Rachel Cotter

MPsych(Clin). BPsych (Hons). BA(Psych)

Clinical Psychologist

EMDR Therapist (Attachment Informed)

Psychology Board of Australia Approved Supervisor

Certified Psychedelic Assisted Therapist (Integrative Psychiatry Institute, 12 month course)

Innate Somatic Intelligence Trauma Therapy Approach (ISITTA, founded in Hakomi therapy)

Rachel’s professional experience has been in inpatient and community hospital settings in specialist brain injury services working with adults and adolescents. She has previously worked in health services in Australia and the UK a range of roles including Case Management and Research. Rachel has additional training in neurodiversity including ADHD and Autism.

Rachel offers treatment in the following areas:

• ADHD and Autism in adults  
• Anxiety Disorders including: Generalised Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and phobias
• Trauma and complex trauma
• Depression, including post natal depression
• Grief and Loss
• Adjustment Disorders
• Stress
• Values and life direction
• Parenting difficulties
• Relationship difficulties
• Chronic health and pain conditions
• Brain injury and neurological conditions
• Psychedelic Trip Integration including Bad/ Challenging trips

Therapeutic approach

Rachel’s aim is to provide a supportive and empathic environment to allow clients to identify their main concerns. Rachel values tailoring evidence based treatment plans to each individual client in a collaborative manner, with the aim of client’s independently managing their main concerns post treatment.

Rachel utilises evidence based treatment modalities including Eye-Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR), Schema Modes (parts model in Schema Therapy), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), and Motivational Interviewing dependent on client needs. In particular, she values engaging in supporting skill development around managing distress, hyperarousal, hypoarousal, and exposure (both in vivo and imaginal) as an essential element in treating anxiety disorders and trauma. She provides values and goals directed therapy that is active and focused on achieving improvements. Rachel is a Board Approved Supervisor and provides clinical consultation and supervision for psychologists.

The therapeutic models used include:

• Schema Therapy and Schema Modes
• Eye Movement and Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) (Attachment Informed)
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
• Motivational Interviewing
• Neuropsychotherapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Innate Somatic Intelligence Therapy Trauma Therapy Approach (ISITTA)

Qualifications

• Master of Clinical Psychology
  Macquarie University, 2011
• Bachelor of Psychology (Honours)
  University Of New England, 2002
• Bachelor of Arts (Psychology)
  Macquarie University, 2001

Ongoing professional Development:

Rachel undertakes regular peer supervision and individual supervision. She is focusing her professional development in the following areas:

• Psychedelics in Psychotherapy (Integrative Psychiatry Institute, 12 month course)
• Bad Trip Integration
• Neurodiverse Affirming therapy and assessment
• Somatic Therapy
• EMDR
• Schema Therapy
• Neuropsychotherapy
• Mindfulness based Cognitive Therapy
• Motivational Interviewing
• Innate Somatic Intelligence Therapy Trauma Therapy Approach (ISITTA)
• Trauma informed Care and Practice: An indigenous approach to developing worker skill (We Al-Li)
• Attachment Informed EMDR

Please note that Rachel is not able to prescribe MDMA or Psilocybin. She does not provide psychedelic assisted therapy medicine sessions at Centre Point Psychology.

Rachel Cotter works as an independent Psychologist consulting at Centre Point Psychology. She maintains full professional autonomy in the treatment of her clients.