Specialty Areas
Hypnotherapy
Treatment of addictions/Performance enhancement
- Smoking
- Weight loss
- Alcohol
- Drug
- Gambling
Together with Hypnosis and my experience working in a Drug Rehabilitation Centre, we look at habitual triggers with Alcohol, Smoking, Poor Eating, Gambling or Drug Issues that have been holding my client’s back to fulfilling the life they want. Through counselling we can also look at Issues around Domestic Violence, Mental issues, trauma, loss and grief.
Performance Enhancement including the use of time line therapy via Hypnotherapy is another way of enabling my clients to reach their full potential. We discuss how you want your future to look and take a look at your limiting thoughts and behaviours. This gives us a goal to achieve.
Couple Counselling
- Reignite the flame
- Conflict resolution
- Skills to communication
- Relationship Problems
- Sexual therapy
Couple therapy is a means of resolving problems and conflicts that couples have not been able to handle effectively on their own. It involves couples of all types recognising and resolving conflicts to improve their relationships.
Through couple therapy, you can make thoughtful decisions about rebuilding your relationship.
Family/Child Counselling
- Connecting with teenagers
- Sibling issues
- Bullying
My commitment to family counselling has been both in private practice and NGO agencies. Using narrative therapy skills I listen to find out the impact of the situation on their lives. Some children have differentiating issues and concerns. I look for the child's strengths which then empower them. I often use written material and ask the children to write down their feelings in order to dispose of these negative thoughts. Many children have been holding on to these thoughts and they have become stuck, causing depression, anxiety and other negative feelings and behaviours.
Counselling the Elderly
- Grief counselling
- Case management
- Reuniting with the community
- Family counselling
I am a registered Counsellor for a number of Aged Care providers. I support and assist the elderly in managing their mental well-being, from coping with grief to managing every day problems that may interfere with a seniors quality of life.
Carers Counselling
- Grief and loss
- Anxiety and depression
- Managing stress
- Government funded sessions
The role of a carer is sometimes challenging whilst being very rewarding and purposeful. However it is important to take care of your own mental health.
Sometimes carers can experience stress, anxiety, grief and loss, and depression. Occasionally carers just want to talk to someone and have an ear to listen.
I can be contacted through Fleurieu Wellbeing for 6 sessions free of charge.
Mental Health
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Grief and Loss
- Moving forward again after a relationship
Depression is more than just a low mood – it's a serious condition that affects children, teenagers, adults and older people.
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a structured psychological treatment which recognises that the way we think (cognition) and act (behaviour) affects the way we feel. CBT is one of the most effective treatments for depression. Talking to a counsellor can help you change your thinking patterns and improve your coping skills so you're better equipped to deal with life's stresses and conflicts.
An anxiety condition isn't developed or caused by a single factor but by a combination of things. Effective treatment helps you learn how to control your anxiety so it doesn’t control you.