Anna Fasolo is a registered clinical psychotherapist and play therapist based on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. She is passionate about working with children and families, with a focus on authenticity and vulnerability as a practitioner. 

Anna offers a comprehensive and eclectic range of therapeutic modalities and a tailored approach to meet the individual therapeutic needs of each person she has the opportunity to work with. 

ABOUT

Her professional interests include: childhood development, impacts of complex trauma and attachment disruptions.

Over the last 10 years Anna has worked with children, adolescents and adults across a number of different settings. Anna has a particular interest in exploring ways to creatively engage with children and adolescents through the use of art, play, story and movement. Anna is a qualified Yoga Teacher, specialising in Trauma-Sensitive Yoga and often uses this as a tool in assisting her clients begin to build the important relationship between their minds and their bodies through breath and movement.

Anna provides a warm, safe, and supportive environment in which her clients can explore the issues and challenges they face. She utilises a strengths-based approach in her work with clients, recognising that each person comes with their own wisdom and lived experience. Anna sees her role as helping to empower clients to connect with strengths and skills they already have, and to integrate these with new skills and ways of being.

EDUCATION

  • University of Western Australia (Western Australia, Australia) – Bachelor of Arts, Psychology

  • University College London,(London, United Kingdom) – Honours, Psychology

  • Cairnmillar Institute (Victoria, Australia) – Masters in Counselling and Psychotherapy

Certifications and Training

  • Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) – Level 1 & 2

  • Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Level 1

  • Theraplay Level 1

  • ‘TeamUp’ Registered Triad Facilitator

  • Life Story Work Training

  • 200 hr Yoga Teacher Training

  • Zenergy Kids Yoga Teacher Training (Foundations)

  • Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Level 1

  • Synergetic Play Therapy Level 1

REGISTRATION

  • Anna provides individual or family therapy in the following areas of speciality:

    • PTSD/Trauma

    • Autism/ASD

    • Adolescent concerns (self-harm, bullying, body image and self-confidence)

    • Anxiety and Depression

    • Relationships


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