Services

What do I offer?

I offer counselling and workshops, largely face-to-face on the Sunshine Coast, and occasionally online. There are some client groups I see more frequently, listed below, but I work with all kinds of people facing all kinds of challenges.

Inner Well Counselling seeks to be deeply inclusive and respectful of difference. However you identify yourself, and whatever cultures you're part of, everyone is welcome. You are always the expert in being you.

Counselling

To be human is to navigate multiple hardships. Whether we're resonating from a past trauma, facing challenges in our current lives, or hungry to live our lives more richly, most of us benefit from having someone in our corner, someone to listen deeply and provide support as we find our way forward. It is my privilege to be that someone for my clients.

Young people and families
Growing up was never easy, and growing up these days, connected to social media and aware of a variety of existential threats, has brought forward new challenges. I support young people with anxiety, depression and other worries.

When a young person's distress or acting out has been making it hard for their carer/s to be there for them, family therapy is often the best choice. This form of therapy examines and unravels the blocks between carer and young person, opening the possibility for new ways of being together.

Relationships

Intimate relationships are places where we hope we can rely on finding comfort and understanding... when that doesn’t happen there is such potential to feel deep hurt and disconnection. I work with you to find your way back into warm connection to the people who matter the most to you. My work with relationships is strongly influenced by Emotionally Focussed Therapy, which uses an attachment frame to understand how relationships are organised. This non-blaming approach identifies and untangles the painful patterns you get stuck in, giving you the opportunity to behave in new ways.

NDIS participants
I am proud to work with NDIS participants from different walks of life, offering trauma-informed support on their journey towards increased mental health. My work with neurodivergent individuals is informed by the neurodiversity paradigm, affirming that neurodivergence comes with many inherent strengths as well as challenges and is a difference to be accepted, not a pathology to be ‘cured’.
I have extensive experience with NDIS reports and will be happy to provide a report for a client on request.

Climate and eco-distress
The world that we live in is changing rapidly, with the destabilisation of the climate system that we all depend on and increasing insecurity on many other fronts. This understandably triggers deep distress for many of us. How can we live meaningful and even joyful lives in the face of this? Having experienced my own share of eco-distress, and worked with the eco-distress of many others in various capacities, this is an issue I am honoured to provide space for.

I am registered as a Climate Aware Practitioner with Psychology for a Safe Climate. You are welcome to read a paper I had published on climate distress and disavowal within the counselling profession here.

Workshops

Self-care for caring professionals
Working in the caring professions can be exhausting. There is so much need in the world, and doing your best for your clients can mean a gradual depletion of your own resources, leading to compassion fatigue and eventually burnout. These reflective, creative and fun workshops offer some space for you to connect with how you are and notice any changes that you need to make for your own health and wellbeing.

Parenting tools for mentally healthy kids
Parents are superheroes! I offer tools to help you support your kids’ mental health, delivered with compassion and understanding for the challenges you face.

Climate and eco-distress
Connecting with other people concerned about the state of the world can be a deeply validating experience, and lead to new connections and insights, as well as providing a safe and contained place to feel our feelings about this issue.

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Find out whether I'm the right person to help you or your loved one.

0421 901 833