Psychologists
Blake Blain
Blake is a registered Clinical Psychologist and has gained experience over several years working with adults and older adults across various settings within public mental health and in private practice. Blake provides a comprehensive assessment to deepen individuals understanding of their difficulties and what maintains them. He focuses on providing counselling and psychological therapy to assist individuals work towards their desired changes.
Blake is motivated to continue helping individuals improve their lives through targeting problems ranging in acuity and severity. These problems may relate to mental disorders including:
- anxiety
- depression
- psychotic
- obsessive-compulsive
- trauma related
- dissociative
- impulse control, and
- personality disorders.
or other difficulties relating to:
- suicidality and self-harming;
- stress;
- low self-esteem and confidence;
- grief and loss;
- life transition;
- relationship difficulties;
- social difficulties;
- loneliness: and
- conflict, to name a few.
Blake is trained in, and continues to develop several evidence based approaches including:
- Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT)
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT),
- Mindfulness based therapies.
Blake is an accredited CAT Practitioner and this modality greatly informs Blake's therapeutic work. It is a collaborative therapy focused on supporting individuals recognise and work towards shifting the most unhelpful patterns that are present in their lives.
Blake values creating a safe space where clients are heard and collaborated with to deepen their understanding of themselves, and improve their lives and overall wellbeing.