Tonya Gabriel-Brennagh is a Health Psychologist, a Clinical Hypnotherapist, a Family Therapist, a Psycho - Sexologist, a Family Law Medicator, and a Justice of the Peace.

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Tonya is registered with APHRA as a Health Psychologist, a supervisor for Provisional Psychologists and for Supervision of Specialist registrars for Health Psychologists.

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Tonya has supervised Provisional psychologist for more than thirty years of full registration as a psychologist and for specialist Health Psychologist registration. She continues to supervise many registered psychologists and to run a number of peer training supports for a range of professionals including Psychologists, Psychiatrists, General Practitioner, Nurses, Welfare Workers and Social Workers.

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She has also supervised registered specialist Psychologists including Health Psychologists and Forensic Psychologists. She has for many decades trained Psychiatrists. Psychologists and Medical Practitioners in Clinical Hypnosis. She has also run supervision groups for this cohort as well as taken the role of Executive Examiner at one time for the Australian Society of Hypnosis.

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Tonya has trained staff and students at TAFE and University. She is employed at University of Queensland to supervise Health Psychology students undertaking their Masters in Health Psychology. She has also trained Police Inspectors at the Victoria Police in mediation as a part of CAP services.

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Tonya has completed the international training of which allows her to practice as a (ECPS) Psycho - Sexologist. This is specialist registration with the international societies EFS ESSM, ISSM.

Tonya works with all ages of adults, couples, children, and teenagers.

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She uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Psycho-education, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Clinical Hypnosis, Family Therapy, EMDR, Exposure Therapy, Prolonged Exposure Therapy.

Tonya has been in private practice in Frankston since 2004. She is passionate about the work that she does and making positive changes in people’s lives.

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Tonya is a strong advocate of life long learning and she attends training and conferences all over the world. She has presented domestically for the Australian Society of Hypnosis, MPHN and internationally at conferences and workshops.

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Tonya's current interests are working with cancer, dealing with bullying in the workplace, ADHD, dissociation, Sandplay Therapy, Eating Disorders, EFT and women's health including menopause.

Tonya is known for working with pain, WorkCover Injuries, TAC, Victims of Crime, relationships issues, and clinical hypnosis. She is also well known for working with sexual functioning and the interplay between hypnosis and sex therapy. 

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Tonya has been employed in EAP programs, TAFE, University, Gamblers Help, Department of Justice, The Department of Human Services.     

Career highlights 

• Project: The feasibility of implementing and innovative shared care model to treat cancer related depression in the community MPCCC

• Development and Facilitator of Entranced: Relationships through a Hypnosis Lens at the APS Relationship Interest Group Annual Conference PORIG 2017 Keynote Speaker Sue Johnson

• University of Queensland Academic Supervisor School of Psychology-Health Psychology 2017 to current

• Membership Outreach Committee ISSWSH 2016 to current

• Selection of presenter for ISSWSH Conference 2016/2017

Mental Gymnastics Professionals Network

• Convenor Workplace Bullying and Harassment Network 2016 to current

• Convenor Mental Gymnastics Special Interest Group 2016 to current

• Convenor Mental Gymnastics Professional Peer Network 2016 to current