Therapeutic Approach

As an individual and couple’s therapist Nancy Carbone is the founder of Counselling Service Melbourne.

As a highly sought-after therapist with over 20 years experience, Nancy  is passionate about helping her clients reclaim the lost parts of themselves so they can find their way in life.

Nancy trained  at the International Psychoanalytic Masterson Institute  for the treatment of personality disorders and attachment trauma, originating from Dr James Masterson.  Nancy  successfully achieved a Masters qualification in Counselling and Psychotherapy, M.Soc Sc (Couns), specialized in Couple and Family Therapy. She has a Bachelor of Arts, majored in Psychology.  Nancy is accredited as a Mental Health Social Worker and her clients can receive the Medicare rebate from Medicare.

Nancy received the award for quality business awards in 2023 for best counselling service and top counselling blogs by feedspot.

In writing her up coming book, Nancy is fascinated at how couples unconsciously connect through the wounds when they want their partner to heal the disowned parts of themselves. She understands how our earliest templates for relationships shapes our later ones, when we look for our unmet needs in our partner. and relive the same hurts until we heal these parts of ourselves. Only then we can stop looking for what we did not get, and start to hold whole relationships.

The Masterson approach is an object relations, self psychology and attachment based approach that works with strengthening the ‘real self’ to grow, so it does not remain impaired or stuck, by overcoming the defensive behaviours which keep the self from moving forward.

The Masterson psychoanalytic psychotherapy works on rebuilding the impaired self. By sorting out underlying emotions and removing defensive layers, overcomes areas of  stuckness. Once the real self is functioning properly, the individual can obtain a self-fulfilling lifestyle, with stability in work, love, friendships etc.

Masterson Approach

There are many ways that individuals can ignore what is going on within themselves or avoid facing the reality of their lives. Many escape by seeking  comfort  (sex, addictions, food, affairs)  to keep feelings at bay. These acting out behaviours prevent us from facing what is really going on, which can keep issues intact. Many of these coping mechanisms can often create more problems, that can destroy ones life and their relationships.

The Masterson therapeutic approach explores underlying aspects of repetitive patterns and self-defeating behaviours, which gets in the way of living life. Defensive behaviours protect against pain, so the behaviour will not change unless the emotions are worked through in therapy.

Freud formulated the notion, that what ever painful material is forgotten, becomes repeated and gets acted out unwanted behavior. The Masterson therapeutic approach works through unwanted emotional material, as it comes up, so that it no longer repeats itself.  So, the individual can be free from self- perpetuating obstacles that hold them back in life.

Reclaim the parts of yourselves that were lost along the way

Healing allow individuals to reclaim the parts of themselves that were lost, before trauma’s got in the way, so they can come alive.

The Masterson approach to therapy provides the individual and couple with emotional holding and containment, while processing emotional experiences, so that it becomes manageable for them. A therapist can re-organizes the individuals emotional experiences, they become free from defensive patterns that become stuck, rigid and self-perpetuating, which can end up taking over them. By better managing emotional material, the self can become stronger to cope and manage with life. So one does not let internal barriers get in the way of living life.

For  enquiries for  appointments,  call: 0449 861 147 or  use the quick consultation form.