Counselling Services

Teen Counselling

Worried about your teenager?

Adolescence can be an intense and confusing time — for teens and for parents. When your child’s mental health isn’t going well, it’s stressful, exhausting, and often lonely. Many parents tell me they’re not sure whether what they’re seeing is “just teenage stuff” or something their teen needs extra support with.

I support teens in a calm, practical, and trauma-informed way, recognising that young people often show distress through emotions, behaviour, body responses, sleep changes, school refusal, irritability, withdrawal, or friendship difficulties — not always through words.

Alongside my professional counselling work, I bring over 25 years of experience supporting young people in a voluntary youth leadership and mentoring capacity within my church community. This has included long-term involvement with adolescents and families, including serving multiple times in senior youth leadership roles and walking alongside young people through many seasons of development and change.

I have also completed evidence-based parenting training through the Mental Health Academy, including the Evidence-based Parenting: Raising Children to Thrive micro-credential, and additional parenting and adolescent development training informed by Dr Justin Coulson’s work. This training shapes how I support teens and how I work collaboratively with parents.

I work in a teen-centred and family-aware way. Where appropriate, I partner with parents and carers so we can make sense of what’s happening together and build realistic, age-appropriate tools that support your teen at home, at school, and in everyday life.

Teen counselling may support:

• Anxiety, perfectionism, and overwhelm
• Emotional outbursts, shutdown, and “big feelings”
• Friendship challenges, bullying impacts, and social stress
• Low mood, confidence issues, and self-criticism
• Neurodivergence support (ADHD / Autism)
• Grief, change, and family transitions
• Trauma-informed support at a steady, respectful pace

I work in a way that respects each family’s values and beliefs. I don’t take a one-size-fits-all or agenda-driven approach. My aim is to help teens feel understood and supported, while also ensuring parents feel included, informed, and empowered along the way.

Session length: 55 minutes
Fee: $110

Neurodivergence (ADHD & Autism) – support and practical tools

If you’re wondering whether ADHD, Autism, Sensory processing, etc., might be part of your story — for you, your child, or your partner — you don’t have to figure it out alone. While I don’t provide formal diagnosis, I can help you make sense of patterns, gather helpful information, and navigate next steps such as speaking with your GP, school, or an assessing psychologist or paediatrician.

In sessions, we focus on building Helpful Tools for real life — including emotional regulation, managing overwhelm and shutdowns, anxiety support, executive functioning, communication, and self-esteem — in a way that fits how your brain works, not a one-size-fits-all approach.

I also support couples and families where one person is neurodivergent, and the other is neurotypical (ND/NT). Together, we work to understand each other’s needs, reduce conflict and miscommunication, and create practical agreements about communication, sensory needs, routines, and connection.

Session time:55 mins
Fee $110

EMDR & Trauma Counselling

When your mind knows you’re safe — but your body still reacts like the past is happening.

If you feel easily triggered, stuck in fight-or-flight, or like you’ve talked things through but nothing really shifts, this isn’t a failure on your part. It’s often a sign that the nervous system needs a different kind of support.

EMDR is one of the most effective, evidence-based therapies for trauma because it works with the brain and body — not just thoughts. Rather than endlessly talking about what happened, EMDR helps the nervous system reprocess experiences so they lose their emotional charge, allowing for relief, clarity, and forward movement.

I work in a trauma-informed, carefully paced way, shaped by strong clinical training and lived experience. Safety, regulation, and readiness always come first.

I’m EMDR Level 1 trained and provide EMDR within my current scope, supported by clinical supervision, as I complete further training and work toward accreditation.

EMDR is never rushed or forced. A brief screening process helps determine readiness and suitability.

Read more about EMDR

EMDR may be especially helpful if you:

• Feel easily triggered or emotionally overwhelmed
• Know you’re “safe now,” but your body doesn’t respond that way
• Have tried counselling or talk therapy for years without lasting change
• Carry the effects of childhood trauma or sexual abuse
• Experience shame, fear, or distress that feels bigger than logic

One of the strengths of EMDR is that you don’t need to share every detail of what happened. We work in a contained, respectful way, supporting the nervous system rather than repeatedly reliving the past.

EMDR can be used with adults, adolescents, and children, and is always adapted to the individual. For many people, EMDR becomes a turning point when insight alone hasn’t been enough.

EMDR is introduced only when appropriate. Some clients begin with stabilisation, resourcing, and nervous-system support before trauma processing.

Session length: 100 minutes
Fee: $150

INDIVIDUAL COUNSELLING

Counselling can help when you’re feeling under-resourced — emotionally, mentally, or simply worn down by life. Together, we’ll make sense of what’s going on, identify what’s keeping you stuck, and build helpful tools you can use beyond the counselling room. Steady strategies for coping, clearer boundaries, calmer communication, and practical steps forward — in a way that respects your values and what matters most to you. You can heal, and there is peace on the other side of the work.

Individual Counselling (55 minutes)
$110