Cameron Gyss | Psychologist Adelaide
Cameron is a kind, solution-focused psychologist who is easy to relate to and talk to. He has a warm, collaborative therapy style and provides clients with practical tools and strategies to overcome difficult times, depression, anxiety, trauma, grief and loss, interpersonal issues, health struggles, sleep disorders, and other life difficulties. Individuals seeking support for anxiety, trauma, and emotional wellbeing in Adelaide can benefit from Cameron's practical and compassionate approach to therapy. Cameron enjoys supporting clients to become their best selves, using their values to guide, motivate, and inspire change.
Cameron is available for appointments on Fridays and sees clients aged 18 and over.
Whether you're experiencing anxiety, grief, stress, chronic pain or other life challenges, Cameron provides practical and compassionate support to help you move forward.
Solution Focussed and Client-Centred
Cameron is a supportive therapist and and sympathetic listener. He is able to listen attentively, quickly reach the heart of the matter, and provide sound guidance and strategies for overcoming challenges. Cameron's calm, kind manner puts people at ease and he is very easy to talk to, even for those not normally keen on therapy.
Cameron works collaboratively with his clients to foster understanding into the roots of their current challenges. This typically leads to greater self-insight and a sense of how thoughts and actions contribute to maintaining emotional, social and mental upset. Cameron then provides tools, strategies and solutions that promote healing. When faced with life's difficulties such as chronic pain, grief, anxiety or difficult times, Cameron is an excellent listener who gives thoughtful advice. Cameron helps his clients to build inner resources such as resilience, emotional regulation, courage, self-compassion, cultivating a calmer and wiser state of mind, and effective coping strategies when under pressure.
The goal in therapy is not just to overcome challenges, but also achieving, and sustaining, desired inner and outer changes. This means that Cameron also aims to provide his clients with the tools to weather future challenges.
He helps foster smoother relationships between people; provides therapy for broken hearts, life challenges, and difficult pasts and presents, and fosters greater resilience and future well-being. For those unable to attend in person, telehealth counselling services for adults across Adelaide offer flexible access to professional psychological support.
How can a Psychologist help with Pain?
Pain serves an important purpose by alerting you to injuries such as a sprained ankle or burned hand. Chronic pain, however, is often more complex. Most of us think of pain as a purely physical experience. However, pain has biological, psychological and emotional factors. Living with intense or chronic pain can cause feelings such as anger, hopelessness, sadness and anxiety. To treat pain that does not respond fully to medical treatments, addressing emotional and psychological aspects are often very helpful. Understanding and managing the thoughts, emotions and behaviours that accompany the discomfort can help you cope more effectively with your pain and can actually reduce the intensity of your pain.
If this seems like a strange thought, bear in mind that studies have found that psychotherapy in some instances can be as effective as surgery for relieving chronic pain because psychological treatments for pain can alter how our brains process pain sensations.
Psychologists can help you understand how your pain came about in your life and if emotions have contributed or are contributing to your pain experience. For instance, stress, especially chronic stress, can contribute to a range of health problems, including high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, diabetes, depression and anxiety. And to add insult to injury, living with pain is stressful too! Stress can trigger muscle tension or muscle spasms that may increase pain. It stands to reason then that managing your emotions, such as stress or hopelessness, can directly affect the intensity of your pain.
Cameron is trained and very experienced in assisting those living with pain, injuries or chronic health conditions. He does this through a variety of techniques uniquely tailored to you. Cameron may teach you techniques to soothe your nervous system and decrease the overall pain response, help identify and change unhelpful thoughts that make pain more intense, help reduce anxiety, depression, and other difficult feelings, and assist with related issues such as sleep difficulties, stress, and relationship strains. The aim with therapy is not just to lessen the intensity of the pain, but improving one's quality of life and happiness in general.
Utilising a variety of therapeutic approaches uniquely tailored to you
Cameron is well-trained and experienced in a number of therapies that have been proven to be effective, such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT). He intuitively adapts treatment to fit with the needs of his client in order to be most effective for their particular situation, personality, strengths and challenges. He always remains client-focussed, meaning understanding the human being in front of him as a person living in the real world, and how to help them, always remain paramount in his approach.
Therapy is not just about applying techniques, it requires kind, non-judgemental, deep understanding of difficulties and how they came about, and intuitive insights about what will work for this unique person and their struggles. Cameron's sensitivity and genuine desire to help alleviate suffering, combined with his talent and training as a psychologist, make him an effective and genuinely helpful therapist.
Areas of Practice
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Performance Enhancement
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Return to Work Support
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Significant Life Events and Transitions
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Interpersonal difficulties
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OCD
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Resilience and Life Skills
Qualifications & Professional Associations
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Master of Psychology
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Bachelor of Psychological Science (1st class Honours)
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Member of Australian Association of Psychologists Inc (AAPi)
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Registered with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
Frequently Asked Questions
1. What issues can Cameron help with?
Cameron supports adults experiencing anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, stress, ADHD, OCD, chronic pain, relationship difficulties, and major life transitions.
2. Does Cameron provide telehealth appointments?
Yes. Telehealth appointments are available to clients across Adelaide and South Australia.
3. Can I access Medicare rebates?
Eligible clients with a Mental Health Care Plan from their GP may be eligible for Medicare rebates for psychology sessions.
4. Do I need a referral to book an appointment?
No referral is required to book an appointment. However, a referral may be needed if you wish to claim a Medicare rebate.
5. Is therapy confidential?
Yes. Psychology sessions are confidential, except in specific circumstances required by law or by professional ethical obligations.
Request a Consultation with Cameron Gyss or Book Online
If you're seeking an experienced psychologist in Adelaide who offers compassionate, practical and evidence-based support, Cameron Gyss is here to help.
Whether you're facing anxiety, stress, grief, trauma, chronic pain, relationship challenges or major life transitions, Cameron can help you build the tools and confidence to move forward.
Book a consultation today and take the first step towards improved wellbeing and lasting positive change.