Carlo Jacobs-Bloom is a Clinical Psychologist with a Masters degree (Macquarie University) and a First Class Honours degree majoring in Psychology. Carlo has over 20 years of clinical experience. He is an accredited practitioner in EMDR and Schema Therapy, which are evidence-based treatments for trauma.
EMDR stands for “Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing.” It is a procedure used in psychological therapy to help you reduce the impact of trauma experiences from the past that intrude on your present-day life. EMDR has also been used to help people deal with anxiety and panic problems, grief issues, reactions to physical illness, and many other conditions where strong emotions are associated with life experiences.
Schema Therapy is an evidence-based approach for creating change in the personality dynamics of individuals with chronic emotional and relationship problems. While grounded in cognitive behaviour therapy strategies, Schema Therapy is considered an integrative model because it draws on cognitive therapy, behaviourism, attachment theory, emotion-focused and relationship-based therapies. Schema Therapy looks at core themes within a person’s life to help them break negative, rigid and unhelpful patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving. Schema therapy is effective in reducing chronic symptoms and
- identifying and resolving self-defeating life patterns and deeply rooted emotional themes,
- Building resiliency and productive responses to life challenges, and
- Drawing out and enabling the strong parts of your personality.