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PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPY SERVICES

Therapy at Personal Growth Psychology goes beyond symptom management. It's a space where you can strive to deeply understand yourself, make sense of your experiences, and create meaningful long-term change.

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our most sought-after services

Stress Management

Stress Management

Stress Management

Our stress management sessions are designed to teach clients practical skills and strategies to manage stress more effectively. 


We help clients identify the sources of their stress and develop coping mechanisms to reduce its impact on their daily lives.

Sleep Issues

Stress Management

Stress Management

 We incorporate psychological methods used to treat insomnia and nightmares in our sleep sessions, with the objective of improving overall sleep quality for individuals.

Anxiety Treatment

Stress Management

Depression Treatment

In our anxiety treatment sessions, we use evidence-based treatments to help clients address their symptoms, develop long-term coping skills and change their relationship with anxiety.

Depression Treatment

Self-Esteem and Confidence

Depression Treatment

We focus on understanding and addressing the factors that may be maintaining your depression. Beyond managing symptoms, our goal is to help you reconnect with a sense of purpose and meaning, supporting you in creating a life that feels fulfilling and aligned with your values.

Shame and Guilt

Self-Esteem and Confidence

Self-Esteem and Confidence

Shame and guilt are often deeply connected to emotional distress and longstanding patterns of self-criticism. Our sessions focus on helping clients develop a more compassionate and balanced relationship with these feelings, so they no longer dictate their choices, relationships, or sense of self.

Self-Esteem and Confidence

Self-Esteem and Confidence

Self-Esteem and Confidence

Our self-esteem and confidence sessions help clients develop greater confidence in themselves and their abilities. We help clients identify and change negative self-talk and belief patterns that may be keeping them stuck.

Substance Use

Mental Health and Life Challenges

Mental Health and Life Challenges

We use well established psychological treatments to help people reduce or cease the problematic use of alcohol, nicotine and cannabis.

We may be able to offer support for dependency on other substances, pending an assessment of your needs. 

Mental Health and Life Challenges

Mental Health and Life Challenges

Mental Health and Life Challenges

We offer psychological therapy for many other mental health concerns and life challenges. The list below is non-exhaustive, so if in doubt, reach out!

Mental and physical health challenges

Mental and physical health challenges

Mental and physical health challenges

 · Alcohol, cannabis and nicotine dependence

·  Agoraphobia

·  Anxiety and panic

·  Attachment-related issues

·  Body image

·  Chronic illness

·  Chronic pain

·  Death anxiety

·  Depression

·  Eating disorders 

·  Emotional dysregulation 

· Guilt and shame

·  Health anxiety

·  Intrusive thoughts

·  Medical trauma

·  Perfectionism

·  Phobias

·  Physical injury trauma

·  Sleep issues 

·  Worry and rumination

Life challenges

Mental and physical health challenges

Mental and physical health challenges

· Academic stress/ challenges

· Adjusting to transitional life stages

· Assertiveness training

· Burnout

· Grief and loss

· Existential concerns

·  Identity exploration (values, cultural, gender, sexual, etc)

· Neurodiversity

· Procrastination

· Relationship issues

· Self-esteem and self-confidence

· Stress

· Work and career concerns

Meet our psychologist

About Raissa

Raissa (she/her) is a fully registered psychologist and clinical psychology registrar with experience in treating a range of mental health concerns in the private and public mental health sectors. She moved from Brazil to Australia over 10 years ago to complete her studies and training in clinical psychology. She has been providing mental health services for the past 10 years, initially as a mental health practitioner and counsellor, and later as a psychologist. 


Raissa is curious about getting to know the person beyond the symptoms and witness the personal growth that happens with effective therapy. Her approach is always client-centred and collaborative, as she strongly resonates with ideas from humanistic psychology that people are the experts in their own lives. In her role as a psychologist in the therapy process, Raissa brings her extensive clinical expertise and knowledge, as well as her warm and caring nature, to create a safe space where all emotions are welcome and you are valued just as you are. 


She offers sessions in Portuguese and English.

Raissa's qualifications

Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) - graduated with Distinction (Deakin University)


Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) (Honours) - graduated with First Class Honours (Deakin University)


Master of Clinical Psychology (La Trobe University)


 > Master's Thesis: A Multiple Baseline Clinical Trial of the Effects of an ACT-based Intervention on Sleep Quality, Restfulness and Quality of Life

Raissa's approach

Raissa offers highly individualised psychological services, depending on your particular concerns and on what resonates most with you. She uses a range of evidence-based therapies, such as:


  • cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT)
  • acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)
  • dialectical-behavioural therapy (DBT) skills
  • schema therapy 
  • internal family systems (IFS) informed practices 
  • motivational interviewing

what we value

Personal Growth Psychology Australia is committed to promoting an inclusive, welcoming and safe therapeutic space where people are treated with dignity and care.
Our practice recognises the mental health impacts from the systemic discrimination faced by certain communities, for example:

  • people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
  • people of colour  
  • First Nations Australians
  • people with disability
  • neurodivergent people 
  • LGBTQIA+ people
  • people living in bigger bodies
  • people living with chronic illness / chronic pain


We want to assure you that you will be welcomed, valued and respected at Personal Growth Psychology Australia.

Get in Touch

Phone: 0411 013 203 Fax: 03 9968 9534 Email: contact@personalgrowthpsychology.com.au

Telephone intake consultations are available Mondays - Fridays.


Therapy sessions are available Mondays - Saturdays. 


Contact the practice via email or phone to book Saturday sessions and weekday sessions before 9 am.




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