Dr Geoffrey Carastathis
Clinical Psychologist

PhD (Clinical Psychology) | BA (Hons) | BA

I am a registered clinical psychologist based in Mount Lawley, Western Australia.

I work with adults wanting to explore and address long-standing unhelpful ways of thinking, feeling and relating to oneself and others, with the aim of strengthening sense-of-self, emotional capacity, relationships, and enhancing overall wellbeing.

I am often sought after for my experience in providing LGBTI+ affirmative therapy.

I have a particular focus in helping LGBTI+ people work through the impact of minority stress in relation to gender and sexual diversity.

I conduct assessments to assist gender diverse people to commence gender-affirming medical treatment (WPATH Assessments).

I also provide workshops/trainings on providing LGBTI+ affirmative care and therapy.

A safe space to grow

About Me

I have a Bachelor Arts (Psychology), with First Class Honours, and a PhD in Clinical Psychology. My PhD dissertation explored the rejection experiences of gay men and women coming out to family. The study sought to understand how rejection was portrayed and perceived, and importantly, how participants coped with rejection.

I have experience in the public and private sector providing short and longer-term therapy.

I have previously worked for YouthLink, a specialist clinic within the Western Australian Health Department, providing therapy to young people (13 - 25 years old) who seek help for a range of reasons including gender identity, trauma, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, homelessness, and other psychosocial issues. Within this role, I acted as senior clinical psychologist in the Gender Pathways Service, covering the lead's maternity leave. Here I worked exclusively with gender diverse people in assisting them meet their medical transition goals.

I have also previously worked at Royal Perth Hospital providing therapy to inpatients and outpatients with a wide-range of presentations including those living with or at risk of contracting HIV, sexual health issues, depression, PTSD, anxiety, adjustment to diagnoses and personality disorders.

My work in the private sector included providing a range of psychological services under Employee Assistance Programs, the Better Access to Mental Health Care Initiative, and Workers’ Compensation. In this setting I also provided critical incidence response counselling/support and mental health training to a number of organisations.