Cindy Cranswick

M.Phil, B.Couns
Lecturer, Clinical Placement Coordinator

Email: cindy.cranswick@nd.edu.au
Phone: 9433 0237

  • Biography

    Cindy Cranswick is a registered Counsellor and Clinical Supervisor who lectures across the Bachelor of Counselling degree at the University of Notre Dame and holds the position of Clinical Placement coordinator for the Bachelor and Masters of Counselling students. Cindy holds a Bachelor of Counselling and a Master of Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame. She has a number of years’ experience in women’s health and wellbeing issues and has a special interest in PNDA (Perinatal Depression and Anxiety). Cindy has a professional private practice where she offers clinical supervision for other allied health professionals and counselling for individuals, couples and families. She also facilitates a number of groups in the areas of self-esteem, self-compassion, weight management, The 5 Love Languages and she is a registered Prepare-Enrich Facilitator. Cindy has presented a number of professional development presentations to the PNDA industry and is trained in several modalities including; ACT (Acceptance Commitment Therapy), EFT (Emotion Focused Therapy), Schema Therapy, Couples and Family Therapy.

  • Teaching areas

    • Theories and Approaches to Counselling
    • Counselling Skills
    • Formation of Professional Counsellor
    • Clinical Supervision
    • Counselling Older People

  • Research expertise and supervision

    As part of her Master of Philosophy degree, Cindy produced a thesis of her qualitative research which was undertaken to gain an understanding of the role of self-compassion in the lives of women who experience anxiety and depression in the perinatal period. The findings provided an insight into the lack of self-compassion that was evident in all of the participants' experiences of motherhood and identified the potential role that self-compassion can play in facilitating a more positive psychological experience for mothers in the perinatal period. The study presents an opportunity for further research into prevention and treatment of perinatal anxiety and depression, through the use of a therapeutic model based on self-compassion.

  • Professional affiliations

    • Australian Counselling Association (Counsellor)
    • Australain Counselling Association (Clinical Supervisor)
    • ACT Therapist
    • EFT Therapist
    • Prepare-Enrich Facilitator
    • Australasian Marce Society