Fairuz Gaibie - Clinical Psychologist

Emotional difficulties can often be overwhelming and one can easily get to a point of despair. I have experienced both personally (on the patient side of the couch) as well as professionally the incredibly powerful tool psychotherapy can be in transforming people’s lives. I view being a psychologist as a calling and am passionate about the profession and the transformative and healing power of therapy. My path to becoming a clinical psychologist started out in psychological research after completing a Masters in Research Psychology. I soon however realised that my passion lay with working with people, particularly through the healing relationship that is the psychotherapeutic relationship. My services include:

- individual therapy with adults and adolescents
- play therapy
- couples therapy (also known as marriage counselling)
- family therapy
- educational assessments for: difficulties at school; learning disability or other barriers to learning; intellectual disability; school readiness assessments; career guidance assessments

The kinds of problems I help and have helped clients with include:

depression
anxiety
difficult life transitions - divorce, retirement, death of a loved one, etc
personal growth - including wanting to establish a more solid sense of self, discovering who your authentic self is, and growing into your true self more
traumatic experiences, including treating post-traumatic stress disorder
problems in romantic relationships
difficulty coping with the demands of work, family and relationships
difficulties with coping adjusting to motherhood
self-harm