Dr Angela Anthonysamy is offering group and individual supervision for clinicians wishing to increase their knowledge and build practical skills for treating clients with complex presentations in therapy. The supervision will focus on how to use somatic therapies to increase the mind-body connection as part of the therapy process with clients.

The group will be for psychologists currently in private practice who wish to learn how to integrate the use of somatic practices in their work with clients presenting with complex or developmental trauma. The supervision will involve one or more case presentations with the focus on how to use the body or somatic techniques to support the process of working with the client’s presenting concerns. This process can include demos or role-plays to maximise the learning.

The participation in the group can be a one-off, occasional as needed, or continuous monthly. At this stage it will be a once-a-month group. Similar online group supervision can be requested if there is a group of 5 to 6 people interested.

Please contact Angela at:

• Email: angelaanthonysamy@praconsulting.com.au / contact@praconsulting.com.au
• Phone: 07 55 261 212

Who is Dr Angela Anthonysamy?

She is a Clinical Psychologist with more than 20 years of experience. She is highly regarded and a skilled therapist in the fields of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), acute trauma, complex trauma, chronic depression, and anxiety for adults who have experienced childhood abuse and other traumatic events. She also has extensive experience working with adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse.

Angela brings a wealth of knowledge and diverse clinical expertise from many years of working with different populations including adults, adolescents, children, and infants. She has worked with child protection therapeutic services, crisis counselling working with acute trauma, NGO, university, government, and private practice. She also worked in the United States at the YCS Institute for Infant and Preschool Mental Health in New Jersey, working intensively with high-risk families and mothers struggling with postnatal depression and parenting issues due to their own history of childhood complex trauma.

In addition to her Clinical Psychology Training and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Angela has completed additional training in Somatic Experiencing (SE) and is a qualified Somatic Experience Practitioner. She has also completed advanced level training in Somatic Integral Psychology - an approach to working with embodying emotions to process cognition and change of behaviour, and Neuro Affective Touch – a somatic touch training that focuses on developing touch skills to work with emotional, relational, and developmental deficits that result from early developmental trauma.

Angela is also trained in EMDR, Polyvagal Theory informed approaches and Structural Dissociation Model Therapy working with complex trauma. She continues to pursue ongoing Master level training and supervision in PTSD and related fields.