Bartholomew
Pawlik

About Bart:

Bart is the Principal Psychologist at Central Psychology Services. He is a Clinical Psychologist who has worked with a diverse range of mental health presentations, from Salisbury to McLaren Vale, and suburbs in between. He has an interest in working with military and emergency services personnel – as well as medical, healthcare and community services professionals. Bart has expertise working with Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, as well as Anxiety Disorders. He enjoys helping people with a ‘busy mind’, with a tendency to overthink and worry; people who struggle with ‘people pleasing’ and want to develop their assertiveness; and those who experience perfectionism or unrelenting standards. As someone who comes from a rural background, Bart enjoys meeting and working with people from all walks of life. .

Education and Training:

  • Honours Degree in Psychology, University of South Australia

  • Master of Psychology (Clinical), Flinders University

  • Beck Institute Anxiety Disorder Training

  • Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy Training

  • Mindfulness-Integrated

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

  • Schema Therapy

  • Certificate in Transformational Chairwork

Approach to Therapy:

  • Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

  • Mindfulness

  • Metacognitive Therapy

  • Schema Therapy

  • Transformational Chairwork

  • Imagery Rescripting

Areas of Expertise:

  • Emergency Services Personnel: Understanding the needs of military, veterans, paramedics, police officers, firefighters and related professionals.

  • Healthcare Professionals: Assisting those who help others, preventing burnout and maintaining resilience.

  • Trauma / Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Offering evidence based treatment to assist in healing from the path.

  • Depression: Overcoming the ‘Black Dog’ and building a brighter future

  • Anxiety: Utilizing psychological techniques to alleviate and cope with pain.

  • Worry/Rumination/Overthinking: Learning to quiet a busy mind and live in the moment

  • Social Anxiety Disorder / Shyness: Growing into feeling comfortable and confident in social life

  • Perfectionism: Learning to develop flexible standards and self-kindness to feel like ‘enough’

  • People Pleasing and Assertiveness: Learning to assert oneself, ask for what you need, set boundaries – and stop feeling guilty

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