Rafaela Kohler

No matter how difficult it might be to believe

There are real possibilities in front of you

— Rafaela Kohler, Clinical Psychologist

General Information

Clinical Psychologist

Days: Tuesdays

Cost: $210 (Medicare rebate available)

  • Adult Individuals

  • Adolescents

  • Adults Changing Careers

  • Brazil Expats/ Intercultural Individuals

  • Speaks English + Portuguese

Anxiety, Grief & Loss, Job Stress/ Burn Out, Self Image/ Self Esteem Issues in Career and Work, Life Transitions, Work Stress, and Relationship Issues.

Style of Therapy

Compassion focused, Caring and empathic, Strengths based

Modalities: CBT, Psychoanalysis, Solution Focused

Things You & Rafaela Might Address:

  • Improving communication skills

  • Goals for a more satisfying life

  • Barriers to personal growth and personal goals

  • Difficult feelings about your past or family history

  • Self image, Self esteem

  • Anxiety, anxious thoughts and worry

  • Supporting your chosen life goals

  • Difficult experiences with grief and loss

  • More effective communication in work and work relationships

  • Learning mindfulness and grounding techniques

  • Vocational assessments and career issues

  • Life and personal coaching

Registered Psychologist

Rafaela is a Registered Psychologist who works with adults as well as adolescents. She works with emotional difficulties related to anxiety, depression, work transitions and life transitions. She also works with grief & loss, relationship difficulties and self image/ self esteem issues.

Rafaela is excellent with job stress and work anxiety and works with vocational assessments and career issues. She also speaks Portuguese and has expertise for Brazilian expats.

Rafaela’s modalities include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Psychoanalysis, and Solution Focused methods. She works from a strengths based approach, finding the method that suits you best. Rafaela is compassion focused and works closely with her clients to help them get un-stuck.

What Rafaela’s About

Rafaela has an honours degree in Psychology as well as a masters degree in Work, Organizational and Personal Psychology. Rafaela enjoys working with personal growth and development, helping people tap in to and reach their highest potential. She is especially fond of working with work-place issues, work place anxiety as well as life transitions and adjustment issues.

Additionally she works from a strengths based perspective and believes strongly in your own ability. She wants you to know you got this. And she’s going to show you how.

Her calm and gentle presence as well as her empathetic wisdom will help guide to the change you are seeking.

Credentials

B.S. w/ Honours in Psychology

M.S. in Organizational and Personal Psychology

Rafaela has memberships in the following Psychology peak bodies