Maggie Down
B.App.Sc.(O.T.)
 
Masterson Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist

Professional Life

Maggie has extensive experience as a counsellor, psychotherapist, supervisor and trainer. She trained in Masterson Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy for the Disorders of Self.  In her clinical practice, she provides long-term depth psychotherapy for adults. 

Trainer Background

Maggie taught in the Counselling Programme at the University of Notre Dame for 10 years.  She has had a longterm involvement as a supervisor trainer for the Advanced Training Course in Professional Supervision.  Additionally, she is a member of faculty of the International Masterson Institute (East Coast USA).  She is Director of Masterson Australia and she conducts Clinical Study Groups on Disorders of Self locally.

Maggie is a Clinical Member of PACFA and an Associate Member of APPWA, the Association for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of WA.

Supervison Background

As a senior clinician with a broad range of professional experience, Maggie offers clinical supervision for counsellors, psychotherapists, and other mental health professionals to enhance their clinical knowledge and skills, as well as to support their development as helping professionals.

She also offers Supervision of Supervision for trained supervisors.

Maggie has undertaken formal training with Michael Carroll’s Centre for Supervision Training and holds an Advanced Certificate in Supervision.

Maggie served as a member of PACFA’s Training Standards Committee for a number of years. In this role she contributed to the development of the national Supervision Training Standards (2012).

The Advanced Training Course in Professional Supervision was conducted jointly with Susanna Howlett from 2009 until Susanna’s retirement in 2021.

The Supervisors Network WA was proposed by Maggie to meet a growing need for a community of supervisors.  It has had a very positive reception since its commencement in June 2024.  The Network is open to supervisors from all human services fields. See the SupervisionWA Facebook page for meeting details.
 

Supervision Services Offered

In addition to supervision training, Maggie offers the following supervision services:

• Supervision for mental health professionals
• Supervision specific to working with disorders of self (individual and group)
• Case consultations for disorders of self as follow-up to Clinical Study Group
• Supervision of supervision (individual and group)

Supervision is offered either in-office or online via Zoom.

To enquire further about these services: