Clinical Psychology Services

Olivewell Psychology is a small counselling and therapy service in West Melbourne, Victoria. Rebecca Iannello is an experienced clinical psychologist and director at Olivewell Psychology.

Our service is named after the olive, a symbol of peace and harmony. We hope to help our clients cultivate a sense of peace, both in their relationships with others and their relationship with themselves. We aim to provide high quality and individualised treatment for adolescents and adults experiencing mental health and adjustment difficulties, relationship problems and chronic pain.

rebecca iannello

Rebecca is passionate about providing a safe and compassionate space to ensure clients feel respected, heard and understood. Rebecca has a warm, kind and empathic interpersonal style. She aims to help clients leave sessions with a greater level of insight and awareness into their own experiences, and the confidence and tools to help them navigate life’s challenges. Rebecca works collaboratively with clients to help them enhance their mental health, and achieve their wellbeing goals. She has experience working in private practice, education and pain management settings. Rebecca has undergone training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Schema Therapy and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy. She also uses interpersonal psychotherapy, mindfulness and self-compassion principles to inform her work.

Rebecca has a special interest in chronic pain management, and has completed training in Pain Reprocessing Therapy and emotional processing for chronic pain.

What we can help with

Anxiety disorders
Mood disorders
Chronic pain/health issues
Stress
Adjustment/life transition stress
Low self worth
Insomnia
Body image
Relationship/family issues
Trauma
Workplace issues
And many more

Chronic pain therapy

Chronic pain is widespread and costly issue in Australia. It includes conditions such as IBS, fibromyalgia, chronic migraines, chronic back pain and many others. Unfortunately chronic pain is often not well understood or treated in mainstream medical services. However, we now have a large and growing body of research and techniques to effectively treat this condition using a “mind-body” scientific approach.

Many people are understandably highly distressed, scared and vigilant regarding their pain. Many people have also tried numerous other standard treatments for chronic pain without much success. We use techniques to help you calm your nervous system (your “alarm system”) in order to build a sense of safety in your body and thus deactivate pain signals. We also help to explore and address the factors that may have contributed to turning on this alarm system in the first place, such as trauma, perfectionism, self-criticism, and emotional avoidance. Many types of chronic pain can be effectively treated using these methods. We believe healing is possible, and hope for recovery is fundamental to this process.

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