COUNSELLING FOR WOMEN

Do you feel stretched thin, burnt out, wired, frazzled, emotionally overwhelmed or stressed out by all of the things you manage in your life? 

I LOVE working with women who feel burnt out and depleted, and together, we can create a personalised roadmap to recovery that helps you rediscover your vitality and reclaim your life. 

Counselling not only helps you regain control but also replenishes your energy and enhances your well-being. I deeply value lived experiences, and I may even share my own journey to support you along the way. My goal is to help you restore your energy and get your mojo back. Having personally recovered from burnout and deep depletion, I can guide you through the stages of stress and phases of burnout, ultimately helping you find your unique path to recovery. 

I'm here to hold a therapeutic space and gently walk alongside you as you navigate life with a chronic illness and fatigue. Having experienced chronic fatigue myself in my early thirties and other chronic health complexities at the time, I understand firsthand the challenges you face each day. I know exactly what it feels like to live with chronic illness and the exhaustion and despair it brings.

I'm passionate about creating a safe and gentle space for you to land softly, where you can feel heard and validated for everything you're going through. Lets start your journey towards healing and well-being together!

 Supporting both women and men on their mental health journey is my passion. As a trauma-informed counsellor, I’ve had the privilege of walking alongside many individuals facing challenges like depression, anxiety, grief, or emotional struggles. I’m here to help you make sense of your experiences and empower you to live a fulfilling, joyful life.

In our sessions, my goal is to meet you where you are and offer compassionate support as you navigate your unique path. Together, we’ll explore your inner dialogue, connect with your desires, and create a path forward so you can step into the best years of your life. I’m honoured to witness the transformation as clients build a life that aligns with their true values and desires.

I offer NDIS and non-NDIS counselling services, available via phone, video, or in person in Gawler. Please note, I do not work with Mental Health Care Plans but can accept self-managed NDIS plans.

"Depression is indicating that we need to stop and pause and reflect upon why my energy has gone? Why has my energy depleted? What caused this?  Depression is the stop sign of the soul." ~ Karla McLaren from "Language of Emotions"

I invite you into a space where your grief is honoured, your emotions are heard, and your healing journey is supported with compassion and care. Grief and loss are deeply personal, and I’m here to walk alongside you through it. With warmth and empathy, I offer you a safe environment to explore the complexities of your grief, and together, we will find a way to move forward.

What to Expect in Grief & Loss Counselling:

• A safe space to express your grief and process your emotions.
• Compassionate support to understand and navigate different types of grief.
• Coping strategies and tools to help manage your grief with care.
• Exploration of existential themes like love, fear, and mortality.
• Insight into how grief evolves through different life stages.
• Meaningful rituals to honor your loss and connection to your loved one.

Types of Grief You May Experience:

• Anticipatory & Non-Finite Grief: If you're facing end-of-life or a life-limiting illness, I’ll gently support you through the changes and ongoing grief of this time.
• Grief & Trauma: Sudden, unexpected loss can feel overwhelming. Together, we’ll combine grief and trauma-informed support to guide you through the pain.
• Prolonged Grief: If grief has become prolonged and deeply affects your daily life, we’ll explore existential challenges and help you rediscover meaning and hope.
• Grief Through Life’s Stages: From childhood to old age, grief changes throughout life. I’ll support you in navigating these transitions, offering tools and strategies to help you cope and heal.

A Journey of Healing and Meaning

In our sessions, we will explore your grief with tenderness and insight, finding ways to integrate it into your life and honouring the profound loss you're experiencing. I bring both my personal experience with loss and my professional training in Existential Therapy to offer a unique, empathetic approach. You’re not alone on this journey. Let’s begin healing together.
 

Leaving a high-demand group, whether it's a religious organisation, self-development program, or yoga community, can be emotionally overwhelming. These groups often seem legitimate or mainstream, which can make it difficult to recognise their harmful influence until after leaving. If you're struggling with confusion, grief, or a lost sense of self after leaving such a group, you're not alone. Cult recovery counselling provides a safe, supportive space to begin healing, understanding your experiences and reclaiming your autonomy.

What is Cult Recovery Counselling?

Cult recovery counselling is designed to help you process the psychological impact of being in a high-control group. Through our work together, we’ll focus on:

• Awareness & Education: Gaining an understanding of the nature of cults and high-control groups, their tactics, and how they affected you.
• Evaluating Group Influence: Exploring the group's beliefs and practices, and how they shaped your well-being.
• Healing Strategies: Using trauma-informed therapies to address the harm, loss, and emotional pain caused.
• Reclaiming Your Identity: Reconnecting with your true self, rebuilding self-trust, and establishing healthy boundaries.
• Building a New Life: Creating a life grounded in authenticity, autonomy, and purpose.

Together, I’ll help you gain clarity, process difficult emotions, and move forward toward a life free from the constraints of the group.

How Cult Recovery Counselling Can Help

I offer a compassionate and informed approach to healing from religious trauma and cult involvement. With a trauma-informed perspective, we'll work together to unpack the impact of your experiences and help you rebuild a life filled with freedom, self-expression, and meaning.

Start Your Healing Journey

If you’re ready to begin healing from religious trauma or cult involvement, I invite you to take the first step with me. I’m here to help you navigate this complex journey, process your experiences, and step into a life of clarity and strength.

Let’s work together to uncover your authentic self, set healthy boundaries, and create a fulfilling life that’s truly yours on your terms! 

 The Road Trauma Support Team of South Australia (RTST) offers free, professional counselling to anyone whose life has been touched by road trauma. Whether you’ve experienced a vehicle collision firsthand, supported a loved one, or were involved as a witness, bystander, or emergency responder, you don’t have to navigate the emotional aftermath alone.

If you’re in the Williamstown, SA area or surrounding regions, I can assist with your referral through RTST and provide counselling to help you work through the challenges and trauma connected to your experience.

To connect with a counsellor in your area, reach out to the Road Trauma Support Team of SA (RTST) at 0400 705 066 . For more information about RTST's services, visit RTST’s website.

Restore & Reconnect Group Therapy Program

A 6-Week Online Journey for Women Ready to Move from Burnout to Balance

I’m thrilled to invite you to my upcoming Restore & Reconnect program, starting on Monday, 24th February, at 6:30 PM (AEDT). This therapy group will be limited to six women.

This carefully designed six-week group therapy journey is all about moving from burnout to balance, helping you rediscover energy, joy, and connection.

If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, or stuck in patterns of people-pleasing and perfectionism, this program will offer the tools and support you need to heal and thrive. Combining trauma-informed therapy, nervous system awareness, and somatic practices, the program provides a transformative space for growth, connection, and self-discovery.

Key benefits:

• Calm Your Nervous System: Develop personalised tools to regulate stress and create lasting calm.
• Reconnect with Yourself: Rebuild your relationship with your emotions, body, and mindfulness.
• Transform Burnout: Shift from exhaustion to sustainable energy and nourishment.
• Strengthen Boundaries: Break free from patterns of people-pleasing by setting meaningful, values-aligned boundaries.
•  Explore Relational Patterns: Understand where you may give away your personal power in relationships and uncover the origins of these patterns. 
• Cultivate Authentic Expression: Reclaim your voice and express your true self.
• Build Resilience: Establish routines and tools that support long-term emotional and physical wellbeing.
• Experience the Power of Group Therapy: Share insights, receive support, and create meaningful connections with a small group of like-minded women.

Through six 90-minute group therapy sessions, weekly workbooks, guided meditations, and lifetime access to resources, you’ll be supported every step of the way. Together, we’ll explore practical, sustainable ways to heal and reconnect with the best version of yourself.

If this sounds like the kind of transformation you’re looking for in the new year or if you’d like more details about the program, please let me know—I’d love to share more about this opportunity to support your journey toward balance and connection.

As I am a private practitioner I do not provide Medicare rebates. Counselling is offered Australia wide via Telehealth and Zoom appointments, and face to face appointments will be available soon in the Gawler region.  Within  two weeks of contacting me, we can be in a session working together. I have now opened on Friday's and every second Saturday for counselling and at this stage, I don’t have a waitlist.  I also request an online bank transfer payment to take place prior to your counselling session.

I am a registered counsellor with the Australian Counselling Association and have been verified by Psychology Today. Counselling endorsements by work colleagues can be found on Psychology Today and on my 'Kind Words' webpage.