Areas of Counselling Practice
Adolescent and Family Counselling
- Behavioural challenges for adolescents
- Body image issues
- Bullying
- Parental stress
- Relationship issues
- Step family issues
Mental Health, Trauma and Abuse
- Adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse
- Anxiety including OCD, panic attacks, stress management
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emotional, physical and sexual abuse – past or present
- Trauma, past and present, including PTSD
Other
- Anger management
- Assertiveness and boundary setting
- Career counselling
- Communication
- Coping with emotions
- Grief & loss
- Life and work transitions
- Life coaching
- Migration/re-settlement issues (for Asians to Australia)
- Relationship issues
- Self-esteem
- Spirituality (Christian perspective)
- Student issues
- Transcultural issues
- Women’s issues
- Workplace-related issues
How I Approach Counselling and Psychotherapy
I am passionate about discovering and realising the potential in my clients. The way I work with my clients include:
- sitting with and exploring emotional struggles with the client, allowing safety in their vulnerability
- affirming my client’s value and sense of self-worth and autonomy
- empowering the client with the decision to determine the focus of therapy
- building up skills towards resilience
- offering different perspectives and exploring resistance to change
- developing a collaborative therapeutic relationship through modelling a corrective emotional experience and allowing the client to practice their learning in a safe space
My approach to counselling and psychotherapy utilises an integrative psychotherapy approach, incorporating a variety of approaches such as:
- cognitive-behavioural
- cystems theory
- developmental
- attachment and family of origin
- strengths based
Professional Memberships
- Associate Membership with CCAA
Professional Background
I have developed wide life experience and excellent relationship skills through professional and church ministry (including youth group) roles over the last ten years.
Fees
My fee is $90 per hour session.
If you are having are financial difficulties, concessions may be available.
Registered Counsellor Bodies
Registered Psychologist Bodies
