Dianna Cox Mikkelson
Counselling Psychologist
B.S., M.A., M. Psych Counselling, AAPI
Dianna is a trauma informed, somatically trained Counselling Psychologist with over 30 years experience in the field of mental health. Initially trained in the USA, Dianna has worked in psychiatric hospitals, crisis assessment and community mental health. In 2005 she returned to Australia and started seeing clients in private practice. She is the owner of Inscape Psychology and Warragul Natural Health.
Dianna brings a grounded and compassionate presence to therapy. She is deeply curious about how each client has learnt to survive in the world and seeks to understand not only the cognitive narrative but also the “story” of the nervous system. This body story is at the core of our dysregulated emotions and behaviours, it’s imprint a result of disrupted childhood attachment and personal and generational trauma.
Dianna is passionate about helping women unravel the barriers that stand in the way of personal empowerment. As a result of living under thousands of years of patriarchy, women carry deeply held conditioning that can stifle verbal, sexual and creative expression. Through increased body awareness and the experience of archetypal energies, Dianna teaches women how to reclaim their inner freedom.
Dianna has completed the three year training in Somatic Experiencing (SE), a body-oriented therapeutic approach for healing trauma developed by Peter Levine, Ph.D. Using the innate ability humans have to overcome trauma, SE encourages the awareness of sensations in the body to help people re-negotiate and relieve the physical, emotional and physiological effects of trauma. Dianna is also trained in the personality typology of the Enneagram. The Enneagram is a complex understanding of the core motives and drivers of personality, which can help us become unstuck from fixated ways of being in the world.
Dianna sees clients at Inscape Psychology, Warragul Natural Health and via Telehealth. She is only taking new clients for the Warragul location.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science, Psychology, Northwestern College, USA
- Master of Arts Counselling Psychology, St. Thomas University, USA
- Master of Psychology, Counselling, Monash University, Melbourne
- Member, Australian Association of Psychologists (AAPI)
- Registered psychologist with Psychology Board of Australia and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
You can contact Dianna directly on mobile 0434 101 420