A little about me

Before becoming a counsellor, I spent almost a decade managing a boutique health and fitness centre. I’ve since worked across a range of settings, including Lifeline crisis support, Headspace youth services and Employee Assistance Programs, while continuing to build my experience and training in trauma-focused therapy.

I also bring my own lived experience of depression, postnatal anxiety and chronic pain to my work. Those experiences have shaped the way I see people and the importance I place on compassion, curiosity and feeling genuinely heard.

I don’t believe in putting people in boxes.

How I work

I don’t see people as a diagnosis, a set of symptoms or a single experience. We’re all made up of many different parts, shaped by everything we’ve lived through.

I want therapy to be a place where you can bring all of that, the messy, complicated, contradictory and very human bits, without judgement.

Sometimes a part of us is trying very hard to protect us. Sometimes experiences from the past continue to shape how we feel, think and respond in the present. Understanding these patterns can create space for something different.

I also work from a neuro-affirming perspective. There isn’t one right way to think, feel, communicate or move through the world. I’m interested in understanding how your brain, nervous system and experiences shape the way you respond, rather than trying to make you fit someone else’s idea of how you should be.

For me, therapy is about creating more flexibility in how you respond to life here and now, not changing who you are, but helping you feel more at home within yourself.

All parts are welcome here.

I draw from approaches including EMDR, Resource Therapy, ACT, DBT, mindfulness, positive psychology and parts work, tailoring therapy to the person in front of me rather than following a one-size-fits-all formula. My work is person-centred, strengths-based, trauma-informed and neuro-affirming.

What you can expect

I’m warm, down-to-earth and genuinely interested in getting to know the person behind the story.

You don’t need to have the right words, know exactly what’s wrong or arrive with everything figured out.

Sometimes you need somewhere to talk. Sometimes you need practical tools. Sometimes you know what happened, but talking about it hasn’t changed how it feels.

We’ll start wherever you are and work it out together.

Coastal Wellness Cottage is a quiet, welcoming space where you can step away from the busyness of everyday life and have some time and space for yourself. I also offer Telehealth and telephone appointments Australia-wide.