Portia Kambasha
MSc (she, her)
Verified by Psychology Today Verified by Psychology Today
Ballarat Central, VIC 3350
Let's Connect (03) 4327 9085
I have 20 years experience with complex mental health issues across the age spectrum. I offer a kind, empathetic service to families and individuals using my skills as a family therapist and mental health clinician. I welcome individuals and families who represent marginalised communities, (neurodiverse, LGBTQIA, culturally diverse, and anyone who has ever been “othered”) and provide a service that is inclusive and affirming whilst utilising an anti racist and decolonized lens.
Comprehensive family therapy assessments. Single session therapy . Mental health risk assessment Neurodiverse affirming and anti-racist .
Call or Email Portia Kambasha now for a free 15 minute consultation - (03) 4327 9085
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $180
- Couple Sessions $200
- Concession rate: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by Bank transfer
Insurance
- Medicare Rebates
- NDIS
Please ask me about fees or use of insurance when you Email
Portia Kambasha
MSc
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Membership with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority Portia Kambasha
- In Practice for 21 Years
- Degree/Diploma from La Trobe University in Clinical family therapy (MClinFT) Master of clinical family therapy / 2013
- Degree/Diploma from Monash University in Nursing (MNurs) Master of Nursing mental health major / 2010
- Family therapy , Master of Clinical Family Therapy , Graduated 2013
Expertise and Interests
Top Expertise
- Family therapy
- Trauma and PTSD
- Eating Disorders
Practice Areas
- Addiction
- Alcohol Use
- Anxiety
- Behavioural Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Child
- Chronic Relapse
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Divorce
- Drug Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infidelity
- LGBTQ+
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Medication Management
- Mood Disorders
- Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Psychosis
- Racial Identity
- Racial trauma, Race based traumatic stress
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Thinking Disorders
- Women's Issues
Client Focus
Age
Toddler ,
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Communities
Racial Justice Allied
Ethnicity
Other Racial or Ethnic Background
Age
Toddler ,
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Communities
Racial Justice Allied
Ethnicity
Other Racial or Ethnic Background
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)
- Culturally Sensitive
- Eclectic
- Emotionally Focused
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Feminist
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Interpersonal
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multicultural
- Narrative
- Parent-Child Interaction (PCIT)
- Person-Centred
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Strength-Based
- Structural Family Therapy
- Transactional Analysis
- Trauma Focused
Location
Additional Location
Pola Practice
135 Maribyrnong Road
Ascot Vale, VIC 3032
(03) 4327 9085Nearby Areas
Call for a free consultation now - (03) 4327 9085
Portia Kambasha
MSc