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Gifted Coaching

Coaching for gifted mental, allied, medical, and other professionals

I offer in person and online coaching to support gifted individuals who think and process the world differently, which is often at odds with others around them and society as a whole. Gifted individuals can be viewed in various contexts as having an easy life with little problems due to their gifts, however various forms of giftedness often result in isolation, loneliness, invalidation, and feeling misunderstood across the lifespan. Examples of those I coach include:

  • Mental health professionals (e.g., psychologists, counsellors, coaches)

  • Allied health professionals (e.g., social workers, occupational therapists, speech pathologists, dieticians, exercise physiologists, physiotherapists)

  • Medical professionals (e.g., doctors, psychiatrists, dentists, GPs, specialists)

  • Other professionals (e.g., business executives, lawyers, engineers, financial advisors, scientists, IT specialists)

Sessions are 60 minutes in length and cost $350 plus GST. A longer 90 minute initial session can also be requested at a cost of $525 plus GST. Multi-session packs are also available. Formal identification of giftedness is not required. Sessions are highly collaborative and goal orientated in nature driven in your desired direction. Areas that could be worked on include:

  • Understanding your profile of giftedness

  • Developing other areas of your profile

  • Exploring overexcitabilities and their impact

  • Identifying impact of late identification of giftedness

  • Helping to reduce and decrease chronic boredom

  • Resolving misunderstanding and invalidation due to differences

  • Decreasing masking your intelligence around others

  • Identifying any areas of gifted trauma

  • Navigate and understand multipotentiality

  • Overcome and understand cycles of burnout

  • Decontextualise paste experiences seen as "wasted"

  • Designing high complexity environments

  • Managing imposterism

  • Reducing overall masking and camouflaging to fit in

  • Building a more holistic self-identity

  • Navigating gaps in communication due to thinking style

  • Managing interpersonal relationships and partnerships

  • Translating vision into action

Whereas traditional therapy focuses on mental health difficulties and healing historical conditions and wounds via a client-practitioner relationship, gifted coaching focuses on self-understanding, development, and navigating life as a gifted adult via peer-to-peer sessions with a gifted coach. This provides the much needed mirroring that most of us have missed out on during our lives, which is essential for building a well-rounded identity.

Determining if we are a good match and the right fit is essential for our work together and ensures steady and solid progress. This is often easily determined during our initial email exchange where we can both get a feel for each other's style. I welcome you to reach out to me at any time with any queries, comments, or questions without any obligations.

A little about me ...​

I am a multiply neurodivergent clinical psychologist with a special interest in therapy and assessment with neurodivergent adults, particularly those that are gifted or suspect they are gifted

I create a safe and nurturing environment where you can be free to be yourself. I have a no nonsense and informal approach that people seem to like. Authenticity is extremely important to me.

My SPINS are learning about myself, psychology, human behaviour, neurodivergence, sport (golf, NBA, cycling, tennis), Brooklyn 99, airforce aircraft, muscle cars, and animals. 

Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions. 

- Dr Shelley Viskovich

Appointment Hours

Therapy books are unfortunately closed.

Times are AEST (Brisbane, Qld).

Therapy

Monday 8.30am - 11.30am

Tuesday 8.30am - 10.30am

Wednesday 11.30pm - 3.30pm

Assessment

Monday 12.00pm (telehealth/face to face)

Tuesday 11.00am (telehealth/face to face)
Thursday 10.00am (telehealth, ad hoc)

 

Office

580A Grandview Road, Pullenvale Q  4069

Fax: (07) 3521 6768

My preference for corresponding is email.

Qualifications

 

  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

  • Master of Clinical Psychology

  • Bachelor of Psychology (Honours)

  • EMDR/Structural Dissociation 

  • Psychodynamic Training

  • Giftedness training (current)

  • Accredited clinical supervisor

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