Richard Sedgman
Accredited Mental Health Social Worker
Clinic Locations: Lilydale, Telehealth
Qualifications:
- Masters of Social Work – Deakin University
- Post Graduate in Counselling – Australian College of Applied Psychology
- Post Graduate in Family Therapy – Claire-Miran Khan
Experience:
Richard is a passionate and driven clinician with more than 11 years experience working as a Social Worker and Therapist. He has worked in various settings including Private Practice, inpatient hospitals with patients with mental health and addiction issues, social welfare and also in palliative care. He has also worked in school settings with children as part of kinship care programs.
His strengths are about encouraging and working with clients to achieve the best outcomes in life for them through empathy and understanding and a client centred approach. For Richard, it is about creating a safe space for clients where they can feel heard and understood in their experience.
Richard’s clinical work centres around the belief that there is potential for every client to “live life” and not just “survive it”.
Provides Services to:
Children (10+), Adolescents, Adults and Couples.
Areas of Expertise:
- Anger
- Eating Disorders
- PTSD
- Trauma
- Phobias
- OCD
- Peri/post depression
- Personality Disorders
- ADHD
- Autism/Aspergers
- Grief & Loss
- Self- Esteem Concerns
- Workplace Stress
- Terminal Illness
- LGBTQI Friendly
- Panic Attacks
- Child Behaviour
- Custody Cases
- Court Order Cases
- Perpetrators
- Sexual Issues/Concerns
- Sexual Abuse
- Addictions
- VOCAT (Victims of Crimes)
- EAP
- Parenting
- Self Harm
- Suicide Idealisation/Attempts
- Separation/Divorce
- Social Avoidance
- Bullying
- Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
- DVA (Department of Veteran Affairs)
Treatment Modalities:
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
- Short Term Solution Focused Therapy
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Mindfulness/Meditation,Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Client Centred Therapy
- Assertiveness Training
- Vocational/Careers Counselling
- Risk Assessment & Safety Planning
- Schema Therapy
- Crisis Intervention