Felipe Arenas Ortiz

Felipe is a Registered Psychologist with more than 12 years of international experience, working with different types of clients and presentations, work environments and people with diverse social backgrounds and psychological needs, including Spanish-speaking communities and migrants.

Felipe has experience working with anxiety, depression, stress management, vocational counselling and work-related mental health challenges, relationship issues and men’s mental health issues. Felipe has developed skills working with people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds and has experience in counselling clients presenting with migratory grief, cultural shock, adjustment disorders, and major life transitions.

Felipe has an eclectic working style, principally based on the integration of Roger’s humanistic Person-Centered Approach, Gestalt Therapy, Transpersonal and Positive Psychology, Mindfulness and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.

Felipe is a great believer in working with each client’s particular needs, as each client is unique and internally wise. He believes that psychological intervention is not only about overcoming mental health challenges, but also about thriving, growing and building meaning and purpose.

Felipe believes in the importance of ongoing professional and personal development. He participates in seminars, courses and self-education activities related to psychology, mental health, wellbeing and personal growth.

Felipe offers therapy in English and Spanish.

Age groups:

• Young adults
• Adults
• Older Persons

Therapeutic modalities:

• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
• Gestalt Therapy
• Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP)
• Mindfulness
• Person-Centred Psychotherapy
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy