Rina Taub
Rina Taub has over 20 years of professional experience as a Counselling Psychologist and Couple and Family Narrative Therapist. She has worked alongside people to define themselves away from problems and towards preferred territory, inviting individuals to live with integrity and find ways of responding in accordance with what is important to them. Rina facilitates reflective practice groups and workshops for various health and welfare agencies and has presented at National and International Conferences. She has been the convener of the ‘Narrative Theory and Practice in Psychology’ interest group of the APS since 2011.
Rina’s use of Narrative Therapy considers culture and context and allows for conversations with young people which identify and name what is missing in their lives and works alongside them to navigate difficult times and support movement towards preferred territory. Narrative therapy fosters hope, and is appreciative of diversity.
Rina has extensive experience working with young children and families in the public sector, with NGOs, consulting with schools, running groups in high schools, as well as seeing youth and their families in private practice. She enjoys supervising school psychologists, and other counsellors in a variety of youth services including Headspace. Rina provides training to intern psychologists as well as fully registered psychologists, social workers and other allied health professionals. She is committed to investing in the future of those working in the field and enjoys sharing in people’s learning journeys and storying of their professional identities. Rina values opportunities to mentor professionals in developing a framework and vision of best practice.