Dr Mariel Sanchez-Rockliffe (Clinical Psychologist)
- Name
- Dr Mariel Sanchez-Rockliffe
- Occupation
- Clinical Psychologist
- Psychologist
- Gender
Mariel is a counselling psychologist and couples therapist with a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Psychology and Doctor of Psychology (Counselling Psychology).
Mariel is a fully registered counselling psychologist with over 20 years experience working with individuals, couples, families, and elderly clients. She helps her clients develop therapeutic goals and works with them to achieve lasting change. Drawing on her own experience of life transitions, she brings a personal perspective to counselling, helping people from different cultural backgrounds.
Mariel’s doctoral thesis was on migration and the psychological identities that this experience creates. From 1998 to 2004 she tutored in psychology at Swinburne University and counselled at the university’s Psychology Clinic. During this time, she was also a crisis counsellor at a suicide line. In her early career she worked in community settings, counselling families and individuals dealing with child protection and parenting, suicide risk, mental health and relationships issues. Later she supported those living with dementia, their families and carers, through counselling and educational activities targeting the general public and volunteers.
For the last twelve years Mariel has worked in private practice and specialises in couples counselling. She has helped couples with relationship difficulties better manage the personal issues with children and family during marriage, separation, and divorce.
Mariel’s warm and practical approach creates a safe environment in which to explore difficulties and realise positive change. She is exceptionally qualified in helping couples sort through the issues and dysfunctional patterns that prevent them enjoying their relationships. She believes that the nearly all troubled relationships can be assisted to regain the openness, joy and flow that are the hallmarks of health.
Depending on her client’s needs and preferences Mariel uses a variety of evidence-based approaches including Emotion-Focused Therapy for couples (EFT), Gottman Marital Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Interpersonal Psychotherapy and Schema Therapy.
- Affiliated Clinics
- Inner Melbourne Clinical Psychology
- The Melbourne Centre of Psychotherapy and Consultancy
Practice Locations
VIC
- Inner Melbourne Clinical Psychology
- Address
- 29 Lambeth Street
Kensington VIC 3031
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9376 1958
- Fax
- 03 9012 4447
- Inner Melbourne Clinical Psychology
- Address
- Level 9
85 Queen Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9376 1958
- Fax
- 03 9012 4447
- The Melbourne Centre of Psychotherapy and Consultancy
- Address
- 155 Dorcas Street
South Melbourne VIC 3205
Australia
- Phone
- 0401 858 834
