CHARLOTTE PUGH

Charlotte helps individuals to explore and understand themselves, including their patterns of thinking and how this influences their emotions and behaviour. She helps clients to identify areas of their life affecting their mental health and wellbeing, and work collaboratively to create meaningful change. She works with:

1.    Balancing FIFO Life is often challenging. Charlotte can assist with balancing the unique conditions of home and site in FIFO lifestyle and help with managing mental health and relationships. With personal and professional experience in FIFO roles, and having lived in regional areas, Charlotte create an understanding space to help build skills to manage relationships, shiftwork, and create a fulfilling home life, while working away. She also supports partners of FIFO workers.

2.    ADHD, autism, and associated anxiety and depression. Charlotte helps to improve individuals’ mental health and wellbeing, assisting them to understand their experience and emotions and helping to build skills to improve wellbeing using techniques from Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. She also helps create structure and routine to assist those with ADHD and autism navigate their world.

3.     Trauma / PTSD (current and historic) can have significant psychological and physical impact on patients’ lives. Charlotte provide a space for them to understand how trauma shapes their perception of themselves, as well as providing strategies for managing their anxiety. She is trained in Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) to assist with trauma processing.

4.    Children (10+yrs) and adolescents. Charlotte enjoys helping young people with their mental health (e.g. anxiety, depression), relationships, school performance, and family. She has worked in youth organisations, helping young people to empower them to create changes in their life. As part of this, she collaborates with the family to ensure the support provided within the therapy space extends to their larger world.

5.    Interpersonal Relationships. Charlotte helps people navigate difficulties in relationships, from romantic relationships to friendships, family, and at work. She helps with building assertiveness skills and developing more confidence in relating to others and communicating needs.

6.    Adjustment difficulties (study, work, and identity). Charlotte assists individuals in times of transition, whether that is change within practical routines or identity changes. She helps clients navigate identity shifts resulting from injury, trauma, and shifting social roles, supporting them through their grief to form a new identity and sense of purpose.

Charlotte is a warm and personable clinician, working in a collaborative manner to create meaningful change. She uses evidence-based treatments such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, Schema Therapy and EMDR, tailoring the approach to suit each individual.

Charlotte completed her Bachelor of Science and Honours at the University of Western Australia, and her Master of Professional Psychology at Curtin University. She has experience working in youth organisations, research, and working and living in the Pilbara, as well as in a FIFO capacity.

Charlotte’s clinic days are Mondays (PM), Wednesdays (all day), Thursdays (all day), and Fridays (AM)

Charlotte offers after hours appointments on Mondays.

Contact Us if you are new to The Skill Collective or have not seen Charlotte before.