Potential Self - Clinical and Health Psychologists

Potential Self aims at assisting you to be all you can be, both personally and professionally. I look at offering support to a range of people and services by attuning directly to your needs and requirements. I pride myself in doing this in a professional, non judgemental and confidential way.

 

My services include but are not exclusive to:

 

• Assisting individuals to get their lives back on track (see areas of assistance).
• Family and relationships support.
• Rebuild relationships and learn new skills, both personally and professionally.
• Supporting professionals with work life balance, goal setting and professional supervision.
• Provide organisational consultancy, business and staff development; employee assistance for staff members, rehabilitation and coordination, mediation, facilitators, team building.
• Workshops, and staff development and training.
• Group interventions.
• Support groups.

 

I am open to assisting you in any way that I can to bring out your full potential. I am happy to develop resources specific to your needs.

Kim may be known to you already having lived in Townsville for the past forty years and a local to North Queensland. Through this time Kim has traveled and worked extensively throughout North West Queensland and has ventured to other states and overseas for both personal and professional experience.

Kim completed her Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate of Psychology at James Cook University. Amongst other employ, she may be best known for her work with the Queensland Police Service, and her Private Practice at Potential Self.  Although Kim has specialization in the field of trauma, she is dedicated to the field of clinical and health psychology and has vast experience with children and families, and organizational consultancy. She specialises in getting people back on track.

Kim bases her professional practice on clients’ basic needs, reviewing their current health practices whilst implementing strategies through a supportive and reflective environment. She aims to reduce psychosomatic illness and address clinical symptoms on a practical level, utilizing cognitive behavioural therapy, EMDR and other psychotherapy techniques. She is a very straight down the line person with a practical nature. Kim communicates in an appropriate companionable fashion relative to the person. She focuses on listening to her clients and understanding their concerns to address issues appropriately. She truly enjoys relating with those she works with, and loves to have a laugh with people.

Kim has a great love for training. She places an importance on having fun whilst ensuring participants gain full meaning of content. Kim has developed training packages for both government and non government organizations, and has been invited to address a variety of forums as a guest presenter.