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- Monday - Thursday: 7.30am - 6.30pm
- Eltham North, Melbourne or via Phone or Video Call
Individual Counselling Somatic Psychotherapy LGBTQ
“Be kind. For everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about”
Individual Counselling
A short-term counselling is ideal if you need a few sessions over a brief period of time rather than extended psychotherapy. It’s suitable if you’re navigating a particularly stressful or upsetting situation and need a confidential space to talk things through with a compassionate mental health professional. You might be looking for support with work-related issues, relationship matters, a significant life change, or an important decision. People also often need extra support when they are going through an acute experience of grief and loss. It can help to have someone to who is able to hold space for your pain and your tears, your heart ache and confusion, your anger or your fear. Other people may just be seeking practical tools to manage depression, build resilience, reduce stress or anxiety, or address unproductive thought and behaviour patterns.
Somatic Regulation of the Autonomic Nervous System
Chronic stress and anxiety can deeply impact your mental, emotional, and physical well-being. In today’s fast-paced world, managing these feelings can be incredibly challenging. Many people find themselves overwhelmed, while others may have reached burnout, experiencing profound fatigue and depression.
The autonomic nervous system plays a crucial role in how we perceive ourselves, our surroundings, and our interactions with others. It influences our ability to feel relaxed and secure in situations that are not inherently threatening.
When the nervous system is in a heightened state, you may experience:
- Irritability, agitation, or rapid shifts between anger and tears
- Difficulty sleeping, relaxing, or finding joy in simple activities
- Dissociation, or feeling disconnected from yourself and your environment
- Persistent racing thoughts or ongoing worry
- A sense of being “wired but tired”
- Impulsive decisions followed by regret
- Reliance on alcohol, drugs, or excessive screen time as a stress relief
- Sensory overload or exhaustion after social interactions
Somatic psychotherapy, which focuses on regulating the nervous system and repairing the vagus nerve, can help restore balance and promote a sense of calm and stability. This approach is particularly beneficial for individuals with a history of trauma or PTSD, aiding in the healing of a distressed nervous system and helping you regain a sense of groundedness and well-being.
LGB TQ
If you identify with one or more of the groups that exist within the LGBTQ umbrella, you may know how much nuance and diversity exists within our community. Whether you’re gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer or questioning, it can effect a lot of different aspects of your life. Even if you are not specifically coming to counselling to talk about your sexual orientation or gender identity, it can help to have a counsellor with a foundational understanding and appreciation of some of your experiences. Though I always find that each person is unique, and the issues that people bring to therapy never fit into a stereotypical box.
I do not subscribe to a particular ideology and my counselling practice is open to people with all experiences of gender identity, including dysphoria, gender non-conformity, transgender and non-binary identities, transition regret, detransition and desisting. My way of being with people is naturally empathic and non-judgmental and I am dedicated to professional ethics and confidentiality.