Trauma Support Providers

Please note: I am accepting new clients and can generally offer an appt 1.5-2 months after initial contact. Best way to contact is via email or a text message.

Registered Psychologist. Predominately working with individuals, though some scope to work with couples. I have worked in the private and public sector for 12+ years in the areas of trauma including complex trauma, alcohol and drug use, and mental wellbeing.

I understand how difficult it can be for people to ask for help and acknowledge the efforts that people make before deciding to seek out the right professional for them. My approach is collaborative and respectful, and I seek to help clients to build their confidence and skills to overcome challenges in a way that is safe and supportive. I have training in EMDR, ACT, CBT, Schema Therapy and Gottman Couples therapy.

I offer Medicare rebates with a GP referral under the Better Access to Mental Health Care initiative.

Graduated with a Bachelor of Social Work UNSW in 1990, Masters of Arts in Child Protection Studies University of Northumbria Newcastle England in 1998, Master of Counselling Social Work UNSW in 2011. Work history Nowra Sexual Assault Unit, Wanslea Family Support-emergency foster care service, NSPCC in England Child Protection team, Family Support Co-ordination England, Domestic Violence support Worker with Baptist Community Care, Counsellor at the Central Coast Community Women’s Health Centre and a private Accredited Mental Health Social Worker since 2007. I have trained in EMDR and somatic work for trauma clients. I am a provider with Victim Services NSW and the majority of my clients have a trauma history. During the recent Royal Commission I have seen several clients who have presented evidence to the commission. I am a Medicare provider and am also a provider with Primary Care on The Central Coast.
As per the AASW requirements for membership I am up to date with on going Continuing Professional Development and have clinical and peer supervision.
I use a variety of modalities in working with clients, however find somatic work and EMDR, where appropriate, to be the best fit in working with trauma.

Thanks for visiting my profile. My name is Emma. I work with people who experience trauma, anxiety, depression, panic disorder, stress, eating disorders, relationship/family issues, low self-esteem and bereavement/grief, to name a few. My approach is trauma-informed. I offer a safe and comfortable space where I’ll support you on your journey without judging and where you can be yourself. As, Abraham Maslow said: “In any given moment we have two options. To step forward into growth or step back into safety.” If you are reading this you are choosing “growth”.
I enjoy supporting older children, teens and adults. I have a warm, professional manner and I am solution focused. My therapy approach is eclectic and individualised. I strive for my practice approach to be compassionate, evidence-based, and client-driven. My aim is to provide a safe, friendly, confidential, warm, caring and non-judgmental space.
It can often feel like a big step just thinking about having counselling, and you may be anxious or apprehensive about the idea, so I understand that it can take tremendous courage to seek help and invest your time and energy into trying to make a change. I look forward to hearing from you. Please reach out to discuss your next step! Take that step forward!

Evelyn Henry is a registered psychologist with a Masters of Clinical Psychology. Evelyn has been working with children, young people and adults who have experienced trauma for over 20 years. This experience has led Evelyn to understand that no one single approach will work for everyone and she draws on and integrates an extensive range of theoretical perspectives and teaching's. Evelyn's integrated trauma-informed approach to healing combines a person-centred perspective with an attachment model and strategies drawn from evidence based and practice based experience with modalities including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Hakomi mindfulness based somatic psychotherapy, Family Constellation, Art/Eco-Nature Therapy, Guided Respiration & Mindfulness based breathwork, Sandplay Therapy, Play Therapy and Community and Transpersonal Psychology.
Evelyn is from Aotearoa New Zealand and brings the joy of being born and raised in a culturally diverse and nature rich country to her professional work. Evelyn arrived in Australia almost thirty years ago to study Community Theatre and Story Telling and is currently working in an Aboriginal Medical Centre and in a private practice on the beautiful mid north coast of NSW.

At Somatic Psychotherapies, I offer Counselling & Trauma Informed Yoga Therapy to Individuals (including Children/Youth), Couples & Families with availability for weekday & weekend sessions online via Telehealth (Videolink or Phone) options, across Australia. I also provide Professional Clinical Supervision for health & non health related professionals from a trauma focused lens.

As an experienced therapist, I can assist you in exploring your struggles to manage experiences of trauma & its impacts. My aim is to support your current difficulties to restore balance, happiness & inner peace with various techniques of 'talk therapy' & somatic (mind/body) healing methods. I can also provide psychoeducation about the impacts of trauma, as well as teach emotional regulation skills to assist in coping with ongoing daily life stressors.

I provide a non-judgemental, supportive & equal service for all people including those with physical or intellectual disability, all ethnic groups, people identifying as LGBTI+, all forms of spiritual or religious beliefs including those who are recovering from exiting a cult group, & often ‘marginalised’ people such as sex workers, people who have committed crimes & people from ’other ‘minority’ groups.

In my career, I have accrued a range of experience in various clinical medical backgrounds, having worked as a nurse as well as serving in the Australian military, within the medical core & within restorative justice facilitation. I have also worked in the sex work industry, veterinary nursing, ambulance service, community-aged care assessments team, medical & pharmaceutical sales, held management positions & had various other medical based roles before training as a Counsellor, Trauma Informed Yoga Therapist & Professional Clinical Supervisor.

I work in the specialty areas of both family violence & sexual violence with clients who have been harmed, as well as clients who have caused the harm for many years.

It is my philosophy that successful counselling therapy plans utilise an eclectic approach based upon the foundation of Person-Centred Therapy (PCT). This therapy modality fundamentally involves using a conversational style listening patiently to you, always with empathy, genuineness & without judgement. I encourage honest discussion & feedback within our sessions so I can adjust my style to fit what you need.

I can utilise many ‘Talk Therapy’ methods including:
• Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Animal Assisted Therapy
• Art Therapy
• Child Play Therapy (CPT)
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)
• Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
• Emotional Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Gestalt Therapy
• Narrative Therapy
• Imaginal Exposure Therapy
• Solution Focused Therapy (SFT)
• Motivational Interviewing

Clients may also be supported through various Somatic Therapy (mind/body) modalities including:
• Brainspotting
• Emotional Freedom Therapy (EFT Tapping)
• Trauma Sensitive Yoga
• Trauma Informed Yoga
• Sensory Enhanced Yoga for Self Regulation & Trauma Healing
• Yoga Nidra
• Child Yoga Therapy
• Mindfulness
• Meditation
• Pranayama Breathwork

Because I am passionate about providing the best support I can to all my clients with their varied needs, I undertake ongoing training in various therapy modalities with a trauma informed focus, so that I am able to provide clients with a more bespoke way of working to suit the circumstances presented by the client in that moment. This allows me to provide very specific & focussed support as its needed, so I journey with you, meeting you where you are at in each session.

I am also able to support the following Victim Support agency and National Redress Scheme clients:
• Victims of Crime with Victim Assist QLD, Victims Services NSW, Victim Support ACT, Victim Support Agency VIC (including TAS).
• National Redress Scheme QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC & WA (including SA).

Whatever you are going through, know that there is hope - Let me help you find that hope.

Following 20 years practicing as a nurse in an acute hospital I studied a Diploma of Social Welfare and went on to complete my Masters Degree in Counselling and I am currently registered with the ACA as a level 4 counsellor. I am also registered with ACA as a clinical supervisor.

I have worked in the Alcohol & Drug sector for the past 14 years providing counselling to clients with a range complexity and currently I am clinical manager for a team of AOD counsellors and other AOD clinicians along with maintaining a small client case load..

I am an accredited Bereavement Practitioner with the Australian Centre for Grief & Bereavement and worked in a voluntary capacity for the ACGB for approximately 8 years following my grief and bereavement counselling internship with the organisation.

I also provide counselling privately to brokered clients of Carers Victoria.

My practice, White Owl Counselling, is the culmination of a number of dreams – to work with people in a peaceful space to achieve lasting change and wellbeing in their lives, to focus on my passion of providing holistic, evidence based care and to live and work in a rural area.

I have experience working with adults with a range of issues, including anxiety, panic attacks, depression, stress, PTSD, childhood trauma, hoarding and squalor, psychosis, hearing voices and substance abuse. I use a client focused, recovery based and trauma informed approach, and bring a holistic, social work perspective to therapy.

I began practicing as a social worker 13 years ago, and have been an accredited mental health social worker for 8 years. Whilst working in a community mental health organisation, I became a mental health social worker to address a need for general counselling services for the most marginalised people in our community. During this time I gained special interest in working with people who hear voices; people who experience issues with hoarding and squalor; and people with complex trauma.

Amongst my roles, I worked as a group coordinator setting up a group program and running a number of therapeutic groups including mindfulness, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) skills groups, Hearing Voices groups, Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) for psychosis, Buried in Treasure groups and Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) groups. After a stint working in a specialised Queensland Health housing project as a mental health clinician, I moved to Gympie to pursue a fulltime counselling career. Since arriving in Gympie I have pursued my passion of working as a generalist counsellor in a rural area.

I am a trained Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapist.

Diana (Dee) Jackson
Accredited Mental Health Social Worker
BA in Social Welfare CSU; B Soc Wk Honours Class 1 UQ; Membership of the AASW

Q: What is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker? Accredited Mental Health Social Workers are social workers who have extensive postgraduate training and experience in the field of mental health. AASW Accredited Mental Health Social Workers are registered providers with Medicare

Dr Emma Harley BA (Hons), DClinPsych, is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice in Brisbane. Emma has worked widely within the public and private sectors with a range of clients and has extensive experience with mood disorders, relationship issues, grief and loss, and family-of-origin concerns. She has considerable experience working with childhood and adult trauma across the life-span. Emma has a longstanding interest in working holistically with a focus on personal growth and deeper healing. She utilises acceptance and commitment therapy, mindfulness-based and compassion therapies, somatic, and humanistic therapies, and where appropriate, a spiritual approach. She is also a trained mindfulness meditation teacher. She has worked in senior university teaching roles and has lectured and supervised in the area of trauma.

My Special Subjects in Masters in Counselling are Trauma and Psychotherapy. I have undergone numerpus training in this area.
I am a member of Blue Knot Foundation and I have undergone training in Trauma Informed area also.
I have demonstrated experience in childrens sexual abuse are.
As a qualified Counsellor in trauma informed area, I can domonstrate my skills and I use my models acording to the needs of clients.
I am empathetic and non-judjmental
I believe in drawing strenghts in clients and connect them to go ahead in their life.
I have demonstrated experience counselling Survivors of Child Abuse in Insritution.

Georgia Hunt is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker with over thirty years of practice experience in supporting and counselling families affected by complex trauma, domestic and family violence, mental health, alcohol and/or other drug problems. She works with individuals, couples, families and groups. Georgia acknowledges that people are the experts in their own lives and are often resilient in the face of challenges. She has an interest in growing family resilience by providing therapy, psycho-education and support in a non-judgemental, safe space. Georgia completed a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Queensland. Her research is in the area of consumer and family participation in mental health services. She is also an Adjunct Senior Clinical Research Fellow in the School of Human Services and Social Work, Griffith University. She is committed to maintaining her professional development in the best interests of people who seek her support and therapy.