About Counselling Services
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The Struggle
You’re sick of feeling crap about yourself. Your self-criticism impacts how you show up with family, friends, and work. You are overwhelmed trying to find your way through the thick fog of negative thinking. You feel ashamed about some of the things you say about yourself. You know something needs to change and are ready to get the help you need to move forward.
How I help
I have worked with LGBTQIA+ folk for the past decade, helping them get more control of their self-critical thoughts and access reservoirs of compassion, calm, and clarity. These internal resources have always been there, but trauma and distress can block our view.
I have worked for both Thorne Harbour Health and in a Senior role at Queerspace, where I have developed an understanding of the external factors that negatively impact how LGBTQIA+ people see themselves.
My work with children and adolescents who have experienced trauma and neglect has helped me understand how childhood shapes the lens through which we view ourselves, others and the world.
By developing greater self-understanding & compassion for all the different parts of your psyche, both the parts that hold pain and the parts that protect us, I will guide you back to leading your life from your own inner wisdom.
QualificationsIn addition to my decade of experience in counselling, I hold a Bachelor of Social Work, a Certificate in Developmental Psychiatry, and an Advanced Diploma in Gestalt Psychotherapy. More recently I have completed EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) Levels 1 & 2. Learn more about this approach here.
I am also a mental health social worker and offer Medicare rebates.
For information on my full work history check out my LinkedIn profile.
Develop greater
self-understanding
Heal from a place
of compassion