Patrick Sheehan
Clinical Psychologist
Qualifications: BPsych(Hons); MPsych(Clin); Member of the Australian Clinical Psychology Association
Health Practitioner Number: PSY0001332792
Patrick Sheehan is a Clinical Psychologist who works with adults and adolescents in his private practice located in Glebe, Sydney. He comes with over 10 years of experience as a psychologist, completing undergraduate and postgraduate training at Macquarie University.
He has previously worked at The University of Sydney, the mood disorders unit and adolescent unit of the Northside Clinic, the Nepean Hospital Cancer Care Centre, NSW Health, and as a guest lecturer for the UNSW Clinical Psychology Program.
He is eligible to provide medicare services at the highest level of rebate. He provides evidence-based treatment, meaning that his treatment is informed by science and has been shown to be effective in research studies. Moreso, he is dedicated to an approach that involves listening fully and providing a bespoke treatment for each patient.
In addition to providing psychological therapy, he provides supervision to fellow clinical psychologists and registrar clinical psychologists. He is a Psychology Board of Australia approved supervisor.
Patrick Sheehan has worked in private practice since 2011 and has a special interest in seeing the following range of presentations:
Adults
- Individual Therapy
- Relationships - understanding patterns, difficulties and loss
- Males seeking therapy
- Life transitions
- Grief and bereavement
- Workplace stress and burnout
- Anxiety, panic or excessive worry
- Depression
- Bipolar mood disorder
- Social Anxiety
- Obsessive-compulsive thoughts and behaviours
- Post-traumatic stress
- Adjusting to a chronic or impactful health condition
- Phobias
- Managing Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms with CBT skills
- Sleep problems
- Anger and aggression
- Coping with shame and guilt
- Developing self-esteem, confidence or assertiveness skills
Adolescents 13-18
- Anxiety and depression (worry, social anxiety, panic, school refusal)
- HSC and study stress
- Procrastination
- Perfectionism
- Obsessive-compulsive thoughts and behaviours
- Communicating with your adolescent
Modalities of treatment:
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT): You can learn more about CBT from an article on the The Conversation: "Explainer: what is cognitive behaviour therapy?"
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), including mindfulness based therapies. You can learn more about ACT from AIPC
- Motivational Interviewing - You can learn more about motivational interviewing from this article on Psychology Today.
- Narrative Therapy - You can learn more about narrative therapy from the Dulwich Centre.
His work is also informed by attachment and self-psychology theories.
Professional Memberships
Hours of Availability
Contact hours are from 9am till 5pm, Monday to Friday. If he doesn’t answer your call, he is likely in session and will aim to return your call as soon as it is feasible.
Patrick Sheehan is a clinical psychologist who works with adults and adolescents in his private practice located in Glebe, Sydney. If you want to enquire about an appointment, please head over to the contact page.