Ms Niamh Kenny - Registrar
Ms Niamh Kenny
B Psych (Hons), M Psych (Clinical)
Niamh has a humanistic approach to therapy, and acknowledges that suffering is a normal and unavoidable part of the human condition. Niamh believes that every client is already equipped with the personal agency and strength required to overcome hardship, pain, and despair. Niamh likes to see therapy as an opportunity for clients to re-discover this strength and agency, and to feel empowered by new skills and perspectives.
“The most powerful thing that any therapist can do is build genuine and trusting relationships with their clients. This is where change begins.”
Get to know Niamh
Niamh loves the outdoors and spends her free time hiking or exploring beaches. Some of her greatest passions include drinking tea, reading books, eating good food, watching timeless comedies, and spending time with family and friends.
Niamh has experience working in a variety of university and hospital settings. She has worked with people struggling with relationship problems, identity crises, stress, adjustment difficulties, perfectionism, procrastination, anxiety, depression, guilt, anger, grief, trauma, difficulties regulating emotions, and more. Niamh has a particular interest in working with anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive related disorders. She is experienced in delivering Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), and Motivational Interviewing (MI). She also has particular interests in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Schema Therapy.
Niamh completed a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) at Macquarie University and has recently completed a Master of Clinical Psychology at the University of Technology Sydney. She has recently finished writing her Masters thesis on the role of fear of guilt in obsessive-compulsive disorder. She is a generally registered psychologist with AHPRA (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency) and is currently completing her clinical psychology registrar program.
What is a Registrar?
A Registrar is a Psychologist who has completed 6 years of university training and 2 years practical experience. Subsequent to this each Registrar has to have a supervisor for 2 years in order to become a fully registered Clinical Psychologist. Niamh is taking these 2 years at Equilibrium.
She will charge $175 - Weekdays 9am - 5pm & $190 Monday to Friday, before 9am, after 5pm or on Saturdays. A Medicare rebate of $87.45 will apply with a Mental Health Care Plan from your GP.
Availability
Niamh is available Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays including Early Mornings and Online Sessions.