Qualifications

Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) – Deakin University

Post Graduate Diploma (Psychology) – Deakin University

Master of Counselling (Psychology) – LaTrobe University

Memberships

Member Australian Psychological Society (APS)

Registration

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra )

Elissa Macaw 

B.Ed (secondary), Grad.Dip(Psych), M.Couns (Psych), MAPS

Elissa is a registered counselling psychologist. She has over 15 years in the community health sector and works with adults and couples. Elissa has assisted clients with a broad range of presenting issues from grief and loss, depression and anxiety, adjustment issues, relationships, gambling and trauma.

Elissa is passionate to ensure clients get the most out of their counselling sessions and draws from Feedback Informed Treatment. She also has a Level 1 accreditation in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) for trauma treatment and PACT (Stan Tatkins Psychobiological Approach to Couple’s Therapy).

Elissa is warm, compassionate and client focussed in her approach.

Elissa consults from our Chelsea Heights Clinic.

Areas of Interest:

• Anxiety Disorders (Generalised, Social, Panic)

• Depression

• Relationships

• Grief and Loss

• Trauma

• Stress Management

• Addiction (Alcohol and Gambling)

• Life transition issues

• Couples Counselling