Kim Tomlian is a Clinical Psychologist with over 30 years of experience, developed across both the public and private sectors, working with adults and children.
Kim’s particular areas of interest include the postnatal period, parenting, parent-infant/child relationships, childhood trauma, adult trauma and adult survivors of childhood trauma including out of home care. Following her Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology, she has trained in a variety of therapeutic approaches and attends regular professional development sessions to keep up to date. Her training has included the Circle of Security Model and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) with both adults and children. Kim was the first person in Australia to be certified in Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP), a therapeutic and parenting approach based on attachment and developmental trauma research. She has also completed levels 1, 2 and 3 of the Gottman Couples Therapy training, completing level 3 with John and Julie Gottman in Seattle. Kim draws on a range of therapeutic approaches tailored for the specific individual/dyad/family.
Kim is committed to providing a non-judgemental, empathic and ethical psychology service. The topic of Kim’s PhD thesis was ‘Best interests of the child’: inter-professional communication in child protection trials.
Areas of practice:
Adult and child mental health, with a particular interest in the following:
Parenting
- Post natal anxiety and depression
- Parent-infant/child attachment and relationships
- Childhood trauma and attachment disruption
- Adult trauma
- Adult survivors of childhood trauma
- Grief and loss
Qualifications/memberships:
Bachelor of Arts majoring in Psychology, The University of Adelaide
Diploma of Applied Psychology, The University of Adelaide
Master of Psychology (Clinical), The University of Adelaide
Diploma of Clinical Hypnosis
Full and current registration with the Psychology Board of Australia, Clinical Psychology endorsement
Member of the Clinical College of the Australian Psychological Society
Member of the Australian Association for Infant Mental Health (AAIMHI)
Medicare Provider – Clinical Psychology
– Non-directive Pregnancy Counselling
Kim Tomlian’s ABN is 3234531812
