ABOUT ME
Hi, I am Narelle,
I have always been passionate about helping people. I started my professional life as a school teacher. However, life pushed me in a new direction.
My many, varied, professional and personal experiences over the years have led me to discover my true passion. Supporting people experiencing Grief and Loss!
I see my clients as the experts and understand my role to be one of a companion. To walk alongside you, pointing out some things you may not be able to see along the way. To help you feel seen and understood, as you navigate this new life you didn’t ask for and are not sure how to live.
My highest intention is to create a safe space for you to feel everything you are feeling. For it is only when we feel it that we can truly heal. All your feelings are valid, even the painful ones.
I understand everyone’s grief and loss experience is unique. So, I work with clients on their individual needs, meeting them where they are at. To support their mind, body, and soul.
I do this using a range of tools I have gained over many years. Whilst also incorporating natural healing modalities, such as Reiki, Massage, and Crystal Healing. I draw on my education, my human compassion, and my lived-experiences to provide a strong framework for what I do. My lived experiences with grief provide an insight no training could ever give and are the reason why I am here to support you at this time.
Love, light and blessings - Narelle
COUNSELLING
HOW CAN COUNSELLING HELP
I know how difficult it can be to find a professional who understands grief and loss. Someone who truly ‘gets it’. Who won’t shy away from all the messy pieces of your human experience, or try to rush you through it. Someone who be comfortable sitting beside you in your pain as you feel it, process it, befriend it, and accept it has come to live with you.
In a ‘grief-avoidant’ society it is tempting to avoid, ignore, or mask our grief. To feel pressured to ‘be better’ faster. This is not healthy! Grief is a normal response to profound loss. It needs to be acknowledged and tended to. What we resist persists!
It is vital to have the right support! Even the most well-meaning friends and family can find it hard to support you in the way you need them to, for as long as you need them to. Resulting in you feeling alone, unsafe to share your feelings, or misunderstood.
I understand how hard it is to reach out in the worst moments of your life. I am so sorry you need to be here, but I am also so glad you found me.
THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS
Improved mental, physical, and spiritual health
Feel supported as you navigate grief and loss
Better manage your emotions
Receive trauma-informed care
Have a safe space to process your feelings
Learn tools you can use on your own outside therapy
Be able to self-soothe and self-regulate your nervous system
SPECIALIST AREAS
INFERTILITY, IVF, and PREGNANCY LOSS
I am dedicated to working with all areas of grief and loss. However, I have particular expertise in the area of infertility, IVF, pregnancy, and/or infant loss, as well as lived experience.
I understand how isolated you can feel on this particular grief journey, as it is often a grief experience not recognised by society. Making navigating it even more difficult. You may also find my grief resources on this topic helpful. Available from my shop.
MENTAL HEALTH
Having good mental health is so important! Feelings of stress, anxiety, and depression are common, especially when experiencing grief and loss, but can deeply impact your healthy way of life.
I help you discover what may be causing these mental health concerns, or exacerbating them. I then teach you easy and proven techniques that you can implement into your daily life, to see the best results with your mental health, often as an alternative to relying on medication.
EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy
I am a trauma-informed counsellor, who is also a qualified EMDR therapist. I can support you to manage trauma with this amazing evidence-based tool, either in-person or via telehealth.
VICTIMS SERVICES COUNSELLING
I provide counselling support for Victims Services. If you have been given counselling support through the NSW Police Service I can provide your care. My accreditation number is: A3752.
