Josie Catania
Resume
Josie is a compassionate and engaging clinical psychologise with over 15 years experience across a number of settings including direct clinical services, clinical consultant and educator to primary care providers. She commenced practicing as a psychologist in public mental health and over the years has developed excellent mental health assessment and treatment skills across a range of conditions. She has been recognised for her specialist skills in the sector and has worked as senior clinical psychologist and a specialist in eating disorders at the Victorian Centre of Excellence of Eating Disorder. Josie is recognised as a clinical supervisor with experience of providing supervision to psychology graduates within public mental health settings. Josie provides treatment for individuals ranging from late adolescence through to older aged and she is able to be part of a shared care team arrangement to ensure a high level of continuity of care.
Josie’s experience in the private sector has seen her further enhance her excellent skills with high prevalence disorders such as panic, generalised anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorders, adjustment disorder, depression and eating disorders. Josie is able to provide evidence-based treatment for high prevalence disorders including CBT and Schema Therapy. She also provides evidence based treatment for eating disorders including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Enhanced (CBT-E), Cognitive Behaviour – Guided Self Help (CBT-GSH), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for ARFID (CBT-AR) and Specialist Supportive Clinical Management for Anorexia Nervosa (SSCM).