About Ruth Simons
My approach is centred around understanding and teaching you how and why you behave the way you do. Irrespective of what issues my clients present with, I totally believe that knowledge is power, the more you understand yourself the more options you will have to choose to change yourself and deal with any issue and any self defeating behaviours.
I am a Registered Psychologist with over a decade of experience in a Private Psychiatric hospital in Sydney and since 1988 I have been working in my own Private Practice.
As a Registered Psychologist, I utilise Clinical Psychotherapy and Psychology for the treatment of complex human problems.
I have conducted corporate workshops in Australia, abroad and maintain a high media profile.
Ruth Simons
C.S.W; B.S.Sci.Psych (Hons); FACCP; LMAAPi
- Clinical Psychotherapist and Registered Psychologist
- Sexologist
- Guest Speaker and Lecturer
- Newspaper Columnist
- Workshop Facilitator
- Author
- Past Member of the Board of Assessors for the Queensland Government
- Talkback radio presenter
- Podcast "Sex With My Grandma"
Associations
- Past president and Fellow of the Australian College of Psychologists (Gold Coast).
- Former member of the Queensland Health Practitioners Tribunal.
- Founder, Fellow and Lifetime Member of the Australian Association of Psychologists inc. www.aapoz.com
- Member of ITAA (International Transactional Analysis Association).
- Member of SAS (Society of Australian Sexologists).
Community involvements
- Rotary Chapters QLD & NSW
- Probus
- RSPCA
- NCJW
- WIZO
- Women’s Health & Well-Being Expo 2012
- Early Risers Breakfast Club
- Builders and Architects Association
- TAFE (Staff)
- Guest speaker - Women's Group, Arundel Gold Coast
Author of Sex Lies and Relationships
This book has been written to help anyone who wants to learn lessons and make positive choices. Using the real, unvarnished queries that I receive from clients in my practice, and from correspondents to a long-running newspaper column, I show how you can stop being bewildered and start understanding and directing your intimate life.
An underlying theme to many of these concerns is lack of confidence, lack of trust, lack of understanding; and the fundamental thread running through the solutions is communication. When communication is twisted, we get distorted interpretations, the sure sign of a relationship in trouble: learning to say it straight, and open up calm, fruitful lines of communication are essential techniques that we’ll explore.
Your intimate relationship may be cruising, or running into storms; you may even be looking for the lifeboat. Wherever you are at on the journey, this manual of real-life problems and practical solutions may hopefully give you both tools and inspiration to turn your story into a passionate, intimate, and joyous one.