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Nathan Dick

Provides counselling and psychotherapy for the following:
- Depression - Anxiety & Stress - Anger management
- Personal growth, mental health and wellbeing
- Parenting stress or coaching - Respectful parenting, attachment and attunement
- Grief and adjustment to life changes
- Trauma, incl. complex trauma, C-PTSD & disorganised attachment
- Narcissistic abuse & adverse childhood experiences
- Marriage & relationships, with an interest in EFT
- Family therapy - Issues about sexuality
- Substance abuse
- Systemic and structural oppression (such as racism and sexism)
NOTE: if you are struggling with something else, please get in touch for a free chat.
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3/1 Wollumbin Street & 51 Coolangatta Road Murwillumbah NSW Coolangatta QLD
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ABOUT NATHAN I am a psychotherapist, group facilitator and counsellor with a Masters degree in Gestalt psychotherapy. I am the co-Vice President and Treasurer for Gestalt Australia and New Zealand and I am a devoted parent, with three children aged between seven and 20. I have a special interest in neuroscience-informed psychotherapy, and its application to working with trauma and attachment injury and parenting. I am also passionate about anti-oppressive practice, challenging societal systems, norms and structures which exclude and disadvantage minorites. I am excited to work in Murwillumbah. I feel privileged to serve and support the community towards mental health and wellbeing. I am interested in supporting my clients gain greater fulfilment, purpose and joy in their lives through exploring and enhancing their relationship with self, and others. My approach is gentle, relational, non-judgemental and de-pathologising. I work towards leveling any power imbalance with my clients. Rather than being the "expert" I work with my clients in an authentic collaborative relationship, accompanying them in a process of awareness-raising. Together, we work toward understanding habitual patterns, stuckness and difficulties. Through growing awareness, acceptance and experimentation, we often come to understand the original "problems" as necessary and normal responses to particular components of the client's situation. Thus, what was previously considered a problem is re-framed as a creative response and can be viewed as a potentially helpful tool to be valued; available when needed. This can be a major paradigm shift and is a significant moment in the therapeutic journey. Additionally, through further exploration and experiment I often work with clients towards freeing the stuckness, if it is a relic of an old situation it is likely no longer required or relevant. Meaningful and lasting change (as described above) takes time and repitition. I support my clients to build exercises, experiments and practice into their daily lives. The repetition required for enduring change occurs outside of the therapy room. Counselling and psychotherapy can be an important part of the healing process, but it is not the whole process. A therapeutic relationship with the right therapist is a support which can guide one towards greater enrichment, purpose and healing. If you have ever considered counselling or psychotherapy and you're interested in having a chat, I'd love to hear from you. I offer relational, customised counselling and psychotherapy face-to-face in Murwillumbah and Coolangatta, or via Zoom and Skype for anyone in Australia.
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