Marcia Maydana

Marcia Maydana has an Honours Degree in Psychology by the Pontifical Catholic University (PUCRS/Brazil). She is a fully registered Psychologist with The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), Member of The Australian Psychological Society (MAPS), Certified Schema Therapist, Member of The International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST) and a Certified Applied Neuroscience Practitioner.

Marcia’s additional trainings and evidence-based interventions are:

• Certified Schema Therapist by ISST
• Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Mindfulness
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Certified Applied Neuroscience Practitioner
• Gottman Method for Couples Therapy.

Marcia’s interests:

Marcia is passionate about helping her clients in overcoming mental health barriers and improving their emotional wellbeing. She has over 13 years experience working in private practice in Sydney, assisting adolescents, adults, and couples to address Anxiety Disorders, Depression, Adjustment Issues, Trauma, Emotion Regulation, Relationship difficulties and Parenting skills.

Earlier in her career, Marcia worked with clients facing mental and physical disabilities in the community services sector, assisting them to develop interpersonal and life skills in the workplace. She also worked in the Organisational Psychology field, assessing and tracing potential talents, mentoring clients as a Career Coach.

Marcia believes that a caring and compassionate therapeutic environment can assist clients to feel welcomed and safe to work on life challenges. Her vibrant personality and empathetic approach ensure that a warm and professional setting is provided. Her focus is to work with adolescents, adults and couples, facilitating this life changing experience that psychological therapy may provide.

Recently, Marcia moved to the beautiful Sunshine Coast with her family, so she will continue offering psychological support to Sydney clients via telehealth and face to face appointments to the Sunny Coast community from our new Maroochydore office.

Sessions in English and Portuguese

For more information about Marcia’s professional background please refer to her Facebook and Linkedin pages.