Mary Kedwell Psychologist & Family Therapist Brisbane

Mary Kedwell

Psychologist, Family Therapist

Qualifications

Mary gained her qualifications at the University of Queensland
She worked for 5 years in Child and Youth Mental Health settings
She then moved to a P-12 co-educational school, where she worked for 14 years

Working with children and young people has highlighted the impact of systems: our family system, workplace, school, and society play a huge part in how we experience the world and ourselves. Thus, Mary adopts a systematic/family approach to understanding each person’s story. When working with children, Mary considers it necessary that parents attend appointments of their own, given their significance in bringing about change within the family system.

Like many psychologists, Mary has integrated her experiences and knowledge into a framework that can be applied to a broad range of presenting concerns. She believes that anxiety is at the core of most difficulties and that our response to our anxiety determines what happens next. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy invites us to sit more comfortably with our human discomfort and to come to view it as our guide. Mary’s approach to therapy, therefore, invites clients to ‘get better at feeling worse’ which, ultimately, will amount to getting better. Getting better at ‘doing feelings’ is good for both our health and our relationships with others. While it can be daunting to ‘run towards the roar’, there is evidence to suggest that such bravery, even in small steps, builds our resilience. Being brave, with the support of a therapist you can trust, can make the journey forward easier.

Approach to Therapy