Denis's Biographical Resume

Denis is a member of the Institute of Clinical Psychologists (all ICP members have a minimum of 8 years training in psychology), the Australian Psych. Society (APS), the International Association of Group Psychotherapy, and other professional associations including the Australian Society of Hypnosis & the W.A. Sexology Society. He serves on the Management Committee of the Anxiety Disorders Foundation, the Perth West Domestic Violence Action Group, DFADS (Drug-Free Attention Deficit Support group), and the Men's Health and Wellness Association.

Denis began his training in counselling, therapy, expressive arts, psychodrama, group therapy and conflict resolution in 1975. He started his psychology private practice in 1987 responding to people experiencing difficulties in their intimate and other relationships at home and work, and to those dealing with loss, abuse, trauma, stress-related illness, anxiety and depression.

After his Master of Applied Psychology (double major in Clinical & Occupational Psychology) degree in 1996 he broadened his training to include mediation of family & interpersonal disputes, hypnotherapy, neurofeedback, EMDR and more recently, ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy), MBCT (Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy), life coaching and HeartMath (a tool for accessing the heart's intelligence to lower stress, anxiety, and promote the body's optimal performance ... www.int-a1.com/heartmath)

His Psychology honours disseration was on sexual jealousy. He has presented workshops on Jealousy at the University of W.A. Summer School. During the 1990s he was a group therapist for the Sexual Assault in Families Programme where he helped develop and run several treatment groups, including Relapse Prevention and Positive Sexuality. He was a group therapist for the Domestic Violence Intervention Programme with the Marriage & Family Guidance Association and has worked for the Sexual Assault Referral Centre.

During the 1970s and 1980s Denis edited and published a health magazine "Whole Life Times", convened health & lifestyle expos, confests and seminars. A member of the Institute of Management Consultants, the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia, the International Association of Facilitators and the International Coaching Federation (WA Branch), he now consults and coaches in Work-Life Balance, Stress, Wellness, Mental Fitness and Peak Performance to individuals and organizations. Denis is an associate of accredited rehabilitation providers and of several human resource consultancy companies providing EAP (employee assistance programmes), trauma services, psych testing, performance feedback and executive coaching. He brings his unque integration of Clinical and Occupational Psychology into his work with Synergetics Management Consultancy, especially in the areas of organizational conflict, stress, wellness, enhancing performance and nurturing talent. ... for more on SMC >>