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ANTHEA BARRY

BOccTher/BPsySc

Endorsed Mental Health Occupational Therapist

Thursday 10:00am - 6:00pm

Friday 10:00 - 2:00pm (Telehealth Only)

Anthea will be working on a Friday in 2026

Contact 9603 0313

info@newportcounselling.com.au

With over 15 years of experience across various mental health settings, Anthea creates a warm, respectful environment where clients are empowered to identify and work toward their treatment goals. She has extensive expertise supporting individuals, parents, and infants with complex mental health and attachment-related challenges in inpatient, community, helpline, and private practice settings.

Drawing from multiple evidence-based approaches including CBT, ACT, EMDR, and Mindfulness, Anthea specializes in Attachment Theory and is a Registered Circle of Security Parent Educator.

    • Infants

    • Adults

    • Older Adults

    • Medicare/MHCP

    • NDIS

    • Family Reconciliation Mediation Program (FRMP)

    • Genwest

    • Victims of Crime (VOCAT)

    • Workcover

    • Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)

    • Circle of Security (COS)

    • Coaching

    • Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

    • Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)

    • Mindfulness

    • Trauma informed therapy

    • Schema Therapy

  • Mental Health

    • Adjustment Disorder

    • Anxiety & Phobias

    • Bipolar Disorder

    • Body dysmorphia

    • Depression

    • Dissociative disorders

    • Eating disorders

    • Obsessive compulsive disorders

    • Panic disorder

    • Personality disorders

    • Post-natal depression

    • Psychotic disorders

    • Schizophrenia

    General Health

    • Chronic disease management

    • Health-related problems

    • Infertility issues

    • Pain management

    • Physical disability

    • Rehab/injury counselling

    • Sleeping problems

    • Stress management

    • Women's Health (PMS, PMDD, PND, etc)

    Trauma/Harm

    • Adult Survivor of Sexual abuse

    • Birth trauma

    • Bullying

    • Child Abuse

    • Complex developmental trauma

    • Complex PTSD

    • Disaster recovery

    • Family Violence

    • Medical Trauma

    • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

    • Self harm and suicide

    • Sexual Abuse

    • Victim of Crime

    Personal Problems and Life Stressors

    • Anger management

    • Assertiveness training

    • Behaviour problems

    • Body image

    • Carer support

    • Emotion dysregulation

    • Grief and Loss

    • Infertility issues

    • Life transition and adjustment issues

    • Pregnancy support

    • Parenting support

    • Religious issues

    • Self esteem and self development

    • Sexual difficulties

    • Social skills

    • Stress management

    Relationship issues

    • Attachment disruption (fostering and adoption)

    • Divorce/Separation

    • Parenting

    Educational issues

    • Academic performance

    • Problems with peers

    Workplace/Community issues

    • Career development

    • Clinical supervision

    • Employee Assistance Programs

    • Military, Police, Emergency work

    • Organisational restructure

    • Performance management

    • Work bullying

    • Work stress

    • Workplace accident

    Personality Disorder issues

    • Borderline Personality Disorder

    • Dependent Personality Disorder

    • Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder

    • Narcissistic Personality Disorder

    • Paranoid Personality Disorder

  • Perinatal Mental Health

    • Fertility

    • Pregnancy

    • Birth

    • Postnatal and Early Parenting

    Gender issues

    • Diverse genders

    • Diverse sexualities

    • Gender dysphoria

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