Dr Jon Finch, Psychologist

ABOUT

Jon has over 15 years experience as a psychologist. He is a strong advocate for the use of evidence based therapy in the field of psychology. Early in his career as a psychologist he was trained in the use of prolonged exposure (PE) (which is also called imaginal exposure therapy) for PTSD.

In 2007 Jon trained in Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD. In 2014 he travelled to America to complete training with the authors of the Cognitive Processing Therapy manual to reach Cognitive Processing Therapy Trainer status and to train other clinicians.

He has provided psychological support to people exposed to a wide range of traumatic events. He is experienced in treating soldiers, war veterans/peace keepers, police members, victims of assault, sexual assault and domestic violence, and those psychologically traumatised in motor vehicle accidents.

Jon also has extensive experience working with people experiencing depression, anxiety and adjustment disorders, and those suffering from substance use difficulties.

Jon works collaboratively and helps people build skills and knowledge to resolve problems.

Jon contributes to the Cognitive Processing Therapy website in Australia.

SERVICES

Jon Finch is a clinical psychologist with over 15 years experience as a psychologist. Jon specialises in treating people using evidenced based therapies. He is experienced treating complex trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Jon also has extensive experience working people with a range of psychological problems including depression, anxiety and adjustment disorders, and those suffering from substance use difficulties. Jon works collaboratively, and aims to help people build skills and knowledge to resolve problems. Jon focuses on using evidence based therapies that have demonstrated effectiveness.

Trauma counselling

Jon initially worked with soldiers, war veterans/peace keepers at Veteran and Veterans Families Counselling Service, working in the role of counsellor and deputy director. He then worked for Davidson Trahaire Corpsych as the Victorian Trauma Services Manager. He moved on to work with police members at Victoria Police as the Senior Psychologist. He has also worked as a Senior Psychologist with Melbourne University Counselling Service, treating young people and staff at the university. He has worked in private practice and has specialised in treating people with complex trauma histories and specifically Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for the past five years. He has worked with people exposed to a wide range of traumatic events, victims of assault, sexual assault, childhood sexual assault and domestic violence, those involved in motor vehicle accidents, soldiers, war veterans/peace keepers, police members, and emergency services workers. He has used Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for PTSD for the past 10 years. In 2014 he completed training in the USA with the Authors of the CPT manual to deliver training to other clinicians.

Depression Counselling

Jon uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for the treatment of depression. CBT for depression has been researched extensively and is an evidence based therapy for depression that has strong support.

Anxiety Counselling

Jon uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for the treatment of the full range of anxiety disorders from Generalised Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Specific phobias, Social phobia to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
CBT has been assessed in a large number of high quality studies. It has been applied to many types of anxiety and has been found to be effective in both the short term (immediately after treatment) and the long term (many years after treatment). A statistical pooling of data from a range of studies showed that CBT is one of the best treatments available for anxiety.

Adjustment Difficulties

When assisting people with adjustment to life stressors Jon draws upon the evidence that is most appropriate to the presenting problem. He aims to help people build their skills to resolve problems and move forward in life.
Adjustment difficulties occur when we have specific stressors in our lives.

Other problems

Jon has assisted people with anger management difficulties, substance use difficulties, life stressors, relationship issues and long term problems.
Jon has received training in a range of different therapy models.

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