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Daniel Demellis

Master of Social Work (MSW)

Hello, my name is Daniel (he/him). I am an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker and therapist, and I support people to make sense of overwhelming experiences, foster greater wellbeing, and to improve relationships with themselves and others.

The majority of my practice focuses on:

  • the legacy of traumatic experiences, including complex PTSD and developmental trauma

  • ​regulation of challenging emotion states and nervous system experiences

  • understanding and improving psychological and relational patterns


My clients often come to therapy feeling confused, overwhelmed, and isolated. After working together, they typically develop a greater sense of understanding, acceptance and connection to life.

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About Me

I am a queer-identifying Accredited Mental Health Social Worker and bring seven years of experience providing clinical mental health support to adults from all walks of life. I partner with people to navigate a range of challenges within their mental wellbeing, internal experiences and relationship to others. I place a high regard towards the therapeutic relationship and aim to promote safety and collaboration - so that together, we can work towards what matters most to you.


I approach therapy with a frame of curiosity, warmth and transparency. Within sessions, I invite us to develop a shared understanding of experiences, then together build a tailored support plan, drawing from a range of integrated approaches. I often work with people who are disproportionately subject to negative mental health outcomes, including victims of abuse or neglect as well as people from marginalised cultural and identity groups. When formulating a narrative, I aim to consider the broader systemic and structural contributors at play, and not solely locate the “problem” within the individual. 


Outside of the private setting, my experience is primarily located within the public mental health sector, where I work within a specialist service for people with a lived experience of complex trauma and personality vulnerabilities. Part of my role here is within a comprehensive Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) treatment team, providing individual and group therapy. Within my practice, I do not provide clinical diagnosis, however I am experienced in supporting people with a range of diagnoses - including mood and anxiety disorders, trauma-related disorders, personality disorders, substance use disorders and experiences of psychosis.

Services

I take an integrative approach to therapy, tailoring evidence-based interventions to each unique individual. I continuously strive to be LGBTIQA+ aware, neuro-affirming, trauma-informed and anti-oppressive in my approach.

Therapeutic Modalities

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

  • Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

  • Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) & Parts work

  • Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)

  • Motivational Interviewing (MI)

  • Solution Focused Therapy


Fees

I offer Medicare-rebated consultations and privately-funded therapy.

Individual Therapy Consultation (Medicare)

  • Duration: 50 minutes

  • Fee: $250

  • Rebate: $87.25 (out-of-pocket cost: $162.75)


Individual Therapy Consultation (Private)

  • Duration: 50 minutes

  • Fee: $250


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Let's work together to make things better

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Address

Level 1, 105 Victoria St, Fitzroy

Level 1, 9 Carlton St, Prahran

No lift access

Phone

(03) 7042 9961

fax: (03) 9960 0959

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At WellSpace Psychology, we connect clients with Psychiatrists, Clinical Psychologists, Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Counsellors, Social Workers, and other Allied Health Professionals. We offer face-to-face sessions in Melbourne's inner north (Fitzroy) and inner south (Prahran) as well as telehealth appointments Australia-wide. 

WellSpace Psychology also offers luxury consulting rooms available to rent for Psychologists and other allied health professionals. We provide a therapy co-work community, and optional administrative support to help therapists thrive in private practice.

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