About Gemma
Background
Gemma is a Clinical Psychologist with experience in the assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and adults, she currently works primarily with adults. Gemma has experience working in community health and hospital settings as well as in private practice. Gemma has experience working with a range of concerns such as:
- Anxiety
- Generalised Anxiety
- Panic
- Social Anxiety
- Depression and mood disorders
- Relationship, attachment and interpersonal concerns
- Trauma
- ADHD symptoms
- Grief and loss
- Work and life stress
- Moderate psychosis
- Support for the LGBTIQA+ community
- minority stress
- sexuality
- gender and related concerns
Treatment Approaches
Gemma utilises a range of evidence based treatments including:
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Schema Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Psychoeducation as well as counselling and mindfulness techniques.
Qualifications
- Master of Clinical Psychology,
La Trobe University
- Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology,
The University of Melbourne
- Graduate Diploma in Psychology,
The University of Melbourne
- Bachelor of Contemporary Arts,
Deakin University
Research
Laming, G., Lyons, A., & Pepping, C. A. (2021). Long-Term Singlehood in Sexual Minority Adults: the Role of Attachment and Minority Stress. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 1-10. https://rdcu.be/czoPA
Buckley, R. F., Laming, G., Chen, L. P. E., Crole, A., & Hester, R. (2016). Assessing Error Awareness as a Mediator of the Relationship between Subjective Concerns and Cognitive Performance in Older Adults. PloS one, 11(11).