Alexandra is a doctor of clinical psychology, with two decades of experience helping people flourish. She brings a nuanced understanding of human behaviour, a deep capacity for empathy, and a motivating energy to her work.

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Approach

Comfortable with complexity, Alexandra specialises in depth work for adult individuals.

 

She has a focus on supporting clients through creative and high-performance endeavours. But Alexandra enjoys working with people in all stages and phases of life as they cultivate a growth mindset, learn to make meaning from life’s challenges, and move beyond the fear of uncertainty. Every life-journey is creative and deserving of emotional richness.

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Alexandra uses a variety of therapeutic styles in her work, including:

• Psychoanalytic and analytical depth psychology;

• Time-limited psychodynamic psychotherapy;

• CBT, and Internal family systems work;

• Gottman Method, Relational Life Therapy;

• Performance-focussed psychology.

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Background​

Before making the choice to relocate to Australia, Alexandra lived and practiced in the San Francisco Bay Area where she earned her APA-accredited masters and doctoral degrees. She has published in peer reviewed journals, served on the adjunct faculty at The Wright Institute, and spent five years as Director of Educational and Public Programming at The C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco.

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Alexandra also holds a BFA in art and literature. It was in her former career, in advertising and brand-identity, that she first became actively interested in what drives human decision-making and personal fulfillment.

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Passion​

Alexandra is most passionate about helping people learn to recognise and value aspects of themselves they might have been taught to reject or devalue, such as, vulnerability, sensitivity, or, even, power. Reclaiming these disowned facets of the Self is healing, enlivening, and joyful work. She believes success is not the goal; it is a by-product of experiencing one’s truest self.

 

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Clinical Fees: $320 per 50-minute Individual Session

$360 per 60-minute Couples Session

Professional Consultation Fees available on request

Alexandra Guhde, MAPsych, DClin

MAPS, FLCCP, MAPA

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