Emma Whiter

She/Her

Social Worker

Qualifications

Areas of expertise:

  • Acceptance Commitment Therapy

  • Adjustment disorders and difficult life stages

  • Adolescent mental health including school refusal, gaming addictions, behaviour concerns

  • Anxiety disorders

  • Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

  • Depression

  • Eating disorders

  • Grief and bereavement

  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

  • Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

  • Trauma backgrounds

  • Psychotherapy

  • Solution Focussed Therapy

Emma is a results-driven and compassionate social worker with 8 years of experience providing high-quality interventions and therapeutic responses to individuals and families facing diverse challenges. Emma is experienced in providing discipline specific professional supervision and is skilled in evidence-based assessments, risk assessments, safety planning, and direct counselling.

She is committed to a person-centred, trauma-informed approach to practice and an expertise in providing specialised support and interventions to individuals experiencing acute mental health crisis, particularly those at high risk, within a dynamic and demanding setting.

Proficient in working with diverse populations, including those with complex mental health issues, suicidal ideation and self-harm, vulnerable youth, family violence, trauma, grief and loss, substance misuse, homelessness, Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander communities, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and refugees.