About - Mitch Lawrie - Hypno & Psychotherapist

  • Post-Graduate degree qualified career/life counsellor with over 12 years experience (Masters of Education in Career Guidance from QUT).
  • Nationally recognised Diploma of Positive Pyschology and Wellbeing.
  • Trained in clinical hypnotherapy and strategic psychotherapy with Clinical Psychologist, Dr Michael Yapko, one of the world's leading experts in these fields.
  • Professional training in the Ego State Therapy approach to psychotherapy with Dr Gordon Emmerson.
  • Successfully provided career and life direction counselling services to numerous individuals and client organisations, such as the University of Queensland, TAFE, Brisbane City Council, Energex and Queensland Rail.
  • Educator with over 20 years' experience in development & delivery of personal, career, & team development programs.
  • Two years training and experience as a Lifeline volunteer counsellor.
  • Professional training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with Dr Russ Harris, Resilience Facilitation with the Resilience Institute, and Group Facilitation with the Men's Health and Wellbeing Association.
  • Founder of YourStaffWellbeing.com.au .

Approach

With over 9 years of university studies, Mitch has a broad education to draw upon. Based on client needs, he integrates clinical hypnotherapy, ego state therapy, mindfulness practices, positive psychology, career/life counselling, brief psychotherapy and psychoeducation to enable change. During his ten years overseas he also completed studies in California and New York (Columbia University) in history, philosophy, HR, cultural anthropology and world religions with the over-riding goal of deepening his understanding of human wellbeing and performance.

The most powerful approach Mitch has come across in over 30 years of exploring fields related to human wellbeing and performance is a new understanding of psychology called the Three Principles, first proposed by Sydney Banks. This understanding is sometimes referred to by other names, including Health Realization, the Inside-Out approach, neo-cognitive psychology, Psychology of Mind, and Innate Health. 

Mitch now integrates his work into the broad framework provided by the inside-out Three Principles approach. He attended the Three Principles School in Canada in 2018.

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Mitch's approach to supporting client's wellbeing & performance integrates a number of fields.

Background

PictureMitch and family - Point Cartwright
Mitch's skills are based on the firm foundation of extensive life experience including employment within the business, community and government sectors in Queensland. For ten years he worked in the USA, Eastern Europe, Russia, Turkey, Korea and throughout South East Asia in a variety of demanding positions including leading international services projects in five countries. For the last 12 years, Mitch has experienced the challenges of raising a daughter with a significant intellectual disability. 

Given half a chance, Mitch likes to go surfing and kite surfing.