Trauma Support Providers

Professional Biography

My work is shaped from experiences with survivors beginning two decades ago working as a nurse in a residential addictions hospital. I am eternally grateful to have been shaped since then by both survivors and also leaders in the field about how to carefully accompany and hold space in meaningful ways. Over the years I worked full time in various mental health facilities until I commenced private practice in 2011. As I expanded my therapeutic skill set and knowledge around working with trauma, I felt restrained in the system, and found pathologising people left me feeling dead inside.
I believe that working with trauma is a sacred process, calling for a broad range of ""ways of working"" together in a flexible way that feels absolutely right for you. While each person's path is unique, the work is grounded in the nonlinear phased approach, initially prioritising a sense of safety and self care, paving the way for future work for some, and for others achieving stability in themselves is relief enough.
You could say my approach is multimodal and entirely ""bespoke"" to you. There is nothing more meaningful than being part of a persons self discovery and growing those conditions together is (in my opinion) incredibly nourishing
The safety and self care aspect of the work involves invitations to experiment with of the following (as an example)...body based exercises, tapping, gesture work, voice modulation, support networks eg animals, humans (dead and alive), landscapes and many many more.... Utilising these methods allows ways for managing overwhelm and putting on the brakes, when everything is going to fast...
I am forever gathering new learnings and trainings so that I can have more in my tool box to offer .... In my personal life, I am an artist with a passion for painting....my house, stretched canvases and furniture. My therapy room is painted entirely in Annie Sloan Aubusson Blue chalk paint and is located in a 1920s brick cottage on a very quaint street 5 kilometres from the city, lined in Peppermint trees. It is quiet, calm and very private.
Choosing a counsellor can be daunting but so important to follow your instincts and go with what feels right for you. The therapeutic process needs to unfold in a way that is unique to you, and that may be both illuminating, difficult and inevitably satisfying on a very deep level. If you choose me as your therapist we will form an agreement about frequency and time for our appointments. I look forward to our work together and be assured that you and all your concerns will be taken seriously.

Client Types

• Adult
• LGBTIQ