Kim Golda 

With EMDR therapy and trauma counselling, I can support you to overcome the difficulties you are currently facing and to also help you to live a more vibrant, meaningful, and purposeful life.

A Little About Me

I have accreditation as a Mental Health Social Worker and hold a bachelor's degree in Social Work, along with a master's degree in Counselling. I am an Accredited EMDR Practitioner and a member of EMDR Australia (EMDRAA). I've completed advanced training in EMDR therapy at the Master Class level and I am also a Clinical Resource Therapist (Resource Therapy International).  I have a special interest in the treatment of trauma and PTSD utilising EMDR therapy and Resource Therapy, and I am currently undertaking a PhD in the area of EMDR therapy and complex trauma.

I’m passionate about counselling and my mission is to provide high quality, EMDR therapy in the Redlands community.

Experience

Most of my professional experience includes working with people with a trauma background and I have many years’ experience working in the Human Services sector including Child Safety, a Family Intervention Service, a Generalist Counselling service and Private Practice.

My focus is on helping people recover from traumatic incidents. I have clinical experience working with people who have experienced trauma such as sexual assault, vehicular accidents, workplace accidents/incidents, physical assaults, bullying, the traumatic death of a loved one, relationship loss, domestic violence, as well as with adult survivors of childhood abuse.

Approach

I believe that we all have the capacity for healing and to live a fulfilling life, and that certain things in life sometimes get in the way of us achieving these things. Some of these blocks may be due to past hurts, trauma, anxiety, or depression. With counselling, I can support you to overcome the difficulties you are currently facing and to also help you to live a more vibrant, meaningful, and purposeful life.

I use a person-centred approach to therapy which means that when I work with you, I work collaboratively, providing a compassionate, validating environment. My aim is to help empower you to affect your own change through the use of evidence-based, trauma-informed, and strength-based strategies such as Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing therapy (EMDR), Resource Therapy (Advanced Ego State Therapy), Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), Solution Focused Therapy (SFT), and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT). For trauma work, I draw from models of therapy such as EMDR therapy, Resource Therapy, and the theory of Structural Dissociation.

Qualifications & Professional Associations

  • PhD Provisional candidate - CQU

  • Master of Counselling, with Distinction (QUT)

  • Bachelor of Social Work, Class 1 Honours (Griffith University)

  • Member of the Australian Association of Social Workers – Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AMHSW)

  • EMDRAA - Accredited EMDR Practitioner

  • Member of the EMDR Association of Australia (EMDRAA)

  • Clinical Resource Therapist (Resource Therapy Institute Australia)

“It takes two to tell the truth: One to say it and another to hear it.”

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