Sarsha Spring

Areas of Practice

• ·Anxiety, depression, burnout and adjustment difficulties
• ·OCD, body image concerns and body dysmorphic disorder
• ·Emotion regulation, perfectionism and persistent self-criticism
• ·Trauma, attachment and relationship difficulties
• ·Neuroaffirming support for ADHD and autistic people (therapy only, no formal assessments)

Clinical Background

• ·Private practice, hospital and academic settings
• ·Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), including complex ADHD presentations
• ·Rural clinical practice in Tasmania
• ·University psychology clinics, including OCD-focused work at the Curtin Psychology Clinic
• ·More than ten years in NDIS services, with a working knowledge of how the scheme runs for participants
• ·Co-author of peer-reviewed research in Behaviour Research and Therapy on body image, appearance concern and intrusive thoughts

Therapeutic Approach

Sarsha works relationally. Her work sits at the intersection of rigorous, evidence-based clinical interventions and a caring, corrective relationship, through which those interventions are delivered.

Sarsha is trained in and uses CBT, ACT, DBT, mindfulness and compassion-focused therapies. For deeper work, she uses parts-based modalities such as Schema Therapy and IFS-informed therapy, for long-standing patterns and challenges.