Kelly Allen is experienced Trauma and General Psychologist who has extensive training in DBT, RO DBT, Trauma and Attachment and Biology Trauma.
My focus on DBT is on helping my clients learn and apply skills that will decrease emotion dysregulation and unhealthy attempts to cope with strong emotions.
Kelly provides both individual therapy and facilitates skills programs in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Radically Open DBT (RO DBT). Kelly’s approach includes support to individuals who present with diagnostic presentations such as borderline personality disorder, substance misuse disorders, binge eating, ADHD, and bipolar are considered the spectrum of disorders characterised by emotion dysregulation or undercontrol (UC). DBT is an evidence-based therapeutic approach Kelly uses to targets maladaptive undercontrol. She also supports individuals with diagnostic presentations such as refractory depression, autism, anorexia nervosa and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder are considered the spectrum of disorders characterised by excessive inhibitory control or overcontrol (OC). Radically Open DBT is an evidence-based therapeutic approach that Kelly uses to target maladaptive overcontrol.
Kelly also has been trained in and utilises a range of trauma-informed approaches including Trauma Informed Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT-TI), Somatic Trauma Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Transactional Analysis. She is currently studying in The Biology of Trauma Professional Training which helps identify and address the biological factors at play in experience of stored trauma and a holistic approach addressing the underlying trauma that affects us both physically and psychologically.
Kelly is also a member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS)
