My Personal Life
I live in Bargara in Queensland, close to the ocean, with my husband and three daughters. I live a simple and satisfying personal life, devoting my time to my work, family, helping others and connecting with friends. I enjoy practicing yoga, drinking coffee in my local coffee shop, reading and meditation. I work as a counsellor and psychotherapist in private practice in the Wide Bay area and have been in the counselling field for 11 years. Prior to that my background was in natural health and nutrition. Before getting to this place, life took me on a winding journey of self-discovery. The journey is continuing but it doesn’t feel so winding nowadays.
As a young person I always had an innate desire to help others and a deep residing compassion and sensitivity to life. As a young girl, my friends would see me as someone they could turn to when they needed a listening ear.
MY LIFE WAS TRANSFORMED BY THERAPY
In my early adult years I stumbled into a dark and difficult place myself and needed the assistance of a therapist to support me through my own personal struggles. It was challenging, but I loved the therapy process. I felt truly seen, heard and met in a way my soul was aching for. It was in therapy that I not only worked through problems and issues, but where I began to grow as a person. My life transformed, my awareness of myself increased and as a result my relationships became healthier, I became happier and I found an inner strength that I never knew was inside me. My therapeutic journey turned into a deeply personal and spiritual journey where I found awareness and wholeness. I feel deeply grateful for the therapists that have supported my own inner journey and supported me back into health and wholeness.
MY LIFE WAS TRANSFORMED BY THERAPY
In my early adult years I stumbled into a dark and difficult place myself and needed the assistance of a therapist to support me through my own personal struggles. It was challenging, but I loved the therapy process. I felt truly seen, heard and met in a way my soul was aching for. It was in therapy that I not only worked through problems and issues, but where I began to grow as a person. My life transformed, my awareness of myself increased and as a result my relationships became healthier, I became happier and I found an inner strength that I never knew was inside me. My therapeutic journey turned into a deeply personal and spiritual journey where I found awareness and wholeness. I feel deeply grateful for the therapists that have supported my own inner journey and supported me back into health and wholeness.
A Compassionate and Committed Counsellor
I have always had a deep interest in the mind body connection and what it means to be healthy. Fuelled by this deep interest, during my 20s I studied naturopathy at Safe Academy on the Gold Coast. While studying naturopathy I worked as a Chiropractic assistant which naturally fed my interest in the connection between physical and emotional health. I studied my first counselling module at this time and I haven’t stopped since. I’ve now been engaged in my own journey and growth for over 15 years.
I went on to complete a Post Graduate diploma and a Masters Degree in Gestalt Psychotherapy, with other qualifications in community services. Currently, I’m furthering my education with 3 year intensive study in Somatic Trauma Therapy (body centred psychotherapy). I’ve attended Psychotherapy conferences in Europe and America and completed training in many other areas of counselling and psychotherapy. Some of these studies include EMDR, neurobiology, couples therapy, creative and expressive therapies, suicide intervention, family constellations (generational healing) and mindfulness. I have a special interest in stress disorders and trauma and how stress accumulates in our nervous system and how this can be healed. I am also deeply interested in how therapy can be used as a path of waking up to one’s own true essence.
For 11 years I used my skills in organisations as a counsellor and community educator. I worked under a variety of different counselling service contracts in this time including family counselling, domestic violence counselling, child counselling, counselling separated families and community recovery services.
I’m committed to my own mindfulness and self-awareness practices, and I continue to be committed to my professional development as a psychotherapist. I am deeply committed to assisting others to improve their lives.
My Mission as a Therapist for Women
My mission as a therapist is to help women who are recovering from trauma or abuse and living with emotional pain improve their lives and find inner peace and healing. Using the tools of psychotherapy my goals are:
To support women towards healing and wholeness
To assist women to deepen connection to themselves and their lives
To help women live an amazingly authentic and joyful life
To empower women to see the body as a doorway to healing
I feel honoured to support women to resolve trauma so as to invite in wholeness, healing and connection into their lives.
I have written a workbook for women called “Create, Dream, Connect” to help women connect with themselves, enhance their resilience and develop awareness and mindfulness skills. Ever since my first experience of a women’s circle I’ve become deeply committed to the healing work women’s circles facilitate, and have been honoured to witness the profound transformations that happen when women hold a sacred space for each other. I have completed formal training in running groups and women’s circles, as well as woman’s group facilitator training with Chameli Ardagh of Awakening Woman Institute.
My work through Sacred She is about continuing that journey with other women and creating the space for vulnerability, trust and connection. I look forward to supporting you on your journey.
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