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How can counselling Help

I know how difficult it can be to find a professional who understands grief and loss from personal experience. 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. You need someone who can sit in the pain with you, help you process it, befriend it, and accept it has come to live with you, because you loved so deeply.

In a ‘grief avoidant’ society it is tempting to avoid, ignore, and/or mask our grief, feeling pressured to ‘be better’. This leads to dis-ease in our bodies. Grief is a normal response to profound loss. It needs to be acknowledged and tended to. It is sacred. 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 your feelings sometimes being discounted or misunderstood.

I understand how hard it is to reach out to a stranger in the worst moments of your life. I commend your bravery in wanting to ease your suffering.

I believe “pain in inevitable but suffering is optional”.

BENEFITS FOR YOU

  • 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 & 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 important! Feelings of stress, anxiety, and depression are common, especially when experiencing grief and loss, but can deeply impact your 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 you can implement into your daily life, to see improved results with your mental health, often without relying on medication.

EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy

I am a trauma-informed counsellor, who is also a qualified EMDR practitioner. I can support you to reprocess 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 police. My accreditation number is: A3752.

SERVICES

I offer counselling sessions via Zoom or Telephone, allowing you to have support in the privacy of your home or office all around Australia.

I also provide in-person sessions in my counselling room in Nimbin, NSW.

FEES

Individual counselling session - 60 mins - $150 (concessions may apply).