Meet Anthea

Director and Psychologist, Anthea Kissel.

Anthea has a warm and collaborative therapeutic style and prioritises rapport to help you feel comfortable in session. She adopts a practical and person-centered approach where sessions are tailored towards your values, strengths, and goals. Her approach to therapy involves openness, empathy, humour, and the formulation of clearly defined strategies to support lasting change.

She has previously worked in both not-for-profit and private settings with children, adolescents, adults, and couples. Anthea works from an attachment informed framework and draws upon a range of evidence based therapeutic models including; Schema Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and the Gottman Method in her work with couples.

Areas of interest

Anthea is experienced in supporting individuals and couples of varied backgrounds with issues relating to anxiety, depression, trauma, substance dependence, stress, relationship difficulties, eating disorders, and significant life changes. She also has a particular interest in working with couples to address problematic patterns in communication and behaviour.

  • Navigating through periods of low mood can be challenging. We provide support to help you understand and manage mood fluctuations, promoting stability and resilience.

  • Whether it’s general anxiety, panic attacks, or specific phobias, we offer strategies to help clients to respond to their anxiety in adaptive ways to improve daily functioning.

  • We work with individuals to explore the complex relationship between food, body image, and emotions. This includes addressing what might be maintaining the eating concerns and finding more adaptive coping strategies.

  • We specialise in helping couples to improve their communication and connection. We offer structured and targeted strategies for conflict management and relationship repair.

  • High levels of stress can negatively affect our relationships, daily functioning, and physical health. We provide tools and techniques to help people better manage their stress and prevent burnout.

  • Parenting can be highly rewarding yet challenging. We offer guidance on effective parenting techniques, helping parents to foster positive relationships with their children and navigate various developmental stages.

  • At Miro Psychology we support individuals and couples through the emotional complexities of family planning and infertility, providing a compassionate space to explore feelings, options, and coping strategies.

Qualifications/trainings

  • Full registration as a Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)

  • Graduate Diploma in Psychology (Monash University) and Graduate Diploma in Psychology Advanced (Monash University).

  • Member Australian Psychology Society (MAPS)

  • Gottman Method Level I & II

  • Eye Movement Desenstisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) 

  • Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Eating Disorders (CBT-E)

availability

Accepting new and existing clients.

Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays for morning, afternoon, and early evening appointments.

Anthea is a treating psychologist and therefore does not provide report writing services outside of typical correspondence with your treatment team.