Welcome to Defendi Psychology.
Client-centred, individually tailored, mental health treatment and care.
Interest and investment in your mental health is an important step towards reaching positive outcomes.
Yet, it’s not always easy to seek help, or to let someone in- we often tend to prefer self-reliance. There are times in life, however, when it can be difficult to rely solely on ourselves.
Engaging with professional support can enable us to hand over the weight of whatever hardship we are carrying, thereby allowing us to view it from a different perspective.
When we do this we can better understand these hardships and progress through them - one gentle step at a time.
You don’t have to carry it alone.
Jessica Defendi.
Registered Psychologist
B.Psych M.Psych (Prof) (MAPS)
I am a Registered Psychologist with experience assisting individuals and couples across a broad range of mental health matters and concerns.
My aim is to help you untangle life's complications, simplify complexity and create clarity so that you can reconnect with the life you want and the health you deserve.
When you are ready - in your own time - I am here to listen, understand, support and assist.
Approach.
I work in a respectful, transparent and collaborative manner - side-by-side on the journey to reach your therapeutic goals. My approach is warm and gentle: to listen and to support you, but also to help you create the clear, practical and meaningful avenues to bring about the positive changes you are wanting and needing.
Together we can understand your experience and build skills to help you navigate and tackle life's difficulties. Together we can transform the theoretical into practical, achievable and sustainable outcomes.
Drawing from a range of evidence-based therapeutic interventions, I will tailor my approach and select interventions that suit you and your specific needs.
Some of the evidence-based interventions I utilise are:
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
Schema Therapy
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
Eye-Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Solution- Focused Therapy (SFT)
Motivational Interviewing (MI)
Services.
Therapy and Counselling
Workers’ Compensation Support Counselling
On site Support
Please get in contact to discuss further.
Experience.
I bring a wealth of varied experience supporting adults and through a diverse range of difficulties, life challenges and obstacles - regardless of how simple or complex they may seem.
I have extensive experience providing support for the following:
Anxiety and panic disorders
Post-traumatic stress disorder & other trauma presentations
Depression and mood disorders
Grief and bereavement
Adjustment difficulties & disorders
Stress-management
Relationship difficulties
Mental health & well-being in fly-in fly-out (FIFO/DIDO) populations
One step at a time.
In-person and remote options.
Please note I am currently unavailable on a period of maternity leave as of 1 February 2025. This website will be updated upon my eventual return.
Emails will be monitored on an intermitted basis during this period. Thank you.
32- 34 Coghlan Road
Subiaco, WA 6008
Here - ready to listen.
Fees.
Standard consultation: $190 (50-60 minute duration)
Medicare rebate (under Medicare Better Access Scheme): $92.90
Out-of-pocket expense: $97.10
*Please note: Clients are eligible to receive a rebate through Medicare for a maximum of up to 10 appointments- only if a Mental Health Treatment Plan referral under the Medicare Better Access Scheme has been obtained from their General Practitioner.
Clients are welcome to attend without a Mental Health Treatment Plan referral, thereby paying the standard fee per appointment; or they may be eligible to claim a portion of the cost through their private health insurer (dependant on the insurer, level of cover and finer details).
Please get in contact to discuss costs associated with Onsite Support & Workers’ Compensation Support Counselling services.
When you are ready…
Contact.
Please note I am currently unavailable on a period of maternity leave as of 1 February 2025. This website will be updated upon my eventual return.
Emails will be monitored on an intermitted basis during this period. Thank you.
www.defendipsychology.com.au
defendipsychology@outlook.com
0474 896 453 (monitored Tuesdays and Thursdays during business hours)
32- 34 Coghlan Road, Subiaco 6008
PO Box 1365
West Perth, WA 6872