Michael Griffiths
Psychologist
Clinic Locations: Michael supports our critical incident team and consults from our Essendon clinic on a Saturday supporting private clients.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Arts Psychology and Sociology Swinburne University
- Graduate Diploma of Social Psychology Swinburne University
- Graduate Diploma of Sports Science Rusden Institute of technology
- Masters of Organisational and Sport Psychology Monash University 1992 (Partially Completed – One Unit required)
Provides Services to:
Adults, Adolescents and Couples.
Experience:
Michael is registered Psychologist and a member of the Australian Psychological Society. He has qualifications in Psychology and Sociology with Graduate Diploma in Social Psychology, Performance Science, and is a registered with the Board of Psychology Australia
Michael has over 35 years of consulting psychology experience in which he has worked with a vast range of clients in a variety of industries both locally and internationally. He has had a range of experiences in organisations, education, sport, and individual personal development. More recently he has decided to use his vast experience and return to his core capability based upon the principles of Developmental Psychology.
Michael has a unique ability to work with individuals from all walks of life from a CEO in the heart of the Melbourne CBD through to a frontline operator at a mine site in northern Queensland. Over the many years of psychological experience, Michael has been able to develop close relationships with his clients such that he has become a trusted clinician and typically continues to work with his clients over long periods of time.
His driving philosophy in his approach to psychology is a firm belief in the untapped potential of people and that the role of an effective psychologist is facilitating the growth of that potential and therefore maximizing an individual’s ability to handle and manage life’s experiences.
An interaction with a psychologist is often a reaction to a perceived mental health issue, Michael’s view is that there is a need to switch this perspective to a more proactive one where the goal of therapy is to develop life skills to build the psychological capability necessary to handle the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous nature of the world we live in.
Michael takes a fully integrated approach to his therapeutic approach and selects methods and approaches that meet the clients where they are at.
Areas of Intervention
Adult Development, Stress management, Interpersonal Relationship Building, Executive Coaching, Performance Psychology, Psychology of Leadership, Health and Wellbeing, Work life balance, Change Management, PTSD.
Intervention Approaches
Person Centred Therapy, Integral Theory, Rational Emotive Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attention Control Training, Mindfulness Training, Shae Genotype and Phenotype Health and Wellbeing Assessments.
Areas of Expertise:
- Families
- Relationships (i.e Mother & Daughter)
- Anger
- PTSD
- Trauma
- ADHD
- Grief & Loss
- Self- Esteem Concerns
- Workplace Stress
- Weight Management
- Panic Attacks
- Sexual Issues/Concerns
- Addictions
- VOCAT (Victims of Crimes)
- EAP
- Fitness for Work Assessments
- Parenting
- Department of Veteran Affairs
- Spiritual
- Separation/Divorce
- Sleep Issues
- Social Avoidance
- Mens Issues
- Relationships
- Trauma Management
- Performance Psychology