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Tanya Franic

Director

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Tanya is the director of Treat Yourself Well Sydney in Balmain, an inclusive, trauma informed, body positive and compassion focussed psychology practice. Tanya is a Psychologist and Board Approved Supervisor with over 20 years experience working with complex trauma presentations providing a range of assessments and interventions. Throughout her career, she has been a strong advocate for appreciating difference taking a transdiagnostic approach to working with trauma, neurodiversity and eating disorders.

 

Tanya was first introduced to DBT in her early career and has incorporated DBT since this time particularly working with adolescents and young adults with a complex trauma history. Tanya is intensively trained in RODBT and was part of the first cohort of clinicians trained in RODBT in Australia and is also trained in EMDR. Since being introduced to RODBT in 2020, she has co-presented at conferences to increase awareness of RODBT for individuals with eating disorders. Tanya enjoys supporting individuals and families to embrace and explore differences to ultimately enhance connection with self and others. 

Qualifications

  • University of Newcastle, Masters in Applied Psychology​

  • Macquarie University Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology, Bachelor of Arts (Psychology)

  • Eating Disorder Credentialed through Australia & New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders (ANZAED)

  • RO DBT Scholar Award Recipient 2024-2026

Treatment Trainings

  • Radically Open Dialectical Behavioural Therapy Intensively trained (Levels 1-3) through Radically Open Ltd. 

  • RO DBT Grief and Trauma Protocol through Radically Open Ltd 

  • Comprehensive Training in Dialectical Behavioural Therapy 

  • Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)

  • CBT / CBT - E

  • SSCM 

  • ACT

  • Mindfulness & Compassion Focussed

  • Trauma Aware & Neurodiversity Affirming - informed and trained by many over 20 years 

Professional Memberships

  • Registered Psychologist with AHPRA 

  • Board Approved Supervisor with AHPRA

  • Member of the Australian Association of Psychologists Inc (AAPi)

  • Member of the Australian & New Zealand Academy of Eating Disorders (ANZAED)

  • Associate Member of EMDR Association of Australia (EMDRAA)

Key Presentations/Publications

  • August 2022 - ANZAED conference - Temperament in Treatment: Practical Clinical Strategies to understand and address underlying neurobiological factors in the treatment of Anorexia Nervosa from and RODBT frame

  • 2021 - ANZAED conference - Radically Open Dialectical Behaviour Therapy = An introduction with Tanya Gilmartin, Rebecca Ciatto and Malinder Bullhar

  • 2016 - Council for Intellectual Disability - Panel member and Conference Speaker - Complex Needs

  • 2013 - Publication in the area of Systemic Consultation Rhodes, P., Whatson, L., Brearley, K., Dikian, J., Hansson, A., Franic, T., & Mora, L. (2013). "Beyond the impasse: Systemic Consultation and understanding complex cases. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 27, 3, 226-235.

  • 2012 - Development and presentation of training package (total of 4 workshops) on Dual Disability (Mental Health and Intellectual Disability) as part of a 2 year project to train mental health staff organised by Dr Julian Troller (University Chair, UNSW).

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