“Do not let another day go by where your dedication to other people’s opinions is greater than your dedication to your own emotions!”
— Steve Maraboli
HEIDI RUEF
PRINCIPAL PSYCHOLOGIST
Heidi is a registered psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), with over 17 years’ experience working in the field of psychology. She worked in both the public and private sectors and has experience in providing individual and group-based intervention. She uses a
client-centred approach to assessment and treatment.
Areas of interest
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Individual and couples counselling
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Grief and loss
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Guidance and support in finding new ways of improving quality of life
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Learning new techniques and strategies to improve performance and renew vitality
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Mindfulness to increase health and well being
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Discover techniques and strategies to improve performance and renewed vitality
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Focus on choices rather than dysfunction
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Quit drugs, alcohol, or any other unwanted habit
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Recover from anxiety and depression and other disabling experiences
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Create hope and compassion
Heidi focuses on building rapport with her clients based on trust and mutual respect to assist clients to gain an understanding of their own behaviours and how to manage these outside the therapy room. Heidi respects the role of creating an effective therapeutic relationship facilitating a context in which change can be explored and pursued. Her hope is that clients feel supported, listened to, and understood during the therapeutic journey, a journey based in empathy, trust, and cultural sensitivity toward progress and client’s identified personal goals.
Heidi’s aim is to build an effective, therapeutic relationship
EMPATHY
The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
TRUST
Reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety
CULTURAL SENSITIVITY
Being aware of cultural differences and similarities
