Keir Mathews
Mental Health Clinician and Counsellor
Keir is an intuitive and empathetic counsellor, with over twenty years’ experience gained in hospitals, residential rehabilitation, and counselling services. Keir works with individual adults and adolescents, couples, families and carers, experiencing mental health challenges from mild to moderate depression, anxiety and interpersonal issues, through to more complex and co-occurring concerns.
Keir is encouraging, reassuring and non-judgemental. He is passionate about providing a safe and supportive space, where he can help clients to explore and reflect on their thoughts and feelings, and discover new insights into their story. Keir is trained to see the whole person in context, by considering biological, psychological and social factors.
A proud stepdad, he is passionate about men’s and parents’ mental health and wellbeing. Keir supports families of all shapes and sizes to thrive, and he is a Gottman trained couples counsellor. He also specialises in Alcohol and Other Drug related issues, addictions, and diagnoses such as Bipolar and Schizophrenia.
Keir utilises various modalities and techniques in practice, including Motivational Interviewing, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and trauma-based therapies such as Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing. Prior to private practice, Keir trained and supervised clinicians and counsellors at The Royal Melbourne Hospital and worked on the Crisis Assessment (CATT) and Substance Use and Mental Illness Treatment teams.