Nigel Polak
Psychotherapist | Counsellor | Coach | Academic Teacher & Clinical Supervisor
MA Psych & Couns; GradCert Gestalt Therapy; GradCert Conflict Resolution; GradCert Family Dispute Resolution; MBA; BSc/LLB
ARCAP, PACFA Clin. Reg. #23441
Nigel Polak is a psychotherapist, counsellor and life coach, mediator, trainer and facilitator and a member of the team at Harbour Therapy Clinic, Coffs Harbour. He has many years of experience providing psychotherapy, counselling and life coaching to individuals, couples and families hoping to improve their experience of their life, work and relationships. Nigel offers a friendly and relaxed, but no-nonsense approach to helping you work through any of the challenges you face in life and work. There is nothing you can't talk about with Nigel. Sessions are relaxed and comfortable while getting the job done in a way that is tailored to you and your unique needs and circumstances. When he is not helping people to be the best they can be, he enjoys swimming, surfing, fishing, cycling and camping with his partner and children.
Nigel is trained and experienced in a wide range of approaches to counselling and coaching, including:
Nigel is trained and experienced in a wide range of approaches to counselling and coaching, including:
- Existential therapy
- Gestalt therapy
- Person-centred therapy
- Phenomenology
- Couples therapy
- Gottman method
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
- Trauma-informed practice
- Mediation / conflict resolution
- Family dispute resolution
- Imago, focusing
- Empty chair
- Psychodrama
- TIR (Traumatic Incident Reduction)
- NLP (Neuro-linguistic Programming)