Welcome to
NICOLE DALY'S CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY PRACTICE
MCP MAPS
I'm a clinical psychologist and educator with over 20 years of experience.
I look forward to working with you.
About the Practice
Experience
What to Expect
Experience
Nicole has extensive experience in working with adults experiencing anxiety and depressive disorders, trauma, loss and grief, life transition challenges and bereavement. Nicole will provide professional, neuroscience informed, evidence-based treatments within a personal, warm and supportive environment.
Therapies
What to Expect
Experience
Evidence based therapies are the foundation of Nicole’s practice. Nicole is experienced in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR), Breathing and Relaxation Techniques, and Communication Techniques that assist with interpersonal and work interactions. Therapy is tailored to individual client needs
What to Expect
What to Expect
What to Expect
Experience, empathy and effective therapy form the key characteristics of this practice. Constant engagement with evidence based clinical practice ensures your confidence and trust. Nicole will teach you strategies and techniques that you will be able to apply immediately in your life.
Trauma and PTSD
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a condition that can occur when individuals are exposed to overwhelming stress due to life threatening situations, extreme life events and abuse. The mind may react in a variety of ways: shock, detachment, fear, constantly re-seeing events, avoidance and withdrawal of people or situations, and a range of other responses.
Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety disorders can manifest in a wide variety of symptoms. Persistent worry, dread, compulsions and obsessions, anxiety in social situations, panic attacks and phobias to name a few. Anxiety is often a prediction of a fear of something we do not want to happen. Sometimes our brains apply distorted thinking, which may cause an overreaction of the fear response.
Depression Disorders
It's useful to talk about a spectrum of depressive disorders ranging from mild to major. Depression is not a passing low mood. It is a persistent feeling of sadness, hopelessness and worthlessness with decreased desire and motivation to engage in life and formerly pleasurable activities. Major depressive disorder can negatively affect a person's personal, social and work life. It also may negatively affect sleep, eating habits and general health.
Bereavement, Grief and Loss
Bereavement is the period of grief and mourning after a death of a loved one. The loss of a loved one provokes a mix of emotional responses after an initial feeling of numbness. Grief is an important part of coping and has both psychological and physical effects. Grief is a natural response to many situations of significant loss.
Enhance Communication
Communication is far more complex than it appears. There is considerable scope for misunderstandings to arise. We may think we have been clear but the message may have become obscured in the dialogue. Learning communication techniques and strategies will minimise misunderstanding.
Stress Management and Self Care
Stress occurs when your sense of the demands placed on you exceed or are incongruent with what you understand are your own abilities and capacities. A critical aspect of stress events is the way we think about the situation which has the potential for stress to feed on itself and to become more severe.