Women's Wellbeing

Ruane is an experienced Brisbane Psychologist with a wealth of experience treating the full spectrum of women’s health issues. She has successfully treated hundreds of women in Brisbane for a range of issues, including depression, anxiety and panic attack. Ruane uses evidence based therapies, and is experienced and skilled in:

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Transactional Analysis  (TA)
• Solution Focussed Therapy

Ruane also has specialist training in Inter-personal Psycho Therapy, which has been proven to be effective in the treatment of eating disorders.

Common health issues for women include

• anxiety, depression and stress, which commonly appear in normal well adjusted people who are facing a temporary challenge in their lives
• panic attacks
• parenting issues

Success treating Anxiety and Panic Attack

Ruane has particular strength in the treatment of anxiety and panic attack, which are common among women. She uses specific and proven techniques which improve anxiety and panic and contribute to a reduced recurrence of these emotions.

Ruane’s approach to treatment

Ruane is a person centred therapist, who takes the time to understand her clients and accurately identify the eitiology of the presenting problem. She draws from her extensive experience and a range of models to work co-operatively and collaboratively to empower her clients to make positive progress.

Ruane respects and values the individual needs of her clients and is quick to establish a therapeutic alliance for positive intervention. She is able to draw from their strengths in order to empower her clients to move forward.

Evidence –based therapy that works...

In addition to the usual therapeutic intervention models like Cognitive Behavoural Therapy, Transactional Analysis and Solution Focussed Therapy, Ruane has special training in inter-personal psycho therapy which is particularly effective when working with people who have eating disorders.