Ms Cathie Valenzuela (Mental Health Social Worker)
- Name
- Ms Catherine (Cathie) Valenzuela
- Qualifications
- Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) University of Western Sydney 2005
- Masters of Counselling and Applied Psychotherapy Jansen Newman Institute 2013
- Occupation
- Mental Health Social Worker
- Gender
- Female
- Languages Spoken
- English
- Medical Specialties
- Counselling Psychology
- Links
- www.reachyourpotentialcounselling.com.au
- Mobile
- 0477561394
- Telehealth
- Phone, Coreplus, Zoom: Phone bookings - Cathie Valenzuela Phone, Coreplus, Zoom: Email bookings - Cathie Valenzuela
Cathie's practice, Reach Your Potential Counselling, is located at Norwest in Sydney's Hills District provides adults therapy and psychological treatment in the recovery from trauma, psychological and mental health issues and clinical supervision to allied health professionals
Cathie Valenzuela has extensive experience as a Social Worker, having worked nearly 20 years in various fields of practice including: mental health, intellectual disability, cognitive impairments, traumatic and non-traumatic related physical disability, missing persons, defence and veteran community, refugees and asylum seekers, victims of crime including and adult survivors of child sexual abuse. In the last 10 years, Cathie has been providing trauma informed counselling and trauma focused therapy to individuals and in December 2023 is venturing into private practice.
Cathie’s warm, empathic, open, compassionate and understanding nature helps create a safe therapeutic space for people to share, heal and recover. Cathie is trained in a range of trauma specific modalities and tailors her approach to meet the needs of the person and where they are at. Cathie supports people’s recovery, empower and help people realise their potential to have meaningful connections and purposeful lives.
Cathie’s vast work experience has helped her gain knowledge and skills in working in different fields of practice, providing support and treatment to people experiencing a range of issues and challenges. This also enables her to connect and work with a wide range of people from all walks of life, of different cultures and age groups.
In 2024, counselling under GP Mental Health Care Plans will be made available. To find out more, check back in to find out more or contact Cathie directly.
- Affiliated Organisations
- Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
- Medical Conditions
- Adult survivors of child sexual abuse
- Anger
- Anxiety and Panic Attacks
- Assertiveness
- Attachment Injuries
- Bereavement
- Bullying
- Burnout
- Carer Related Issues and Support
- Childhood Issues
- Cognitive Impairment
- Communication
- Conflict Resolution
- Defence and Veteran
- Depression
- Discrimination
- Domestic and Family Violence
- General Counselling
- General Health
- Historical Child Abuse
- Human Rights
- Immigration and Refugee
- Institutional Abuse
- Life Transitions and Adjustment Issues
- Loss and Grief
- Mental Health and Mental Illness
- Missing Persons
- Personal Development
- PTSD and Complex PTSD
- Relationship Issues
- Self-Esteem and Self-Development
- Self-Harm
- Sexual Abuse
- Social Skills
- Stress Management
- Suicide
- Trauma Recovery
- Victims of Crime
- Women’s Issues
- Workplace Issues
- Medical Interventions
- Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Biofeedback
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
- Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)
- Heart Rate Variability (HRV)
- Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)
- Narrative Therapy
- Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Cognitive/Memory issues
- Trauma-Informed DBT
- Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
- Trauma Therapy
- Somatic Trauma Therapy
- Person Centred
- Strengths Based
- Populations Treated
- Adults (18 years+)
- Culturally and linguistically Diverse
- Aboriginal
- Older People
- Defence and veteran
- Refugee
- Asylum seekers
- Postal Address
Practice Locations
Sydney
- Reach Your Potential Counselling
- Open After Hours
- Thursdays telehealth sessions only
- Address
- Suite 201 Level 2
10 Century Circuit
Norwest NSW 2153
Australia
