Counselling | Therapy | Guidance
Meditation | Communication
improved communication
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healthy relationships: with self + others
What do you need help with?
As a Counsellor and Somatic Therapist, I specialise in working with adoptees, people who are single and/or dating, people in new relationships, people going through major life changes (such as identity and existential transformations, career changes, lifestyle changes), and those who feel stuck or in a rut.
As a Therapeutic Guide, I offer reflective prompts to support your exploration of Self and personal goals. This may include improving your emotional intelligence (EQ), EQ in leadership, and personal growth through developing mindful practices and communication skills.
Our work together in these capacities may include:
Personal development through emotional growth
Improved communication skills
Developing healthier relationships – with yourself and others
Finding a more consistent sense of calm and stable state of Being
Making sense of self - values, purpose, exploring “why I am the way I am, why I think the way I think, why I feel the way I feel”
Working through a specific challenge, or emotional block
Counselling + Therapy + Guidance
Work through specific challenges or emotional blocks you’re experiencing in your personal and professional life.
Or go deeper with longer-term therapy to understand who you are, how you’ve come to be you, acceptance of who you are now, and how you’d like to grow.
Explore your emotions, thoughts, behaviours, somatic (body memories) impact of stress and trauma.
Personal growth and transformation: nurture your natural intelligence
Emotional Intelligence growth to meet yourself where you are by understanding why you think the way you do, then identifying ways to grow your compassion and tolerance.
Improved communication skills by finding your voice and honouring your needs - define your values and boundaries, and know how to communicate these with yourself and others.
Cultivate a daily meditation practice to release stress from the body, mind, and soul.
What I do
I help people improve their communication and relationships at every level, in both professional and personal contexts.
As a trained counsellor, I guide people through the process that enables them to have more honest conversations with themselves and with those around them. This helps nurture healthy relationships - with the self, and with others - through improved communication. I work somatically, exploring how the body stores and recalls memories, stress and trauma, as and when appropriate for the person.
As a Therapeutic Guide (different to counselling) I offer guided reflective support to help you identify and achieve personal goals.
As a certified meditation teacher I help people learn how to meditate so they can release stress and fatigue from their body, mind, and soul.
As a communications consultant, I have a background in public relations with specialist skills in stakeholder engagement, social media, issues management, brand and reputation management. My experience involves a dynamic history of strategic communications, creative strategy, storytelling, content and copywriting, community and stakeholder engagement, social media training, and communications consultation across a broad plane of industries and sectors.
As a wholehearted human in all these roles, I am committed to bringing my healthiest self into the room. This means I am dedicated to continually learning and growing and processing, knowing when to pause and reflect, and when to take action.
The paperwork
PACFA Certified Practising Member: 26903
IOSP Somatic Psychotherapy training (2021-ongoing)
Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling
Certified Meditation Teacher
BA Communications (Honours)
Business owner and consultant since 2013
Communications professional since 2006
Get in touch to book a session.
Private Practice: Potts Point NSW
My private practice is in Potts Point, Sydney, or we can work online via zoom on Tuesdays, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
I work with people to build felt Sense of Self through somatic practices and talk therapy. I am also a certified yoga and meditation teacher and can bring these practices into our work together if it’s of interest and helpful.
I work with people navigating major life changes, people who are single and dating, single on purpose, people navigating challenging relationships, and those feeling a stuckness they want to understand and move through.
Working with adoptees is a specialist focus that draws on my lived experience of adoption. I also facilitate a monthly peer group online meet-up for adoptees.
I work with people who identify as LGBTQIA+, people who work in the sex industry, and those seeking to understand repetitive self-soothing behaviours like drug and alcohol use.
For those who are feeling well and looking to deepen relationships - with Self and others - this can be a good time to engage in therapy to explore your embodied experience of Self, and reflect on what’s next in the growth journey.
I have also developed a program for conscious and intentional dating suitable for those looking for more structured support instead of, or to support, counselling.
Leichardt Practice: Rough Patch Counselling
I am also a counsellor at Rough Patch Counselling, a new social enterprise based in Sydney providing affordable counselling. Find out more about here, or get in touch if you have any questions about this service.
I work with building sense of self and identity, dating and relationships, LGBTQI+ issues, anxiety, workplace issues, young people, people who work in the sex industry, or if you're feeling 'stuck' and need help finding movement forward.
Find me at Rough Patch on Wednesday 12-6pm.