Dr Alarna Vrieling earned her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Social Work at Charles Sturt University studying the impact of war service on Vietnam veterans families (to read, click here)
She is an accredited Mental Health Social Worker with 20 years of clinical and community experience in rural, metropolitan, and international settings.
Skilled in focused psychological strategies, trauma-informed, intersectional, and recovery-oriented practices, she has worked extensively with Indigenous Australians, refugees, Defence personnel, and individuals affected by mental illness, domestic/family/sexual violence, torture/trauma, and addictions.
She has worked extensively across all hospital wards, in correctional and impatient psychiatric facilities, along side Australian Border Force personnel, the Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Teams (SOCIT) and on Australian Defence Force bases.
Alongside offshore work in Nauru and Vietnam, her crisis experience extends to drought and bushfire recovery, where she deployed with Operation Veteran Assist and subsequently was awarded the National Emergency Medal (Clasp: Bushfires 19/20).
She delivers compassionate and practical support derived from an exceptionally diverse and fulfilling career.
Established in private practice and consultancy, she operates with a Medicare provider number, ABN, and all required insurances.
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What We Help With
Examples of…
Workplace Issues
Creating Healthy Relationships
Addictions
Career Direction/Re-direction
Setting Healthy Boundaries
Capacity Building
Therapeutic Support
Anxiety/Depression
Emotional Regulation
Improve Overall Life Satisfaction
Values and Approaches
Trauma Informed Practice
Trauma-informed practice is grounded in creating safety, building trust through transparency, supporting choice, fostering collaboration, empowering individuals, and recognising the cultural, historical, and social contexts that shape experiences of trauma.
Evidence Based Therapy
Focused Psychological Strategies (FPS) are evidence-based therapies are structured therapeutic approaches that are supported by research. We use a combination of various approaches including: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Solution-Focused Therapy.
Australian Social Work Core Values
The AASW core values are respect for persons, social justice, and professional integrity, which guide ethical, accountable, and rights-based social work practice in Australia.
Services
Online or Telephone Counselling
One 50 minute session with
Dr Alarna Vrieling
Organisational Consulting
Quality Assurance | Effective Evaluations | Strategic Improvements
Clinical Supervision / Career Coaching
One 50 minute session with
Dr Alarna Vrieling
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