Dr Maritza Thompson (Psychologist)

Name: Dr Maritza Irma Thompson
Qualifications: Graduate Diploma Counselling Psychology 1990
Occupation: Psychologist
Gender: Female
Languages Spoken: Spanish

Links: http://insightcfps.com.au

Maritza is a registered psychologist with the Australian Health Practioners Agency (AHPRA). Maritza’s studies have included a Behavioural Science Degree with double major in psychology from La Trobe University and a postgraduate Diploma in Counselling Psychology from RMIT. Further qualifications include research and teaching within the Department of Psychiatry at Melbourne University with the completion of her PhD in the Department of Psychology, The University of Melbourne. Her PhD focused on The Psychological Impact of Torture and Other Types of Systemic Abuse. Maritza’s broad experience in psychology has included working with refugees, trauma survivors, child sexual assault and adolescent mental health services, student and staff counselling with TAFE NSW and Southern Cross University. She has worked for The Melbourne Clinic outreach program and Essendon Private Hospital in the inpatient and outpatient programs. Maritza is a psychologist with extensive clinical and research training in the area of trauma and cross cultural psychotherapy. She has facilitated educational and psychotherapeutic groups within her work environments. She enjoys working with diverse cultures and is fluent in Spanish. Having a diverse work experience Maritza has assisted people with anxiety disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, eating disorder, bipolar disorder, depression, relationship issues, educational and vocational stressors. She enjoys working from a client centered perspective incorporating cognitive behavioural therapy, solution focused therapy, narrative therapy and schema therapy. These modalities are applied to individual, couples and group therapy.