Hi, I’m Rocio .

I use she/her pronouns and live in Sydney NSW.

I’m an accredited mental health social worker that is passionate about supporting others to come closer to themselves and the world around them.

My practice draws from attachment theory and I use a number of evidence- based modalities in session. Internal Family Systems (IFS) forms the foundation of how I understand the world around me. I also use Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) and some elements of Narrative Therapy. I use somatic and polyvagal techniques into my practice, stemming from Polyvagal Theory.

I am aware that therapy doesn’t occur in a vacuum and bring this awareness into my practice and consider it the baseline and foundation of any therapeutic work I do. I am passionate about challenging the stigma surrounding mental health issues, radical self-care and use a Health At Every Size (HAES) approach to health and wellbeing. I use a feminist framework for practice and my work is underpinned by ethics of social justice and advocacy, appreciation of intersectional oppression and the pursuit of dignity in a world where this is lacking for many.

In addition to my role in private practice, I am currently working as a trauma specialist counsellor in a non-government organisation.

I work with individuals 16 years and above internationally and provide psychotherapeutic services in English, Spanish and Galician.

QUALIFICATIONS

✿ Masters of Social Work Qualifying (Western Sydney University- Sydney, Australia) - 2 years

✿ Graduate Diploma in Psychological Guidance and Counselling (Marmara University- Istanbul, Turkey) - 1 year

✿ Bs Social Ed (University of Santiago de Compostela- Galicia, Spain) - 4 years

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

✿ EMDR Part 1 with Caroline Burrows- August 2025

✿ Level 2 Internal Family Systems with Einat Bronstein (IFS INSTITUTE) - June 2025

✿ Trauma, Dissociation, Parts with Joanne Twombly - September 2024

✿ Level 1 Internal Family Systems with Einat Bronstein (IFS INSTITUTE) - August- November 2023

✿ "Internal Family Systems Model''- IFS Institute with Dr. Simon d’Orsogna - 2022

✿ ''Trauma Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy'' with Russ Harris - 2021

✿ ''Trauma, Attachment and Neuroscience’’ with Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk - 2020

✿ "Working with adult male survivors of child sexual abuse” with SAMSN - 2019

✿ Comprehensive training in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (12 months) with Peter King- 2019