I have been practicing Psychotherapy for over 10 years and started my own private practice Gold Coast Psychotherapy in 2019 with one employee - me! And that’s how it still is today. I have worn many hats before becoming a psychotherapist, I was a horticulturist with my own native plant nursery, I still love plants and spending time in the garden, it’s my creative escape, a place to unplug from the world. I worked in Mining FIFO for more then ten years, I started in the laboratory before mixing it with the guys in the mill, crusher and gold room. It was during this period that I continued my studies in Health and Safety and emergency medical first response (paramedics).
Medical and Safety is where I spent the last few years of my mining career. A traumatic event in my life lead me to seek out therapy, a friend recommended an awesome therapist to me and she used Process Orientated Psychology. After about a year of therapy I decided my time in mining was done and I began to study Process Orientated Psychology (Process work). Whilst I have enjoyed the many different hats I have worn, Process work has been the most rewarding. Helping clients navigate their experiences, gaining an understanding and insights, leading to new perspectives and resolutions. I feel very privileged to facilitate and hold a space just for mental health, healing and wellness.
Rumi
I use Process Orientated Psychology as my modality, it’s the way I practise. It’s an awareness-based process, what’s happening for my client in this moment? It’s a practise that uses the clients sensory grounded experience, information, unique only to them. What is the client seeing, feeling and experiencing when they are expressing what is troubling them, this is important information that enables me to help my clients unfold the problematic and painful experiences that are preventing them from creating positive change in their life. For me, it’s a dance between our everyday identity and our unconscious, there’s also the space in between.
What is she on about, you might ask? If your everyday identity is experiencing anxiety in social situations, that’s the symptom. The unconscious is where we find the root cause and that space in between is where we can find the sensory grounded information.
I'm a Certified Practicing Counsellor with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA)
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