Lisa Barahona is the principal consulting psychologist at About Therapy Camden.

With over 16 years experience as a psychologist and therapist, she has worked with various client groups such as families, children and adolescents, men and family relationships, young offenders and those addicted to alcohol and other drugs. Her professional training in Psychology has focussed upon relationships, social science, child and adolescent developmental psychopathology and psychoanalytic studies. As part of her professional development she has undertaken specialist training in a range of areas including couples and family systems therapy, clinical supervision, psychoanalytic psychotherapy and art therapy.

Lisa is a mother of 3, and has a particular interest in working with children and families in the areas of behavioural managment and family relationships, with women around the areas of motherhood and family realtionships, and with the clinical presentations of depression and anxiety.

Lisa is an accredited supervisor of intern psychologists with the NSW Psychologists Registration Board, and is registered as a provider with Medicare Australia.

Lisa adheres to the code of professional conduct of the Australian Psychological Society. For more information about her professional experience please  click here.

Academic Qualifications

Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology & sub-major in Criminology)
University of Western Sydney – 1994
Master of Arts Psychology (Developmental Psychopathology)
University of Western Sydney, Macarthur – 1995 
Master of Arts (Psychoanalytic Studies)
Deakin University – 2008

Clinical & Professional Training

NSW Psychologists Registration Board Accredited Supervisor 2008

Certificate IV Workplace Assessment and Training – 2002
Family Therapy Module 202 (Diploma Individual, Couple and Family Therapy, College of Counsellor Education, Unifam) – 2001
Couple Therapy Module 101 (Diploma of Individual, Couple and Family Therapy, College of Counsellor Education, Unifam) – 2000
Clinical Supervision Training course - College of Counsellor Education, Unifam - 2001
Clinical Art Therapy – unit of Graduate Certificate in Behavioural Health Science,
University of Sydney – 1996
Prepare/ Enrich Training

Professional Registration & Memberships

Full Registration with the NSW Psychologists Registration Board. No: PS0049847
Full Member of the Australian Psychological Society No: 021539
Member of the Division of Independent Practising Psychologists
Member of the APS Interest Group on psychoanalytically oriented psychology.

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