Nikki Pascarl Psychology

Welcome!

Welcome to Nikki Pascarl Psychology! A place where therapy and supervision are provided with authenticity, compassion, and with a treatment-focused direction.

Nikki Pascarl

Meet Nikki…

Registered Psychologist

Board Approved Supervisor

EMDR Association of Australia Accredited Practitioner

Hello and welcome!

Nikki (she/her) is passionate about all things psychology. Having worked in helping professions since 2008, she still gets excited about the work, about meeting new people and providing them a pathway to an improved quality of life. Nikki is proud of her origins in community mental health outreach, disability, and alcohol and other drugs. These roles grounded her work in the very human experience of what it means to struggle, try to cope, and to desire change. Nikki is treatment-focused, with a particular interest in trauma-based presentations. Although eclectic in her approach to tailor treatment to the individual, Nikki’s primary framework is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). 

Nikki takes a respectful and non-judgemental approach of all people regardless of history, ethnicity or culture, subculture, LGBTIQA+, neurodiversity, internal system structure, and the intersectionality of any/all of the above. Read more about Nikki HERE. 

Nikki offers: Individual Therapy, and Supervision both individually and in groups to clinicians. More information HERE.

My Guiding Principles…

  • The therapeutic journey can be challenging. My role as therapist is to tune-in to where you are at, and create a space where you feel comfortable-enough to be you.

  • You are the expert in you. I believe you already have everything in you needed to achieve your goals. My job is to work with you to help you see your strength and skills, and harness them. The EMDR framework is a beautifully placed therapy to help you achieve this.

  • I firmly believe in using psychology as treatment. The best long term outcomes don’t come from focusing on the day-to-day, but honing in on where the challenges began. My goal is to provide sessions with purpose that will take you closer to achieving your goals so you can graduate from therapy and get on with enjoying life.

  • Hope is the single most important ingredient to therapy and life. If you don’t feel like you have hope, I will carry it for the both of us until you can feel it again.

  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (cPTSD)

    Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) Otherwise Specified Dissociative Disorder (OSDD)

    Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

    Attachment Wounds - when needs were not met in childhood

    Various Anxiety Disorders

    Substance/Poly Substance Misuse

    Forensic Histories

    Childhood Trauma, Abuse, & neglect

    Domestic Violence

    Disordered Eating Behaviours (excluding Anorexia Nervosa)

    If your reason for referral is not listed here, please email us and ask! This list is not exhaustive and everybody’s needs are unique to them. Contact Nikki Here:

  • Bachelor of Behavioural Science – LaTrobe University

    Post Graduate Diploma of Psychology – Bond University

    Post Graduate Diploma of Psychological Science (4th Year Studies) – Bond University

    Master of Professional Psychology  - Cairnmillar Institute

    Post Graduate Diploma of Professional Psychology Practice – Australian College of Applied Psychology (Dux)

    EMDR Association of Australia (EMDRAA) Accredited Practitioner

    Attachment-Informed EMDR therapy: Introduction and Advanced.

    Board Approved Supervisor – Australian Psychological Society

    Member of the Australian Psychological Society (MAPS)

    Prior to working as a psychologist Nikki spent: 6 years working as a Drug & Alcohol Counsellor, 2 years in Residential Disability, 5 years in Outreach Community Mental Health