Georgia Kirkwood | Psychologist Adelaide
Georgia is a warm-hearted, compassionate female psychologist in Adelaide, known for her supportive, gentle, and patient approach. She works collaboratively with her clients to identify and address their therapy goals and to help them overcome difficulties.
Georgia enjoys working with couples and is well-trained in the Gottman Method. She also helps adults manage anxiety, depression, stress and burnout, life transitions, and workplace challenges. Georgia is available for Telehealth appointments.
Georgia provides psychology services through Kensington Psychology & Well-Being in Kensington Park, supporting clients across Norwood, Burnside, Magill, Payneham, Unley and greater Adelaide.
Therapy is about Feeling Safe enough to Heal and Grow
Successful therapy is always based on a therapeutic relationship that creates a safe space for growth, healing and change. Georgia helps clients to relate to their difficulties with kindness and compassion. She encourages them to find the courage and strength to make changes by taking small steps that fit within their existing lifestyle, leading incrementally to reaching their greater goals for therapy and growing as humans. Georgia helps clients to find and connect with their innate ability for personal growth.
Psychological therapy can help a person gain better self-insight, understand unhelpful thought processes, and improve mood, symptoms and relationships. Collaboratively deciding on therapeutic goals, she helps her clients through practical strategies to thrive in their lives and relationships. Georgia’s kind, non-judgemental and supportive manner means she is client-, rather than problem-centred. Georgia believes therapy is a partnership wherein she combines compassionate exploration of the origin of difficulties with helping clients move toward meaningful change.
Georgia also helps clients navigate complex relationships by guiding them in gaining deeper insight, and how to set boundaries, manage expectations, shift viewpoints and focus on nurturing their emotional well-being.
When it comes to couples, as a psychologist trained in Gottman techniques, Georgia is skilled at helping couples improve their communication and foster increased intimacy, understanding, respect, love, and friendship with each other. Georgia’s manner is both direct and honest, yet kind, so that challenges can be dealt with compassionately and effectively.
Trained in Evidence-based Therapies
Georgia is a skilled therapist who loves learning and values continuous growth, both professionally and personally. She brings a comprehensive and rich evidence-based understanding of psychology into practice. In her therapeutic approach she draws inter alia on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Chairwork Psychotherapy, and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) which are all evidence based, effective therapy systems. Georgia remains client-centred, and tailors her approach to her client’s unique needs. She often blends therapeutic modalities to ensure her clients receive high-quality individualised support.
Psychologist providing Gottman Couples Counselling
Georgia is trained and experienced in working with couples to grow their emotional connection and become happier together. She provides a safe and non-judgemental space for couples to explore how their relationship became stuck, and how to repair, and strengthen it, by exploring the life experiences and habits that may have led them to current issues and providing practical ways to move beyond that. Georgia is skilled at guiding couples in ways to improve communication, increase intimacy and affection, manage conflict without harm, and strengthening their friendship and emotional connection.
The Gottman Method for couples focusses on teaching specific skills that foster a sense of friendship and teamwork. This may include exercises like building "love maps", which is a way to deeply get to know each other's likes, dislikes, passions, fears, important memories, longings, and dreams, as well as likes and dislikes, favourite hobbies, and even music preferences. This builds a sense of intimacy, acceptance and friendship which is foundational to a happy relationship.
She also guides couples to insight about where communication has become stuck and destructive, by understanding habits that Gottman has named "the four horseman": criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling, and replacing them with with gentle, constructive and loving communication.
Areas of Practice
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Sleep difficulties
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Complex Relationships
- Adjustment & Life Transitions
- Workplace challenges
- Burnout
Qualifications & Professional Associations
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Master of Professional Psychology
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Bachelor of Honours in Psychology - 1st Class
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Psychologist, Australia Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
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Member of the Australian Association of Psychologists Incorporated (AAPi)
Frequently Asked Questions
1. What issues can Georgia assist with?
Georgia supports adults and couples experiencing anxiety, depression, stress, burnout, relationship difficulties, grief, and life transitions.
2. Does Georgia offer couples therapy?
Yes. Georgia is trained in the Gottman Method and works with couples seeking to improve communication, connection and relationship satisfaction.
3. Are telehealth appointments available?
Yes. Georgia offers telehealth psychology appointments for clients who prefer flexible access to support services.
4. Do I need a referral?
No referral is required. However, clients seeking Medicare rebates may need a Mental Health Care Plan from their GP.
5. Why choose a female psychologist?
Many people feel more comfortable discussing personal concerns with a female psychologist. The most important factor is finding a therapist you feel safe and comfortable with.
6. What happens in the first session?
The first session focuses on understanding your concerns, goals and circumstances so a personalised therapy plan can be developed.
Request a Consultation with Georgia Kirkwood or Book Online
If you are seeking a psychologist in Adelaide who provides compassionate, practical and evidence-based support, Georgia Kirkwood can help.
Whether you are navigating anxiety, depression, stress, burnout, relationship challenges or major life transitions, Georgia provides a supportive environment for meaningful change.
Take the next step towards improved wellbeing by requesting a consultation with our Adelaide psychology team today.