Marcia Costello is a Clinical Psychologist who has practised in WA, for many years in a range of roles within government, private practice and corporate settings. Marcia experience as a Clinical Psychologist, teacher and manager for psychological assessment and treatment. She is registered with AHPRA as a Clinical Psychologist and she is an approved Supervisor for APHRA.
The focus of her work is to meet with people and learn their story and why they are seeking help now, by understanding the strengths the person has to contribute to their own healing, with new insights. She specializes in the capacity to engage a wide range of people.
The core therapeutic modalities she uses include CBT, DBT. ACT, Attachment therapies and Narrative and psychodynamic approaches. In addition, Marcia uses mindfulness, metaphors and narrative therapies, for self-care. She has training and accreditation in couple and family therapy approaches.
Marcia is skilled in best practice treatment approaches for anxiety, depression, PND, character disorders and workers’ compensation and associated reports to meet professional and legal standards. She has an interest and skills in trauma treatment approaches which include: EMDR, Narrative Therapies and Somatic Therapies.