About Drishti
Monica Schweickle is a Clinical Psychologist working in the Gladstone Practice. Monica’s clients describe often her as insightful, energetic, genuine and patient. She is a Unit Co-Ordinator with the Health Education & Training Institute and is also a yoga teacher who teaches classes including iRest® yoga nidra meditation, especially for emotional balance.
Experience
Monica has 15 years experience working alongside people experiencing mental health problems to achieve their version of recovery.
She has worked in a range of private psychiatric hospitals, forensic settings and the public health drug and alcohol settings, with a range of people struggling with a range of issues, especially anxiety, depression, emotion regulation and impulse control problems, addictions, perfectionism, anger management, complex trauma and relationship difficulties.
Monica has developed inpatient and outpatient addictions group programs in private psychiatric hospital settings. She has 7 years experience writing medico-legal reports, including psychometric testing, for private solicitors and Legal Aid.
She holds a Masters in Clinical Psychology and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology- Honours from Macquarie University, and a Graduate Certificate in Psychological Practice from the Australian College of Applied Psychology.
She is passionate about training and education for psychologists and therapists, has lectured for many years and facilitated a range of workshops and courses. She is the Unit Co-Ordinator for Health Education & Training Institute’s Individual Therapies in Mental Health Care unit. Monica supervises provisional, registrar and fully registered psychologists, and is a Psychology Board of Australia Approved Supervisor.
Monica is also on the Expert Panel for health professionals in the Sarah Wilson “I Quit Sugar” 8-week program.
Approach
Monica’s approach is integrative and depends on the needs of the individual. She has expertise in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, mindfulness-based therapies such as Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, and is informed by attachment and mentalization theories.