Emily Tunks
Health Psychologist & Somatic Psychotherapist
Emily is a highly experienced health psychologist and somatic psychotherapist, focusing on the intersection between biological, psychological, social and emotional aspects of women’s health, pain and disease. Offering sessions in-person and online, Emily integrates relational, depth, ecotherapy and systems theory approaches with her postgraduate training in Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy and ISITTA Trauma Therapy. In research teams, Emily is a Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapist (PAP) for both Australian and international clinical trials, utilising MDMA for PTSD with first responders at Monash University and two studies investigating psilocybin for depression at Swinburne University (2021 and ongoing). Emily also offers Supervision as well as PAP Integration support and is Co-Chair of the PAP Interest Group within the Australian Association of Psychologists Incorporated (AAPi).