Background

Dr Edward Fearon is a consultant psychiatrist providing weekly and twice weekly psychodynamic psychotherapy at The Melbourne Clinic in Richmond, Melbourne, Australia. He obtained a Doctor of Medicine and a Master of Psychiatry from The University of Melbourne. Prior to medicine he completed a Bachelor of Science with a Major in Psychology at The University of Melbourne. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists.

What is psychodynamic psychotherapy?

Psychodynamic psychotherapy is a long-term, in-depth talk therapy that explores how unconscious patterns and past experiences shape thoughts, emotions, and relationships.

The outcomes following psychodynamic psychotherapy are not expressed only in terms of symptom remission (e.g., less anxious, less depressed). This treatment is also concerned with fostering psychological resources that include increases in the capacity to:

• have more fulfilling relationships

• make more effective use of one’s talents and abilities

• maintain a realistically based sense of self-esteem

• tolerate a wider range of affect (emotions and feelings)

• understand self and others in more nuanced and sophisticated ways

• face life’s challenges with greater freedom and flexibility

Location

The Melbourne Clinic

Suite 1, Bromham Place

130 Church Street Richmond 3121

Melbourne Australia

P: 03 9487 4650

F: 03 9420 9351

E: receptionsuite1and2@healthscope.com.au