Welcome to The Between Psychotherapy in the heart of Carlton.
We are psychotherapists offering medium to long-term therapy to individuals, couples and groups. We bring a strong dedication to meet with your deepest longings and fears, your questions and concerns, some of which may reoccur and cause your unique form of discomfort or suffering.
What happens “between” you and your therapist matters.
In order for you to bring what feels challenging there needs to be a trusted therapeutic relationship that supports you to understand and connect with emotions, thoughts or experiences that you have either warded off or feel overwhelmed by. We are interested in exploring how behaviours and patterns of relating you learned earlier in life show up now in ways that prevent you from either living more fully or creating the changes you need. This often involves the building of new resources and skills along the way. Together we will look to your past and simultaneously discover what else is possible for you.
Our Therapists
Rowenna Halge
Rowenna is a practicing psychotherapist with extensive experience in Mind-Body Medicine, Mental Health Therapies, Relational Psychotherapy and a background in Philosophy and Social Theory.
Jenny Fahey
Jenny is a psychologist with a psychodynamic background plus additional training in Relational Gestalt Therapy and a number of other modalities. She has been working in the field for around 20 years, in both private practice and hospital settings.
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Underlying my approach to therapy is the belief that we are all shaped by our past relationships. Our way of responding in the world (eg. how we relate to others, how anxious we feel, our reaction to a traumatic event or life achievement) is influenced by our relational history. We adjust to our earlier environments in understandable ways. Some examples of these adjustments include learning to:
worry, question or criticise oneself in a bid to get it “right”
mask or disconnect from emotions to be “strong”, or, to not be “too much” for others
be either hypervigilant to other’s needs, or, be super independent and find intimacy challenging
bolster a sense of worth from the external world eg. over-achieving, people-pleasing, or fixing things for others
A quick sample; yet the broad aim is to meet our natural human need for connection and stay emotionally regulated. Since our way of relating to our self and to others is shaped by our relationship experiences, we can only begin to heal - in relationship.
My Approach
I see clients benefit from slowing down, truly noticing, allowing and attending to inner experience (memories, thoughts, feelings and sensations) with the aim of developing understanding, compassion and trust for parts of the self, within the safety of the therapeutic relationship. Often, it is helpful to work on increasing understanding of how patterns developed, as this aids the process of self-acceptance, which is the platform for change. I find it also helps to explore when and how these adjustments, or ways of relating, show up in your present life with the aim of developing new, more vitalising ways of responding and coping.
I am a psychologist and psychotherapist of 20 years. What occurs in each person’s therapy is unique, meaningful and often deeply moving.
My Qualifications
Psychologist with additional training in EMDR, Internal Family Systems informed EMDR and (4 year) Relational Gestalt Psychotherapy.
