Dream Translation Show

Hi, my name is Matt Dilges. I live and work on the Sunshine Coast of Australia where the climate is warm and tropical near Mooloolaba beach (40 mins south of Noosa) and not too cold for most of the year. I have lived here with my family for nearly 14 years and grew up a few hours away from here in the capital of Queensland, Brisbane. I have qualifications and experience as a trained Individual, Couples, Group and Family Therapist and in Management of Health and Human Service organisations.

Work history:
I have worked as a counselor, and therapist with individuals, families and groups for the past 17 years across a range of governernment, and private practice settings. I have always enjoyed teaching and providing training also, as more clients can benefit from what I know and what transforms people’s lives. I continue to supervise a range of therapists from different disciplines (nursing, psychology, social work, occupational therapy, midwifery, natural healers, and managers, so that their clients also gain the flow on benefits, and can be transformed with stepping into a greater life. I provide consultation to agencies dealing with dilemmas or wanting to address systemic issues, or where there have been relational ruptures that need repair.
As a lecturer and Course Co-ordinator in Mental Health in the Tertiary Education Sector I am also involved in student life with Masters and undergraduate programs.

Therapeutic Skills:
My expertise comes from being able integrate multiple theories (attachment, developmental, neurobiology, ecosystemic, trauma, and spirituality) into practice that gets to the heart of the issues deeply and quickly.

I draw upon Gestalt Therapy, Psychoanalysis, Emotional Release Counselling, Narrative, Solution Focussed and Cognitive Therapies as part of a spiral of therapeutic change. My work as a Family Therapist and Constellation Facilitator also draws upon Symbolic and Experiential approaches.

Dream work is a direct route to the unconscious mind, our higher intelligence, where our most crucial inner conflicts, wishes and true paths forward are revealed to us. This is a simple but amazing therapeutic process catalysing personal change and growth in all areas of your life.

I love my work because I get to hear and see the results in people I work with.
My other area of interest is in Supervising and providing Training to other therapists; who believe it or not are human and have their own trauma histories the same as their clients.

I also draw upon my own life experience as a father, son, husband, and experience from facing and overcoming the turmoil that can come from changes and stress in our lives such as: changes in job/career, change in relationships such as separation or divorce, dealing with suicide, addiction, promiscuity and overcoming adversity, finding happiness, joy, health, love and prosperity in ones own life.