Mark Newman
Clinical Psychologist
B Psych(Hons) MPsych(Clin)
AHPRA Registration: PSY0001626447
MEDICARE Provider: 471860BY
Brief History
I have worked as a psychologist in Private Practice on the Gold Coast for 10+ years
I previously worked as Tennis Coach, Employment Consultant, Groundsman, Butcher, Woodworker, and stay at home dad
Studied at Bond University, completed Honours and Masters of Clinical Psychology
Why am I a psychologist?
"I have always preferred thinking to action, so when experiencing a mid-life employment crisis, I made the decision to pursue a new career that had more to do with thinking, than action. I was never a good student (my school reports would say things like "Mark could do better if he would apply himself") so neither I nor anyone else thought I should go to university. I asked a friend what she did, and she said she was a counsellor. I asked her how I could be a counsellor, and she said, 'I wanted to be a psychologist'. So, I looked it up online, sent a letter, and 6 weeks later was sitting in a university lecture hall amongst a bunch of strangers thinking 'Well I guess this is my new life!'. Only years later did I remember that I had read books on science, philosophy, and psychology most of my adult life. I just never thought I could, or would, become a psychologist".
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change”
Carl Rogers