Backed by experience and grounded in care, I’m here to support you through whatever you’re navigating.
If you’re here, it’s likely because you’ve been trying to figure things out on your own, and it’s starting to feel exhausting.
You might notice yourself caught in familiar patterns, weighed down by regret, worry, or a critical inner voice that’s hard to quiet.
You want change, but you’re not sure what that might look like or where to begin.
In our work together, we’ll explore what may be contributing to these patterns, including past experiences, current stress responses, and ways of coping that may no longer feel helpful.
From there, we’ll work at a pace that feels manageable, exploring practical ways of responding differently over time.
This isn’t about quick fixes or having everything figured out.
It’s a space for understanding yourself more deeply, softening self-criticism, and building a steadier relationship with your internal experience.
We’ll move forward at your pace, in a way that feels manageable.
My work is to help you explore change, growth, and reconnect with what feels authentic.
Through my own experience of navigating anxiety, grief, and challenging relational experiences, I’ve come to understand how easily we can get caught in patterns of self-doubt, overfunctioning, and emotional overwhelm, often while still appearing like we’re holding everything together on the outside.
Over time, I’ve explored ways of relating differently to anxiety and self-criticism, stepping out of people-pleasing and internal pressure, and developing a steadier sense of trust in emotional experience.
Today, I support adults who feel stuck in these kinds of patterns, whether in relationships, in how they relate to themselves, or in the pressure they feel to keep everything together.
I bring compassion, insight, and practical tools to help you understand your patterns more clearly, gently relate differently to your inner critic, and explore more grounded ways of relating to yourself and others.
Therapeutic Approach
My primary therapeutic approach is humanistic, meaning I place the relationship at the centre of the work and see you as the expert in your own experience.
I see you as a whole person whose responses make sense in the context of what you’ve lived through. Our work is collaborative, compassionate, and paced to support meaningful change over time.
Alongside a humanistic foundation, I draw on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and mindfulness and self-compassion to support both deep emotional understanding and practical, values-aligned change.
Training and Qualifications
Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) from Swinburne University
Graduate Diploma of Counselling and Psychotherapy from the Cairnmillar Institute
Certificate of Couples Counselling from Relationships Australia Victoria
Advanced Diploma of Yoga and Meditation Teaching from the Australian Yoga Academy