Faculty

Robert is a psychodynamic therapist, clinical supervisor, researcher and teacher. Robert is an Adjunct Professor of Psychology at the Queensland University of Technology, in Brisbane, Australia. Robert was responsible for establishing the post graduate training program in clinical psychology at QUT which was designed to enable students to develop an integrative approach to their clinical work. He is active as a clinician practicing from a psychodynamic stance, teacher and researcher. He has had various roles on professional bodies including being a past Chair of the Queensland Psychology Board of Australia. Research fields include contributions to a better understanding of people from refugee backgrounds, and psychotherapy process and outcome research. He is a Board-approved supervisor (with the Psychology Board of Australia) with endorsements in clinical and in counselling psychology. 

Rebecca is a psychodynamic therapist and clinical supervisor with a special interest in the treatment of complex mental health difficulties, early intervention for prodromal (early stage) mental health conditions, and therapy for parenting difficulties and parent-infant attachment issues. Rebecca's clinical work experience includes roles in community, inpatient, and private practice settings working with children, adolescents, and adults. She has worked with people experiencing a range of mental health difficulties including psychosis, depression, anxiety, complex trauma, personality disorder, and deliberate self-harm. In the past Rebecca has worked as Clinical Services Coordinator at Queensland University of Technology and Western Sydney University, and Senior Psychologist in both Queensland Health and NSW Health services. She is a Board-approved supervisor (with the Psychology Board of Australia) with endorsement in clinical psychology.

Sigrid is a clinical psychologist, psychodynamic psychotherapist and a Board-approved supervisor with the Psychology Board of Australia. Sigrid is a teaching staff member with the Brisbane Centre of Psychoanalytic Studies and member of the teaching faculty with the Queensland Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association. She has been working in private practice since 2007.

Prior to private practice, Sigrid worked in various rehabilitation and community health settings (Berlin, Sydney, Brisbane) with a wide range of people (children, adolescents, adults) presenting with complex mental health issues. Her roles encompassed the treatment of psychological difficulties as well as coordinating clinical programs and supervision for staff. She worked as an external supervisor for the Queensland University of Technology, Post Graduate Program for clinical psychology between 2007- 2020.

Dave is a counselling psychologist with over 35 years’ experience, having worked in both the public and private sectors and is a Board-approved supervisor with the Psychology Board of Australia. Prior to commencing private practice in 2004, Dave managed one of Australia’s largest counselling agencies and occupied key advisory positions for Australian state and federal governments, including membership on the Queensland Domestic Violence Council. Dave adopts an integrative approach to his practice, training, and supervision drawing from a range of theories and approaches including systems theory, narrative therapy, mindfulness, sensorimotor approaches, and modern consciousness research.

He is a PhD candidate exploring metacognition in men who use domestic violence. His most recent publication is ‘Treating Intimate Partner Violence with Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy: The Case of Aaron’.

Andrew is a clinical psychologist and board-approved supervisor, with a private practice in Burleigh Heads. He draws on an integrative, flexible, and psychoanalytic approach to therapy and clinical supervision that aims to honour the uniqueness of individual experience. His clinical areas of interest include emotion, identity, trauma, relationships, personality, sex, gender and sexuality, change, loss, and trust. If you would like to get more of a sense of Andrew and the way in which he works, you can visit his website - www.drandrewgeeves.com- and listen to Three Associating, a podcast on relational psychoanalytic supervision that he has made with Professor Gill Straker and Rachael Burton – www.threeassociating.com.