Mr Tom Skotidas
Psychotherapist, Relationship Therapist
Intermind
Concord, Sydney NSW 2137
In Person + Online Therapy Australia-wide
Philosophy & Vision
I help individuals, couples, and families overcome their mental health and relationship challenges using evidence-based psychotherapy. I engage my clients with compassion, collaboration, and unconditional acceptance.
My approach enables my clients to discover their cognitive, emotional, and communication patterns, build new behaviours linked to their values, create meaning, and thrive.
• Individual Therapy: I help individuals manage and overcome mental health challenges incl. Addiction, ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, Eating Disorders, and Trauma.
• Couples Therapy: I help couples repair and overcome relationship conflict.
• Family Therapy: I help families repair and overcome intrafamily conflict.
Background
I am also a Mental Health Speaker & Educator. I share my psychotherapy knowledge through 3 channels:
• Podcast. The Brief Therapist with Tom Skotidas is designed to improve mental health for individuals, enhance couples’ relationships, and repair family conflict. You can listen on Apple, Spotify, and Google, or watch every episode at www.intermind.com.au/therapy-insights-videos.
• Newsletter. The Brief Therapist is designed to help people improve their mindset, overcome challenges, and meet their best self. You can subscribe here: www.linkedin.com/newsletters/the-brief-therapist-7031506092325015552
• Social Media. You can follow my content on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomskotidas
Services
I believe in engaging with my clients in multiple ways that suit their individual styles.
We can meet in person at my rooms in Concord, Surry Hills, Pyrmont, St. Leonards, or the Sydney CBD. We can also meet face-to-face via online platforms such as Zoom, Google Meet, Apple Facetime, and WhatsApp.
Areas of Special Interest
Accreditations
- Graduate Diploma of Counselling - 2023 - Torrens University
- Chairwork Psychotherapy: Level 1 Certification - 2023 - APS / Transformational Chairwork
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy: Level 2 Cert. - 2022 - Academy of Solution Focused Training
- Schema Therapy: Level 2 Certification - 2022 - Schema Therapy Training Australia
- Emotion-Focused Therapy (Indvls): Level 2 Cert. - 2022 - SoCal Institute of Emotion Focused Therapy
- Emotion-Focused Therapy (Couples): Level 1 Cert. - 2022 - SoCal Institute of Emotion Focused Therapy
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy: Level A Certification - 2021 - IPT Insititute
Modalities
ACT - CBT - Existential - Experiential - Focusing - Gestalt - Integrative - Interpersonal - Motivational Interviewing - Person Centred - Psychodrama - Schema Therapy - Solution Oriented - Trauma-Informed
Therapy Approach
I offer 3 types of therapy:
1. Single-Session Therapy. SST is designed for individuals, couples, and families who want to tackle a specific challenge, have a clear goal in mind, and are willing to closely collaborate with me over a single two-hour session.
2. Brief Therapy. Brief Therapy is designed for individuals, couples, and families who are experiencing moderate-to-heavy mental health or relationship challenges, and are motivated to see significant improvement within 2-10 sessions.
3. Progressive Therapy. Progressive Therapy is designed for individuals, couples, and families who are likely to require 11-20 sessions to manage and overcome heavy mental health or relationship challenges due to significant events.
Professional Associations
- Australian Counselling Association
Practice Locations
PSYCHmatters Centre
172 Majors Bay Road
Concord NSW 2137
If we are meeting at my St Leonards rooms, I recommend arriving 15 mins early, to find parking on side streets.
Wellshare, Suite 12, Level 7
428 George St
Sydney NSW 2000
Wellshare, Suite 3, Level 2, Tower A
7 Westbourne St
St Leonards NSW 2010
Appointments
I am available Monday - Friday between 9am - 5pm.
Saturdays between 9am - 12pm.
You can view my availability on my Book Online page.
Fees & Insurance
Intermind Fee Structure: https://intermind.com.au/therapy-fees
A. Individual Therapy
60 mins: $190
75 mins: $225
90 mins: $265
120 mins: $325
B. Couples / Family Therapy
75 mins: $225
90 mins: $265
105 mins: $295
120 mins: $325
Languages
English
Greek
Payment Options
Payment is required prior to each session. I accept payment via card (Visa, Mastercard, and American Express) or electronic funds transfer.
Contact Tom
Please book online to make an appointment
A conversation with Tom Skotidas
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Ever since my early 20s, I have wanted to help people become resilient and thrive. I got married young (25 years old), and at that time, due to the cultural pressures I experienced around providing for my family, I chose to ignore my calling, and go down the sales & marketing path.
When COVID took hold, I had plenty of time to reflect on who I was, and who I wanted to be. At that time, I decided to move back into psychotherapy. I have experienced significant meaning and purpose in my life ever since. -
Many philosophical approaches have influenced me. Two of my key influences:
- Wittgensteinianism
- Existentialism -
I am interested in how psychotherapy can help humans self-actualise and thrive at scale, and in doing so, change the world for the better.
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My practice offers Single-Session Therapy, Brief Therapy (2-10 sessions), and Longer-Term Therapy (11 - 20 sessions).
I am skilled at integrating evidence-based psychotherapy models that support each of these timeframes. -
I use evidence-based, brief psychotherapy models. In my experience, my clients begin to feel that they are making cognitive, emotional, and behavioural progress within 2-3 sessions.
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I no longer judge people. Through my training, I am now always focused on understanding a person's primary, underlying emotions, and the socio-cultural environment pressures they are facing.
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Living my core values, of relieving suffering in this world, and helping the world thrive, one human being at a time.
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I do when my hair has grown too long. However I try to avoid that by cutting my hair short every 30 days. Sometimes I miss that train.
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Lack of awareness of how our cognitive beliefs and primary, underlying emotions influence our behaviour.
I believe that lack of awareness leads to behaviour that damages relationships and creates social strife. -
Jerry Maguire inspires me. It is one of my all-time favourite movies.