SALVA CRUSCA
M Clinical Family Therapy BSW
AASW Member
Accredited Mental Health Social Worker/Family Therapist
Monday 2:00pm - 8:00pm
Wednesday 8:00am - 12:30pm
Contact 9603 0313
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Salva is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker and Trauma Counsellor. She provides counselling and evidence based mental health interventions for those individuals and their families. Salva is passionate about providing treatment interventions including Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. She has a strong interest in the treatment of trauma including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD, sexual abuse, sexual assault.
Salva has worked with adults who have experienced the effects of childhood trauma and with adults who have been in abusive relationships. Salva uses a range of interventions in helping people with mental health disorders, including the following focussed psychological strategies:
Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
Behavioural Interventions
Relaxation strategies
Stress Management
Psycho-education
Family Therapy
Theraplay
Salva has worked with issues including depression, anxiety, family dysfunction, carer issues, relationship issues, trauma, PTSD. She utilises a mix of therapeutic interventions including EMDR, Family Therapy, Schema Therapy, Polyvagal Theory, Internal Family Systems, CBT, Mindfulness.
Salva has worked for 15 years in the public mental health sector with people experiencing serious mental illness (including young people with psychosis and in aged persons mental health). In recent years she has worked in the community sector in family violence (undertaking family therapy with mothers and children). In private practice. Salva has worked with Employee Assistance Program including Victoria Police and as a trauma counsellor at a Sexual Assault Centre (public sector).
She has post-graduate qualifications in Clinical Family Therapy and memberships with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) and the EMDR Association of Australia.
Salva is accepting referrals of persons from 6 years and above.