Jennifer Fleming

Position: Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Supervisor

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor of Arts (Psychology, Criminology & Justice) Hons
  • Master of Applied Psychology (Clinical)

Memberships:

  • Member of the Institute of Clinical Psychologists
  • Member of the Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

Background:
Jennifer’s sees children, adolescents and adults for a range of difficulties and stressors. She is experienced in assessing and treating most acute and chronic mental health conditions from an emotion-focused approach. She has a keen interest in therapeutically treating individuals with trauma backgrounds (including complex PTSD), dissociation and dissociative disorders, suicide and self-harm behaviours, addiction, anger, post-natal depression and stressors of parenting, panic and anxiety, re-occurring life stressors and other general mental health difficulties. In children she treats emotional and behavioural challenges, anxiety, and toiletting problems.  Jennifer is a grounded, warm and caring professional who works with clients at their own pace and within their environmental systems.

Jennifer’s approach as a clinician is underpinned by Schema Therapy and Ego-State Therapy. Other core therapies used include Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), the Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM) for complex trauma, creative expressive therapies and play-based therapy.

Jennifer treats self- and GP-referred individuals, medicolegal clients (workers compensation, motor vehicle accident, criminal injuries compensation), and government supported referrals (DVA, Dept of Communities).