & Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA).

Declan has over 30 years experience working in the corporate sector, having held senior positions in multinational organisations in the financial services and insurance sectors. He understands the stresses and strains of daily life in the corporate sector and is ideally placed to provide support to people working in this context. Visit his corporate website here: www.c4at.com. He also previously served as a core faculty member of another psychotherapy training institute and worked in several rehabilitation centres as a psychotherapist helping clients in recovery from addictions and trauma.

Having two children, Declan also understands the responsibilities, challenges and joys of being a parent.

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