“We might argue that it is categorically impossible to ever get to know ourselves in isolation, let alone get to know another person. All we can come to know is the me-in-relation to you, or the you-in-relation to me: the us that was formed with the other. Fundamentally, we may only come to know ourselves as persons-in-relations.”

— Asaf Rolef Ben-Shahar

Meet Lia

Natalia Ranson

Preferred name Lia

Pronouns She/Her

B Sci (Psych) (Hons), MPsych (Clin)

AHPRA No. PSY0001705913

Lia Ranson

I completed my clinical masters training in 2013 and since then have had experience working as a clinical psychologist across a range of mental health settings, with a common focus on attachment theory, family therapy and complex developmental trauma.

From 2016-2024 I worked in public health, treating complex child, family, adolescent and adult mental health presentations in both secondary and tertiary services. I started my career in private practice, specialising in mental health treatment for children and families, neurodiverse people and adults with childhood trauma.

Although I enjoy working with people of all ages, I have always most enjoyed working with parents and carers to enhance their resourcing and address any blocks to their capacity to trust their intuition around meeting both their own and their child’s needs.

In more recent years, my interest in supporting people in care provider roles has expanded to include supporting other therapists. This came after experiencing the benefits and freedoms (both personally and professionally) from committing to my own therapy when the needs arise. I have become more interested in perinatal work after my journey through conception, birth and raising young children.

Qualifications and Certifications:

I have a masters degree in Clinical Psychology and am registered with AHPRA as a board-approved supervisor for other psychologists.

I am an Advanced Schema Therapist, Supervisor-Trainer through the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST). I am a member of EMDRAA and have engaged in additional advanced EMDR trainings and consultations. I am a Circle of Security International Parenting Facilitator

Professional development is very important to me and I am regularly engaging in further training and high quality supervision to self reflect, keep up to date, and try offer the best service I can to my clients. I started training in Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) in 2022 and am currently working towards becoming an accredited DBR Practitioner and from there a Consultant. I have completed additional intensive training in Perinatal and Infant Mental Health. Further details can be provided on request depending on interests and needs.

“Our nervous systems are not closed systems, but rather are interwoven with those of other beings”
— Nora Samaran

Areas of Focus

My primary interests are working with people in care provider roles and individuals of all ages with legacies of trauma.

Client groups and issues I work with include:

  • Therapy for therapists

  • Parents/carers seeking to break the transmission processes from intergenerational trauma; and/or in the context of their child’s mental illness, behavioural challenges and/or disability

  • Mothers and fathers (including those thinking about or preparing to be) navigating issues associated with the pre- and post-natal period. Especially:

    • Birth Trauma

    • Pregnancy and infant loss

    • IVF-related distress

  • Single incident Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

  • Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) and other Dissociative Disorders

  • Grief and Loss

  • Adjustment Issues

  • Working alongside educators supporting children and young people who have experienced childhood adversity and its broad ranging impacts

“The parent-child connection is the most powerful mental health intervention known to mankind.”

— Bessel A. van der Kolk

Treatment Approaches

My approach draws on a number of theories and techniques to assist in being flexible and responsive to each individual including:

  • Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) for Trauma, Attachment Shock and Dissociation (Level 3 trained)

  • Polyvagal Informed Therapies

  • Parts Work (informed by a flexible integration of Structural Dissociation Theory, Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, Ego State Therapy and Schema Therapy)

  • Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)

  • Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for Trauma

  • Attachment theory

  • Circle of Security Parenting

  • Dialogical Practice

  • Family Therapy

  • Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)

  • Trauma Sensitive Yoga

“Know all the theories, master all the techniques, but as you touch a human soul be just another human soul”

— Carl Jung

Murphy

Murphy the spoodle can often be spotted in the background of therapy and supervision sessions. He provides a grounding and loving resource within my day to day life as well as the work.

Photo Credits: Natural Focus Photography

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