Evelyn Bugel
Post Grad Dip (Psych), Post Grad Dip (Spec Ed) Adv Dip (Gestalt Therapy)
I'm a Melbourne-based psychologist offering counselling for family carers, for individuals with general counselling needs and for individuals with a trauma history
My services are based on post-graduate qualifications in Psychology and Special Education as well as substantial further training in delivering Mindfulness and Somatic Experiencing. Somatic Experiencing is a framework developed to effectively treat trauma. I have 25 years of professional experience in the community sector.
MY personal lived experience of having a child with disability informs my work with family carers. I can be relied upon to understand and meet the unique needs of carers who have loved ones with disabilities, mental illness or chronic conditions.
Please don't hesitate to contact me for further information.
My services are based on post-graduate qualifications in Psychology and Special Education as well as substantial further training in delivering Mindfulness and Somatic Experiencing. Somatic Experiencing is a framework developed to effectively treat trauma. I have 25 years of professional experience in the community sector.
MY personal lived experience of having a child with disability informs my work with family carers. I can be relied upon to understand and meet the unique needs of carers who have loved ones with disabilities, mental illness or chronic conditions.
Please don't hesitate to contact me for further information.
Professional experience
Somatic Experiencing Australia
After 3 years of training and becoming a qualified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner in 2022, I was invited to become an assistant. I help to deliver this training to current students.
Mental Illness Fellowship
A not-for-profit community-based organisation striving to meet the needs of people affected by mental illness in areas of life including home and community; work and study and relationships; also provides advocacy and educational programs for family members.
Victorian AIDS Council (VAC)
The VAC provides a range of services which include prevention education, treatment, counselling and support of PLHIV and members of the GLBT community more broadly.
Melbourne Citymission
Melbourne Citymission works with people experiencing disadvantage including people experiencing homelessness, people with disabilities, people living in poverty, those trying to break cycles of abuse and people trying to find employment,education and training.
providing award-winning respite services to children with disabilities and their families.
Moreland Community Health Service
After 3 years of training and becoming a qualified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner in 2022, I was invited to become an assistant. I help to deliver this training to current students.
Mental Illness Fellowship
A not-for-profit community-based organisation striving to meet the needs of people affected by mental illness in areas of life including home and community; work and study and relationships; also provides advocacy and educational programs for family members.
- Coordinator of Counselling Services 2006 - 2012
Victorian AIDS Council (VAC)
The VAC provides a range of services which include prevention education, treatment, counselling and support of PLHIV and members of the GLBT community more broadly.
- Counsellor 2003-2006
Melbourne Citymission
Melbourne Citymission works with people experiencing disadvantage including people experiencing homelessness, people with disabilities, people living in poverty, those trying to break cycles of abuse and people trying to find employment,education and training.
- Team Leader, Family and Children's Community Support Service 1997 - 2003
providing award-winning respite services to children with disabilities and their families.
Moreland Community Health Service
- Duty Worker 2001 - 2002
Academic Qualifications
- Somatic Experiencing Practitioner Somatic Experiencing Australia 2022
- Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology (First Class Honours), Swinburne University 2005
- Specialist Course in Couples Therapy, Relationships Australia (Victoria) 2005
- Advanced Diploma in Gestalt Therapy, Gestalt Therapy Australia 2004
- Postgraduate Diploma in Special Education, University of Canberra 1992
- Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), Franklin and Marshall University USA 1990
Recognition of achievement
- Department of Human Services Best Practice Award and Grant (1998) for quality service provision to families of children with complex needs
- First Class Honours – Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology, Swinburne University of Technology
- Dean’s List - Franklin and Marshall University (USA).
- Psychology National Honour - Society Franklin and Marshall University (USA).
Publications
E. Bugel and A. Knowles, ‘An exploration of counsellor self-disclosure in the therapeutic setting’. Accepted for publication in the Australian Psychological Society College of Counselling Psychologists peer-reviewed journal.
A.J. Shaddock, S. Guggenheimer, M. Rawlings, and E. Bugel (1993) ‘Having Your Say: perceptions of Self-Advocates on the Involvement of People with an Intellectual Disability in Decisions about Their Lives’.
Australian Disability Review, Vol. 2, pp. 45-52.
A.J. Shaddock, S. Guggenheimer, M. Rawlings, and E. Bugel (1993) ‘Having Your Say: perceptions of Self-Advocates on the Involvement of People with an Intellectual Disability in Decisions about Their Lives’.
Australian Disability Review, Vol. 2, pp. 45-52.
