About Anthony Berrick

I’m Anthony - an experienced psychologist, enthusiastic dog behaviourist and proud dad to two humans and two dogs.

Since establishing The Cynophobia Clinic in 2016, the team and I have helped hundreds of people across Australia and around the world overcome their debilitating fear of dogs.

My journey to becoming a cynophobia expert began a decade ago when I completed a professional dog training course under the guidance of two of Australia’s most well-known dog trainers, Vicki and Steve Austin.

At that time, I worked in private practice, treating clients with anxiety-related conditions (which I absolutely loved) but I wanted to explore my lifelong passion for dogs to see where it might lead me.

For the next couple of years, I continued my clinical psychology work whilst gaining experience working with dogs by volunteering for an organisation training therapy dogs for veterans with PTSD.

Then, one fateful day, I worked with a client who had a severe phobia of dogs.

With the knowledge I had as both a psychologist and dog trainer, and the help of my beloved beagle, Ace, I was able to help them overcome their extreme fear to feel safe and in control around dogs.

The client had such an incredible, life-changing result from the therapy, and the experience was so rewarding and fun to be a part of, that I immediately knew I had to find a way to make this my ‘day job’.

Thankfully, I was introduced to the fantastic team of dog behaviour consultants at TATE Animals, who had a pack of well-trained dogs on hand, and The Cynophobia Clinic was born.

Fast forward to 2022, facing overwhelming demand but with nowhere to refer people who couldn’t come to Sydney for therapy, I made the decision to launch The Cynophobia Clinic Online.

I’m thrilled to now be able to share the life-changing knowledge and experience I’ve gained from working with hundreds of people just like you to help you break free from your phobia of dogs for good.

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