Virginia Pulker

Virginia is not currently taking on new clients.

Phone:
0476 674 094

Email: 
virginia.pulker@gmail.com

Rooms:

571A Canning Highway, Alfred Cove

 

Individual therapy for adults and adolescents.

Virginia is a therapist with over 20 years’ experience working in the area of mental health. Virginia has worked in a range of settings both in Australia and the UK: from therapy services through to community mental health and inpatient services. She has also worked as a lecturer in Mental Health.

Virginia has extensive experience providing both individual and group psychotherapy. Most recently she has specialised in working with people with personality disorders and she has been involved in running Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)- informed groups in a variety of settings. Virginia has a particular interest in emotion regulation, complex trauma, borderline personality disorder and also psychosis. Virginia has been actively involved in the Hearing Voices movement here and in the UK and in training others to work creatively with psychosis.

Virginia’s style of therapy focuses on helping people to develop a greater understanding of themselves, to build compassion for themselves and learn new skills as necessary in order to make changes in their life. In practice she uses a combination of DBT, Schema Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR).

As an occupational therapist Virginia believes in the importance of connecting with activities, relationships and roles that give us a sense of meaning and purpose.

Based in Mount Pleasant, Virginia provides a warm, validating and respectful environment where people can come to make sense of their experiences and get skilled support on their recovery journey.

Training and Professional Development

In addition to her primary degree Virginia has trained in the following areas:

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

  • Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy

  • Dual Diagnosis Training

  • Working with Voices/Creative psychosis work

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

  • Dialectical Behaviour Therapy

  • Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Adolescents

  • ACT and Mindfulness for Trauma

  • Schema Therapy

  • Neuropsychotherapy

  • Gottman Method Couples Therapy (Level 1)

  • EMDR (Levels 1 and 2)

Virginia’s Professional Memberships

Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency
Occupational Therapy Australia

Additional Memberships:

Perth Complex Trauma Network (MHPN)
Australian BPD Foundation (WA Branch)
Complex Trauma WA Inc