tim cianfrini

Tim feels honoured to support individuals in processing trauma, whether recent or under more complex circumstances.

His person-centred therapeutic approach helps create a safe space, enabling clients to explore the impact of trauma on the different areas of life - daily functioning, quality of life, relationships and world views.

Tim aims to not only help clients process and understand trauma but also develop skills to manage their trauma symptoms.

Tim is trained in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), an evidence-based treatment for PTSD and trauma.

Working with adolescents is an element of psychology practice Tim finds very rewarding. He particularly enjoys helping young people with their:

• Mental health (e.g. anxiety, depression)

• Neurodivergence

• School related challenges

• Navigating friendships and relationships.

Tim also helps adolescents through a period of identity formation, particularly with helping adolescent males navigate positive relationships moving forward in life.

With the young person’s permission, Tim takes a collaborative approach with families to extend the strategies developed in session.

His hope is to equip clients with tools to have a lasting impact moving forward in life.

Tim provides psychological support and practical tools to adolescents and adults with ADHD, supporting those navigating recent or long-known diagnoses.

A particular passion of Tim’s is helping clients adjust to a recent diagnosis and the ongoing impact this has on mental health and identity.

Tim supports clients to implement strategies to reduce challenges surrounding everyday demands (work, school, relationships).

Please note that Tim does not conduct ADHD assessments.

Tim is an advocate for destigmatising mental health care which informs his work with men.

Tim particularly enjoys working with men in the following areas:

• Helping adolescent males and young men navigate identity formation, and build positive and respectful friendships/ relationships.

• Helping men to navigate different roles - son, friend, partner, husband, father - whilst remaining true to themselves.

• Helping men adjust to the parenting role and associated changes to routine, identity, and relationship dynamics.

• Helping men to relate better to partners, focusing on communication, conflict, boundaries, and intimacy.

• Helping men with ADHD to manage daily lives and relationships better, and to manage impulsive behaviours that carry potential for negative outcomes.

• Helping men facing mental health challenges (depression, anxiety) as well as loneliness and isolation.

Tim has extensive experience supporting individuals with work-related difficulties across various industries.

In particular, Tim helps clients manage burnout and collaboratively develops strategies to improve work-life balance and develop a more sustainable approach to work.

Tim enjoys supporting early-career individuals to navigate working life, enhance work communication, and to build a fulfilling career.

Relationships can have challenging moments. Tim works with individuals, and also with couples, to help them work through and work together on these challenges.

In particular, Tim enjoys working with couples to improve communication and connection, and equip them with tools to navigate their relationship.

Tim also supports individuals and partners to navigate issues that may impact the relationship, including poor mental health, neurodivergence, substance use, grief, parenting/pregnancy and family issues.

With Tim’s special interest in supporting individuals with ADHD he helps couples work through the challenges of communication and roles within their relationship, including supporting couples where one (or more) partners has ADHD.

Working with LGBTQIA+ clients in an affirming and non-judgemental way is paramount to Tim’s professional practice.

He works with community members of all ages (adolescents to older people) to navigate their mental health, relationship challenges, parenting and grief.

Tim knows that being LGBTQIA+ can make entering any healthcare space particularly confronting due to the potential of or past experiences of stigma. He is dedicated to providing a safe and positive therapeutic space for clients to be authentic and work as a team with his clients to work through their presenting challenges.