About Kobie 

 

Kobie Allison

Psychologist and Director at Modern Minds

Kobie Allison is a compassionate, warm, and dedicated psychologist with extensive experience working with children, families, adolescents, and adults. Her services are evidence-based, and she maintains her expertise and professionalism through ongoing peer and clinical supervision and continuing professional development.

Generally her counselling approach moves through three inter-related stages:

  1. Hearing and responding to the client’s story

  2. Mapping the possibilities and goal setting

  3. Action planning and closure.

Her approach is gentle, compassionate, curious, gently challenging, and attuned to the client’s present moment. Kobie’s extensive experience in psychology has enabled her to help clients develop a stronger understanding of themselves and others.

Kobie has worked as a counsellor in a variety of settings, including:

  • Therapy for children and parents experiencing grief, loss, and anxiety-related difficulties.

  • Support for children and adult survivors of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse.

  • Specialized focus on complex trauma and family therapy.

Kobie finds therapeutic work invigorating and is continually inspired by the bravery of her clients.

Areas of Interest

Kobie’s therapeutic approach is predominantly psychodynamic, influenced by Self Psychology or ‘the Psychology of the Self.’ This approach helps clients develop a clear and cohesive sense of self, explore their ambitions and ideals, and grow to fulfill their potential. Disruptions to self-development are often the foundation of many emotional, psychological, and interpersonal difficulties.

Founder of Modern Minds

Kobie is also the founder of Modern Minds, where she works alongside a range of dedicated and compassionate health practitioners ranging from Acupuncturists, Naturopaths, Social Workers and Nutritionists and Dieticians. Click here to learn more about Modern Minds.

“Self psychology sees man as born strong, not weak, because it takes account of the fact that he is born into the psychological matrix of responsive self-objects, just as he is born into the physiological matrix of an atmosphere that contains oxygen. To examine the baby psychologically in isolation from the self-objects (who indeed are a part of him and of whom he is a part, from the beginning) would be just as absurd as it would be to examine it physiologically in a vacuum, i.e., without oxygen (which indeed is simultaneously ‘inside’ and ‘outside’ of him physically, as are the self-objects simultaneously ‘inside’ and ‘outside’ of him psychologically). Being reflected by the self-objects (mirroring), being able to merge with their calmness and power (idealization), sensing the silent presence of their essential alikeness (twin-ship), the baby is strong, healthy, and vigorous.”By Heinz Kohut from (1984), How Does Analysis Cure?. Ed. A. Goldberg & P. Stepansky. Chicago: University of Chicago Press (p.478).

 

Qualifications

Master of Psychology (Clinical)
Master of Applied Psychology (Counselling)
Bachelor of Psychology (with Honours)

Memberships and Affiliations

Registration, Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
Member, Australian Psychological Society (APS)
Member, APS Psychoanalytic Orientated Psychotherapy Interest Group
Member, Golden Key International Honours Society for Academic Excellence

Recent Conference Publications

  • Allison, K. L., & De Gioannis, A. (2017). Self-care and Self-compassion among Therapists: Enhacning Self-Regulation and Working Alliance. The International Conference of Neuropsychotherapy, May 2017.

  • Allison, K. L. Amanda: Fear of Abandonment. In P.J. Rossouw, (ed.) (2014). Neuropsychotherapy. Theoretical underpinnings and clinical applications. Sydney, Mediros.

  • Rossouw, P. J & Allison, K. L. (2014). Enhancing therapeutic progress through controllable incongruence – an interpersonal neurobiological perspective. The 28th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Paris, France 8-13 July.

  • Allison, K. L., & Rossouw, P. J. (2013). Brain based trauma intervention: The role of safety in facilitating an enriched therapeutic environment. The International Conference of Attachment and Trauma Informed Practice. Melbourne. 13,14 August.

  • Allison, K. L., & Rossouw, P. J. (2013). The therapeutic alliance. Exploring the concept of “safety” from a neuropsychotherapeutic perspective. APS National Counselling Conference. 21-24 February. Melbourne, Australia.

  • Allison, K. L., & Rossouw, P.J. (2013). The therapeutic alliance: Exploring the concept of “safety” from a neuropsychotherapeutic perspective. International Journal of Neuropsychotherapy. 1, 21-29 doi: 10.12744/ijnpt.2013.0021-0029