About Interbloom

ABOUT

Hello There

We all have different thoughts, feelings, and expectations around therapy. Maybe you're considering therapy for the first time ever or, maybe this isn't your first rodeo. Maybe you feel clear about what you need and want or, maybe you're feeling apprehensive or overwhelmed.

Finding the type of support that matches you and your needs is a key part of the process. When it comes to effective therapy, the partnership you create with your therapist is as important as the modalities you're seeking.

Below is some information about me to help you in deciding if we could be a good fit in this work together. You are more than welcome to flick me an email if you have any follow up questions or would like to start chatting about therapy.

Hello There

Erin Mansfield

Accredited Mental Health

Social Worker

Here is the

nutshell version...

I started working as helping professional back in 2007 (when I was studying to become a Registered Nurse and working in the field) and practicing a Social Worker and therapist since 2020. Throughout my career I've worked in the non-government sector, public health system, and private practice space. My experience spans across the areas of mental health, substance use and addiction, various forms of trauma and adversity, violence and offending behaviours, and disabilities.

My areas of clinical experience include but are not limited to:

PTSD and C-PTSD

Dissociative disorders

Personality disorders

Experiences of psychosis
Hearing voices

Substance use and addiction

Self-harm and self-injury

Suicidal ideation and behaviours

Anxiety and OCD

ADHD and Autism

Chronic depression

Trauma and adversity

Sexual assault and abuse

Family and domestic violence
Attachment disruptions, emotion deprivation and neglect

Systemic harms and injustices

Erin Mansfield

Accredited Mental Health

Social Worker

Here is the

nutshell version...

My areas of clinical experience include but are not limited to:

PTSD and C-PTSD

Dissociative disorders

Personality disorders

Experiences of psychosis
Hearing voices

Substance use and addiction

Self-harm and self-injury
Suicidal ideation and behaviours
Anxiety and OCD

ADHD and Autism

Chronic depression

Trauma and adversity

Sexual assault and abuse

Family and domestic violence
Attachment disruptions, emotion deprivation and neglect

Systemic harms and injustices

Collaborative

Therapy isn’t something that is done to you, it’s done with you. We acknowledge that unequal power dynamics exist in therapy and see genuine collaboration between client and therapist as an essential part of reducing these imbalances and creating meaningful change.

Therapies and

Approach

I've trained in many therapeutic modalities over the years however, these are the ones I resonate with most (listed in alphabetical order). They are robust and flexible therapies which I use in a trauma-, dissociation-, attachment-, and identity-affirming and informed way. They are also reflective of my inclusive approach to working the mind and the body and nervous system.

I’m what you would call an ‘integrative therapist’. This means that I draw from my training and experience to meet your particular needs, challenges, preferences, goals, readiness, etc. Ultimately, our partnership and collaboration in therapy is the secret sauce!

Generally speaking, I tend to go beyond symptom management and support you with exploring and shifting the root cause/s of your challenges. I don’t take a one-size-fits-all approach. I'm here to help you with whatever meaningful, sustainable and achievable change looks like for you.

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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

DBT is a type of cognitive behaviour therapy that focuses radical acceptance and change. It's skills and concepts fall into these four categories: distress tolerance, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness and mindfulness. DBT is often recommended for those who are struggling with intense feelings and dysregulation, urges and impulsivity, self-harm, suicidal thoughts and behaviours, substance use, disordered eating, relational conflict, among other challenges.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

EMDR is a highly effective therapy for processing traumatic experiences or unhelpful beliefs that keep us stuck in trauma-time or old patterns. What's interesting about EMDR is that this processing can take place without having to talk through the trauma or experiences in great detail. This is because EMDR is both a top-down (cognitive/talking) and bottom-up (somatic/feeling) therapy.

For more information, you can contact me directly and check out EDMRAA's website.

Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)

ERP is a type of cognitive behaviour therapy specifically developed for those living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). ERP involves the intentional but gradual exposure to the thing/s that trigger anxiety and/or compulsions whilst making the choice to regulate emotions and not engage in compulsions.

For more information, you can contact me directly and check out the International OCD Foundation's website.

Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP)

The SSP is a polyvagal therapy that uses filtered music as the vehicle for delivering cues of safety directly to your Autonomic Nervous System (ANS). This passive listening therapy has been designed to help regulate your nervous system so that you can better connect with yourself, others and the world around you. In a similar but different way to EMDR, the SSP is also considered to be a a top-down (cognitive/talking) and bottom-up (somatic/feeling) therapy.

The SSP can be helpful in reducing symptoms and/or challenges associated with depression, anxiety, neurodevelopmental differences such as ADHD and Autism, learning difficulties, sensory processing differences, trauma, and more. Because of the way SSP supports a wider Window of Tolerance, this therapy can be really helpful to incorporate before and/or alongside other therapies including EMDR and parts work.

For more information, you can contact me directly and check out Unyte's website What Is The SSP?

Schema Therapy

Schema Therapy is a type of cognitive behaviour therapy that compassionately works with the unmet needs that may be sitting underneath our pain and challenges. This is a more structured parts work therapy that brings together attachment theory, early life experiences and how they shape our sense of self (even now), schema patterns (a combo of our thoughts, beliefs, feelings, physical sensations, memories and images), and more.

Parts Work

Parts work is quite a broad term and is actually a feature of many well-known therapies (eg. DBT references 'mind states', Acceptance and Commitment Therapy references 'observing self', Schema Therapy does much further into 'early maladaptive schemas' and 'coping modes' etc.). I have specifically included parts work here because my use of it expands beyond this.

For me, parts work is a therapeutic approach for working with internal conflicts, dissociative states, identity fragmentation, complex but rich inner-worlds, and more. My use of parts work is fluid but grounded in evidence-based and evidence-informed practice, eg. the model of structural-dissociation, neurobiology and polyvagal theory, psychodynamic and ego-state therapy.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of Country across Australia and their continuing connection to land, water, sky and community. I pay my deepest respect to Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all First Nations peoples. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.

Diversity is valued and celebrated here. Everyone will be treated with dignity and respect. You and your lived experience are important.

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0448 308 699