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Caring for the community since 2012

Dr Stefan Rethfeldt

Clinical Psychologist

  • BEd, BHSc(Hons), MSc(Ed.Psych), MPsych(Clin), PhD(Psych)
  • Location and Availability

Mudgeeraba: Monday

About Dr Stefan Rethfeldt

Stefan is a resourceful senior clinical psychologist who is passionate about clinical psychology and supporting diverse people with complex mental health and addiction experiences to reach their goals. He works with adolescents, adults and older adults and has been trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Schema Therapy, Motivational Interviewing and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR). He also utilises body focused and mindfulness informed approaches within these theoretical orientations.

Stefan’s extensive experience in various public and private settings in Germany and New Zealand enables him to support people from diverse backgrounds. He has broad experiences in working with people with acute and complex presentations as well as less severe difficulties. Stefan has been supporting people in community mental health teams and acute inpatient wards as well as correctional, university, dual diagnosis (mental health and addiction) and private settings over the years.

Stefan is also a board-approved supervisor and is currently accepting requests to provide supervision to psychologists and other professions.

Training & Qualifications

Bachelor of Education

Bachelor of Health Science (Honours)

Master of Science in Educational Psychology

Master of Psychology (Clinical)

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology

Areas of Interest

Mood disorders and Anxiety disorders

Trauma and PTSD

Grief and loss 

Stress management

Substance misuse and addictions

Interpersonal and family difficulties

Personality disorders

Bipolar disorders I and II

Obsessive compulsive disorders

Adjustment disorders

Anger management

Chronic pain

Supervision

Therapeutic Approaches

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Schema Therapy

Motivational Interviewing

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)

He also utilises body focused and mindfulness informed approaches within these theoretical orientations.

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