dr keely bebbington
Senior Clinical Psychologist
BSc(Hons), MPsych(Clinical), PhD, MACPA
Keely is a compassionate and practical therapist with a special interest in supporting individuals during significant life events and the psychological impact that it has. She them work through the anxiety and stress that such changes bring.
Keely sees adults.
keely’s areas of interest
Keely has a special interest in working with depression, chronic pain, and relationships (including enhancing the parent-child relationship working from a Circle of Security approach).
Keely’s clinic day is Thursday. Book online with Keely using the button below, or Contact Us if you are new to The Skill Collective or have not seen Keely before.
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Life is filled with significant events - relationship breakdown, loss/grief, significant health diagnoses, pregnancy and parenthood.
Keely helps individuals explore the all-encompassing impact of life events, including changes to identity, changes to relationships, changes to routines, and changes to financial situations.
She also helps individuals navigate the impact of these changes on mental health.
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Keely helps those feeling overwhelmed in life and at work. She helps them to clarify what is important to them, and helps them develop a plan to get back on track by addressing underlying mindset (including perfectionism) or habits that hold them back.
As part of this, Keely also helps with work-related issues including procrastination and communication at work.
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Keely is passionate about helping individuals come to terms with significant health diagnoses.
She understands that illnesses such as diabetes, cancer, alcohol misuse, and chronic pain, all have a profound impact on identity, relationships, and lifestyle.
In working with health issues, Keely also helps people stay on track with lifestyle changes to help them look after their health better.
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Keely assists individuals with low self-esteem to explore the many ways in which it holds them back in life - from affecting assertiveness in friendships and relationships, feeling anxious in social situations, and emotional eating.
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Keely has a keen interest in supporting individuals with phobias that impact their quality of life.
She has a particular interest in helping with needle/blood/injury phobias.
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Keely helps individuals with depression and mood disorders explore what affects their mood and how to find a way forward.
This may include working on goals to help with shifting unhelpful thoughts and thinking styles, but also to enhance enjoyment and quality of life.
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Keely thoroughly enjoys supporting individuals navigate this significant change in their lives.
She supports them to:
Maintain optimal wellbeing and mental health
Develop a plan to adjust following birth
Help with enhancing parent-child bonding and relationships (from a Circle of Security approach).
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about keely
Through her training and clinical work Keely has gained experience in pain management and rehabilitation, alcohol and substance misuse, as well as anxiety. She takes an open and inquisitive approach to an individual's experience of how difficult situations impact on their wellbeing, and focuses on how to tailor evidence-based techniques to best suit an individual's particular needs.
In addition to her clinical work Keely also works in research at the The Kids Research Institute as the Rebecca Davies Clinical Research Fellow looking at preventing the onset of anxiety in children with Type 1 Diabetes and their families.
Keely trained at The University of Western Australia, where she completed her Bachelor of Science, Master of Clinical Psychology, and Doctor of Philosophy. Her PhD thesis examined the impact of anxiety on the communication of emotional information.
Keely runs her own independent practice and engages The Skill Collective to provide administrative and other business services to support her provision of assessment and treatment to clients.
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