Ms Adele Romanis

Private Clinical Psychologist - Focusing on individual psychotherapy and specialising in teaching couples effective communication in their relationship to increase relationship satisfaction

What type of illnesses/diseases do you treat?

A Clinical Psychologist focuses on the individual and treats people with psychosomatic symptoms as well as difficulties within their interpersonal relationships and focuses on increasing the client’s emotional wellbeing. I treat all psychological diagnosis defined in the DSM IV: Anorexia and bulimia, depression disorders, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, adjustment disorders, relationship break-downs, divorce, childhood difficulties, ADHD, behavioural issues and many more.

What type of treatments/procedures/operations do you offer?

Treatment is determined by the presenting problem. Psychotherapy can be a short term or long term process where the emotional issues of the person are identified and address accordingly.

What type of symptoms do people have that require your services?

Many people symptoms are emotional instability or uneasiness. Frustration, anger, Irritation, sadness, hurt. In many situations people are unable to identify that they are experiencing psychological symptoms and thus present with physical difficulties which are unexplained by GP’s or medical specialist. This is what is known as psychosomatic symptoms, and the person may experience many forms of psychosomatic symptoms, e.g. constant headaches, stomach aches, lack of energy, etc. Technical terms used in your profession. Depression, anxiety disorders, interactional patterns, schizophrenia, bi-polar, substance related disorders, eating disorders, personality disorders, relational problems, psychotherapy, suicide, grief, adjustment disorders, couple’s therapy, couple’s communication therapy, post-traumatic stress disorder

Layman terms people use when searching for your expertise.

Depression, suicide, anxiety, bi-polar, anorexia, bulimia, grief, individual psychotherapy, sadness, drugs, relationship break-down, divorce, couple’s therapy, hi-jacking, armed robbery, smash and grab, burglary.