HELEN GAVRIEL
Helen has worked as a psychologist in the Northern Territory and Perth for over 30 years. Helen has extensive experience working with unemployed adults and youth, and in a hospital psychiatric and community setting, assisting adults, children and adolescents. She has also worked in Child Protection assessing and treating children and families who had experienced abuse and neglect.
Helen completed her Masters Degree in Psychology (Clinical and Health) in Perth whilst working with the Department of Defence. Her duties included assessment, treatment and critical incident stress management for the West Australian area. She subsequently worked for Woodside Energy for 9 years, providing psychotherapy for staff on work place stress, relationships, anxiety, depression and trauma.
Helen now works in private practice four days a week (school hours). Her special interests include working with children, adolescents and their parents, particularly in the area of anxiety, depression, trauma and family separations, relationship issues, grief and bereavement, workplace stress and personal and lifestyle development