Brooke Shakspeare

Director, Mental Health Social Worker and Senior Psychotherapist

⦿ Masters of Social Work
⦿ Accredited Mental Health Social Worker AMHSW
⦿ Level 2 Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy
⦿ Level 2 Theraplay
⦿ EMDR level 1
⦿ EFT Tapping Level 1
⦿ Equine Facilitated Therapy training through the Professional Association for Equine Facilitated Wellness in Canada. Professional Member of the Pro EFW Association.

Hello, I’m Brooke,

I am a senior psychotherapist and Mental Health Social Worker specialising in trauma and attachment, child and youth mental health, perinatal mental health and family therapy. I’ve been providing psychotherapy and mental health supports since 2011 in diverse communities both in Australia and overseas, including practicing for 6 years as a clinician within government Child and Youth Mental Health. I also have a passion for working with neurodiverse people, and have spent a number of years as a carer for young people whom are neurodiverse and have experienced trauma. Sessions with me are rebated through Medicare and some private health funds, I am also a registered NDIS provider.

I work in a holistic relational manner, where I prioritise safety, warmth and acceptance within the therapy space. I practice from a strengths based perspective, to build hope and resilience with clients. A cornerstone of my therapeutic practice is Equine Facilitated Therapy. I offer EFT from my home just 30 minutes outside of Brisbane. I have a deep love of horses and the outdoors, growing up on a farm, and I have been very lucky to bring my passions together in this EFT. I believe strongly in the healing power of nature and animals, and use these principles in my psychotherapy practice to resource clients, and work from a body based trauma informed perspective.


Interventions

Trauma Informed Practice, Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Somatic Psychotherapy, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, Systemic Family Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Mentalization Based Therapy, Emotional Freedom Techniques (Clinical EFT), Play Therapy informed by Theraplay® principles, and drumming-based healing.

I am passionate about integrated practice where people feel they are seen holistically, taking into account their mind body relationship and the relationships with those around them and their environment.