About Tony Talevski

Tony believes that the therapeutic relationship, developed through empathic understanding and trust, is used to assist clients in developing deeper insight into their challenges by becoming increasingly aware of their own thinking, feeling and behavioural patterns. Through therapy with Tony, individuals begin to address the initial problems and symptoms they were struggling with as well as make changes at a deeper level within themselves and work towards reaching their full potential.

People who enter psychotherapy with Tony consistently report:

  • A significant reduction or resolution of their clinical symptoms (reduced anxiety; improved mood; better sleep etc)

  • A deep insight into the way their personal and relational history has shaped who they are - their strengths, their current issues, relationship dynamics and broader life patterns

  • An increased ability to use their new-found insight to make conscious choices that shift deeply entrenched thinking / feeing / relationship patterns in a positive direction

  • Feelings of emotional, relational and social freedom

  • An improvement in their self-confidence and capacity to derive satisfaction and fulfilment from their relationships and vocational pathway

Education

2006: Masters of Social Work (Clinical), Melbourne University
2001: Bachelor of Social Work, Melbourne University
1998: Bachelor of Arts (Social Science), Monash University

Experience

Tony has been in independent/private practice since 2007 and has also held positions in various counselling, supervisory and managerial roles in community and clinical settings with experience including:

  • Working with a range of Medical and Allied Health referrers to provide clinical assessment and intervention for a wide range of mental health, relationship and personal issues for adults, couples and families (find out more: Individual Psychotherapy and Couples Psychotherapy)

  • The provision of group therapy and programs for separated parents to assist them with their grief and loss, adjustment and post-separation parenting with their ex-partners with a focus on “the best interests of the child”.

  • The provision of supervision for clinical staff and students

  • Working as an individual and family counsellor and case manager for families experiencing various mental health and relationship challenges and children who were assessed by Child Protection Services as being “at-risk”.

  • The provision of parenting skills programs.

Publications

Chapter 7: Mothers at the Margins: Psychodynamic Therapy with Mothers in the Welfare System 2014 Mothering and Psychoanalysis: Clinical Sociological and Feminist Perspectives. Edited by Petra Bueskens. Demeter Press