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Counselling & Psychotherapy

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By bringing those hidden parts into awareness with compassion, you can develop new insights, notice patterns more clearly, and make choices that feel aligned with who you truly are.

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This process can support greater self-understanding, self-compassion, and a stronger connection with yourself, helping you navigate life in a way that feels more authentic and grounded.

Are you feeling stuck in the same patterns, unsure why certain emotions or behaviours keep persisting?

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Often, life’s challenges can feel overwhelming because much of what drives our feelings and actions happens beneath the surface.

 

Therapy offers a safe, gentle space to help you understand these deeper parts of yourself, supporting greater self-understanding, awareness, and choice in how you respond to patterns in your life.​

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Take the first step towards getting the support you deserve.

“ if unresolved trauma can store itself in your muscles, fascia, organs, cells and the rest of your physical body, so can joy, gratitude, abundance, love and peace. Your body is also a safe space”

- Ryan rose

Have you been living with chronic health issues like fibromyalgia, autoimmune conditions, or persistent body symptoms? Are you feeling overwhelmed or frustrated, unsure why symptoms keep recurring? Chronic stress, unresolved trauma, and emotional strain can show up in the body, leaving many people searching for understanding. You’re not alone, autoimmune conditions affect around 5–10% of the global population. Research shows that chronic stress and unresolved trauma can influence the body, sometimes contributing to the development or exacerbation of physical symptoms. Trauma can be experienced through the body, which may create cycles of fatigue, pain, or illness. Exploring this connection can offer insight. In a safe and compassionate space, we can look together at how your body and mind interact, noticing patterns and signals your body may be communicating. With increased awareness and support, it’s possible to develop new ways of relating to stress, better understand your experiences, and respond to your body in ways that feel caring and grounded.

“It is health that is the real wealth, not pieces of silver and gold.”

- Mahetma Ghandi.

Navigate trauma and chronic health with experienced support. 

Helping you with

Chronic illness & autoimmune diseases such as cancer, Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, Ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, Rheumatoid arthritis, Psoriasis, Multiple Sclerosis and long COVID

Burn out

Dissatisfaction with traditional 'talk therapy' and/or the health care system

Anxiety & Depression

Trauma and PTSD

Anger

Stress & coping

Addiction

Life purpose

Decision making

Grief, loss & dying

Building confidence & resilience

Relationships, conflict & anxious attachment

Feeling 'stuck' & not being able to move forwards

Dreams & other altered states

Increased self-awareness

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“When mind, body and spirit are in harmony, happiness in the natural result”
- Deepak Chopra.

Therapeutic approach

Walking along side you on your journey using integrative and evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions, namely;

Humanistic & Person-Centred

Somatic

Embodiment Practices

Parts Work (IFS)

Mindfulness Focused Practices

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Mind-Body Practices

Art & Creative Practices

Transpersonal Therapy

Compassion Focused Practices

Trauma-Informed Practices

Process Orientated Psychology
EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)

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A symbol of a female figure, embodying strength, compassion, and empowerment
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A symbol of a golden eye, representing awareness, insight, and healing
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“I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become”
- Carl Jung

Services

​Psychotherapy & counselling in-person Highett - $145

Telehealth - $145

NDIS psychotherapy & counselling - as per individual plan

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Save money!!!
Discounted session packs & 10% off your first therapy session

Are you ready to take the first step?

Trauma, Chronic Illness and Autoimmune:
Making Sense of the Overlap

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Need more information or have an inquiry?​

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Embody Counselling respectfully acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong people as the Traditional Owners of this land. I seek to honour their deep connection to the land and waters. I pay respects to their Elders - past, present and emerging and acknowledge that this land has never been ceded - Always will be Aboriginal land.

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