The person behind the therapist
One of my most transformative experiences was with a mental health therapist who simply provided a relationship built on acceptance and an environment where I could truly explore. There were no fancy techniques or clinical interventions - just unrelenting time, empathy, and curiosity. I learned to trust that, given the right conditions, I could find my own insights and trust my own emotional world. This journey inspired me to become a counsellor and therapist, with the hope of offering others the same space to reflect and grow.
Like many, I’ve struggled. From learning to accept and embrace my sexuality, navigating the life of an actor (a past life now that I’m a therapist!), facing unimaginable grief, to working through the complexities of my most treasured relationships—these experiences have shaped who I am. I’ve learned that struggle is inevitable - it’s the human condition. But how we meet that struggle is a chance for growth. These experiences have deepened my self-awareness, loosened rigid life rules, and strengthened my empathy for others. I believe I’m a better therapist—and a better human—because of them.
I offer these personal learnings to meet with you not just as a helper, but as a fellow, imperfect human.
That said, these clever words and lovely insights don’t show up every day (I promise!). So I try to keep things simple. My daily mantra? Coffee, breathe, play, move, learn, dog, husband. Coffee.
Qualified & Registered
I hold a Bachelor of Counselling and maintain Certified Practising registration with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA), a leading national peak body for the counselling and psychotherapy profession.
To be registered as a mental health practitioner with PACFA, rigorous training in counselling and psychotherapy must be completed, alongside ongoing professional development and supervision. I also engage in my own counselling to ensure quality mental health while helping others.
The modalities I am trained in, align with and draw upon are:
Person Centered Therapy
Emotionally-Focussed Therapy (Completing EFIT Certification)
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
Positive Psychology
Gestalt Therapy (Commencing Master of Gestalt Therapy in 2027)
You can be assured of a quality service when engaging with me.
My approach
In it’s simplest form: enhancing awareness + fostering self-compassion = building capacity.
In a little more detail: my style is emotion-focused, person-centred talk therapy. I offer guided, non-pathologising conversations to help you explore, understand, and gently move through what keeps you stuck.
Rather than focusing on quick fixes or surface-level strategies, our work invites you to slow down and explore what’s really happening beneath the patterns, reactions, and protective layers you’ve carried for years. Together, we make space for what’s been hard to feel — because that’s often where healing begins.
Understanding Stuckness
Most people come to therapy when something in life feels stuck — when the same emotional loops, patterns, or relationship struggles keep showing up despite all your best efforts to move past them.
Often, these patterns began as ways to stay safe or connected earlier in life. But over time, they can become restrictive, keeping us from feeling fully ourselves or relating deeply with others.
Sounds like a lot to work on right? Well, yes. But the good news is that I see an express lane leading to the core of our unmet needs and our deepest longings.
Our emotions.
Finding Your Way Forward
Therapy invites us to slow down enough to listen to what our emotions are really trying to say. By meeting them with curiosity instead of judgment, we begin to understand the deeper needs beneath them — and what it costs us to keep pushing them away in very well-known, but self-destructive ways
So often we are told to ‘put on a happy face’ or ‘focus on the positive’, but in our work we can integrate the entire human experience in order to gain a sense of wholeness and balance. No part of your is unwelcome here.
Our Journey
At the heart of my counselling philosophy as a mental health therapist is the significance of the therapeutic relationship. I aim to create a space built on respect, warmth, and genuine presence — where you can bring your full self without fear of being analysed or fixed.
I believe that just as plants will instinctively grow under optimal conditions, humans will not only heal, but flourish if given the chance.
In this light I view therapy as a collaborative process—something that happens between us, not something done to you. Rather than following rigid techniques or quick coping tools, our work is relational and experiential. Think of it like navigating a forest together: you lead the way, while I walk beside you and helping you to explore challenging paths.
Building Capacity (Not Collecting Fixes)
Many of us come to therapy wanting to “figure things out”. We want to understand what’s wrong, find the right steps, or learn the tools that will make things better. And clarity does feel safe — but it gives us the illusion of control and we simply can not control our lives.
Lasting change doesn’t come from adding more strategies or insights. It comes from building capacity — the ability to stay with what’s difficult long enough to be changed by it and trust ourselves with it.
That means slowing down, noticing what happens in your body when things feel uncomfortable, and resisting the urge to rush for the “fix.” Because often, the need to solve can be very thing that keeps us from truly feeling and accepting. It’s the difference between asking “How do I fix this?” and “What part of me is hurting and how do I choose to meet it?”
Growth doesn’t come from “doing” more, it comes from “becoming” more.
The Next Step
I approach each one of my clients with the anticipation of positive transformations. The fact is you are the expert of your life, even if it may not feel like it right now. My role is to help you reconnect with your inner wisdom, the part of you that already knows what’s needed but may have gone quiet over time.
If the path ahead feels daunting, that’s okay. For now, you can borrow my belief in you until you’re ready to hold it yourself.
All you need to do in this moment is take the next step. Because that’s where the magic of therapy truly exists; forever in that very next step just beyond your comfort zone. And I’ll be right there with you, making sure those steps feel supported and safe.