Simon Canny

Simon Canny
Clinical and Counselling Psychologist

Specialising in:

• Mood Disturbance
• Depression
• Worry, Anxiety, Stress and Post Trauma Reactions
• Low Self-Esteem
• Bereavement, Grief and Loss
• Coping Problems and Adjustment Changes
• Improving Relationships and reducing sexual concerns. 
   
  

All of us have times when we benefit from support from family and friends.  Sometimes their care is not enough, and you can access a brief period of professional care aimed at restoring or reaching well-being.
Family and friends may tell us 'don't worry, just relax' or 'look after yourself.'  The right professional will talk with you to correctly assess how and when you become worried, or don't look after yourself.  And then work with you to develop the skills so that you do.

Simon has worked with individuals and couples to improve quality of life and relationships for over 15 years.  He combines evidence- based effective strategies (such as CBT or Cognitive Therapy) with a personal and caring approach aimed at assisting you to make the changes to your well-being.  He has worked with people with significant long-term trauma, and uses hypnosis and EMDR techniques as necessary.  Focussed psychological strategies (CBT) look at the relationship between thoughts, mood and behaviour.  People prone to depression or anxiety, for example, are prone to the habit of focussing on negative, distressing thoughts that lead to and maintain upset and depression.

Many people benefit from around 4-6 sessions of attendance with time to practicing skills, and apply them at home.  Linking you in with support groups, other health professionals and social support is important to achieving and staying well.  As your well-being increases, you will come to better identify your strength and skills, and use them to your benefit.

Simon is a registered psychologist.  Private health rebates may apply to reduce the costs of attendance. Referral from a medical practitioner is not necessary, but it most welcome.

If worry, self-doubt or depressed mood are stopping you or someone you care from enjoying life, please contact him.  Getting professional support is 'better thinking...for good living.'

Therapy Types:

• Focussed Psychological Strategies
• Hypnosis
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
• Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing  (EMDR)

Availability:

$150 per session, significantly less for health care card recipients
(sliding scale)

Length of Session:  60-90 minutes

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Arts
• Graduate Diploma in Rehabilitation
• Graduate Diploma in Applied Psychology

Memberships

• Australian Psychological Society
• Australian Association of Cognitive Behaviour Therapists- SA
• Division of Independently Practising Psychologists
• Australian Society of Sex Educators, Researches and Therapists- SA

Contact Details

Practice Name: Canny Psychological Services
Phone: (08) 8227 0042
Address: Suite 6 219 East Tce Adelaide