Counselling Profile: Pedro Campiao

ADDRESS:

LISMORE: Suite 3, 95 Molesworth Street Lismore. 2480 NSW.

MULLUMBIMBY: Suite 2 108 Stuart Street (Stuart st Arcade) Mullumbimby 2482. NSW.

POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 1237 Lismore NSW 2480

WEBSITES: www.pcampiao.com www.integrativecounselling.com.au www.northernriverscounselling.com.au www.thespacebetweencentre.com.au

EMAIL: pedro@pcampiao.com

TELEPHONE: 0402 632 541. Call anytime but if I don’t answer please leave a message with the best time to return your call

PERSONAL PROFILE: Male. Married. 41 years old.

TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor of Arts (USyd)
• Graduate Diploma Counselling (UWS)
• Masters Gestalt Psychotherapy (Current GTB)
• Cert Somatic Psychotherapy (426 hrs/2 years) (A.S.I.A.)
• Graduate Diploma (Adult) Education (Current UniSA).
• Certificate IV Training & Assessment.

I am continuously updating my skills by attending training workshops.                                                                                           

SUPERVISION: My counselling and psychotherapy work is supervised.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: Clinical Member of the Counselling and Psychotherapists Association of NSW. CAPA. (www.capa.asn.au). Member no. 3825. CAPA is a Member Association of PACFA: the Psychotherapist and Counsellors Federation of Australia. (www.pacfa.org.au).

CODE OF ETHICS: I abide by the code of ethics of my Professional Association: CAPA. Please refer to this link: www.capa.asn.au/files/CAPAGoodPractice.pdf 

EMPLOYMENT: 

• Private practice: counselling & psychotherapy. Part-time.
• North Coast Area Health Service: Counsellor. Part-time. 
• Contracts with several organization in the design and facilitation of therapeutic groups.
• Director: the space between Therapy Centre, Mullumbimby.

WORK EXPERIENCE:  Apart from working in private practice as a counsellor / psychotherapist I have a counselling/casework background in working for NSW Health and non-government organizations in the areas of chronic illness, drug and alcohol, sexual health, men’s issues, family support, grief and loss, homelessness and generalist counselling.

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE: I have experience in working with anxiety, depression, stress, low self-esteem, relationship difficulties, men’s issues, (including parenting, relationship, identity issues), grief and loss, death and dying, legacies of trauma and abuse, (inc. PTSD), addictions, chronic illness, somatic/psycho-physiological complaints, attachment and developmental issues, family of origin issues, issues of life purpose and direction, life transitions, self-actualization and growth oriented concerns, accessing creativity, integrating the spiritual and the everyday.

CONFIDENTIALITY: All counselling is confidential except in the following instances:

1. I must discuss my work with supervisors. 
2. If I feel that the client is a danger to himself or others, in which case breaking confidentiality will be discussed with the client.
3. If there are child protection issues the client is implicated in.
4.  If a Court of Law should subpoena my records.

All issues of disclosure of information would be discussed with the client beforehand.

LENGTH AND FREQUENCY OF SESSIONS: Sessions are usually 1 hr duration but negotiable to 1.5 hrs. I prefer to see clients weekly but this is negotiable.

DURATION OF WORK: I work short-term to long-term with clients. I like to negotiate a length of sessions with clients, a minimum of 6 appts usually but often longer, and have regular reviews of the work as we go along.

APPROACHES INFORMING HOW I WORK:

• Relational/intersubjective psychotherapy.
• Gestalt Therapy.
• Emotion focused/process-experiential work.
• Somatic psychotherapy approaches.
• Trauma studies.
• Mindfulness/Acceptance practices and Inquiry.
• Transpersonal Contexts.                

FEES: Appointments are $70 an hour. I have several concession places in my practice so feel free to discuss your financial situation with me and we can create a payment structure suitable to you.  

PAYMENT: Cash or cheque.

RECEIPTS: I can fill out a receipt after every session, fill one out after a series of sessions or at the end of the counselling work.

CANCELLATION POLICY: It is important that I receive 24 hrs cancellation notice please otherwise a 50% cancellation feel will be asked for.

INTOXICATION: I ask that clients do not come to session if intoxicated in any way.