Counselling for real life
People usually come to counselling because something important has become difficult, keeps repeating or hasn't resolved itself.
Sometimes you know exactly what the problem is. Other times you just know that something isn't sitting right, or that the way you've been handling it isn't working anymore. You don't need to understand why before we start.
What might bring you to counselling?
Relationships
Communication, disconnection, recurring conflict, boundaries, separation or difficult decisions about a relationship.
Parenting & Family
When you love your family enormously but feel exhausted, worried or unsure what to do — especially when connection with your child has become difficult.
Anxiety & Overthinking
When your mind keeps returning to the same worries, possibilities or decisions and thinking harder isn't resolving them.
Burnout & Capacity
When you're managing a lot, possibly successfully, but the effort required to keep everything going is becoming difficult to sustain.
Midlife & Identity
When the life you've managed for years suddenly takes more out of you. Changes in identity, relationships, capacity — and sometimes hormones — can leave you questioning what you want next.
Autism & ADHD
Understanding yourself, relationships and everyday difficulties in the context of neurodivergence — particularly the gap between appearing capable and actually coping.
Connecting with your child
You can love your child enormously and still find yourself caught in conflict, disconnection or interactions that don’t resemble the relationship you hoped to have.
I have a particular interest in helping parents understand what’s getting between them and their child and finding practical ways to build connection again. Sometimes that means changing how we communicate. Sometimes it’s understanding what’s underneath behaviour. Sometimes it’s looking at our own reactions, expectations or patterns. Usually, it’s a combination.
This is also an area I particularly enjoy working in with parents of autistic and ADHD children. Neurodivergence can change what connection, communication, boundaries and support need to look like. The aim isn’t to remove expectations or avoid difficult things. It’s to understand the child in front of us and find ways of connecting that actually work for them and their family.
The goal isn’t perfect parenting. It’s a stronger relationship with your child.
What counselling with me is like
We start with what's actually happening in your life rather than trying to fit you into a predetermined model.
Sometimes that means slowing things down and understanding what you're feeling. Sometimes it's noticing a pattern or assumption that hasn't been obvious. Sometimes it's looking differently at a relationship or decision. And sometimes the useful question really is: what do you do next?
I'm practical, but that doesn't mean rushing past the emotional part. I want our conversations to help you understand what's happening — and to matter outside the counselling session.
Scope of practice
I provide counselling and coaching, and I'm also an AHPRA-registered occupational therapist. I don't provide medical diagnosis, prescribe medication or replace care from a GP, psychiatrist or other medical practitioner. Where something sits outside my scope, I'll be clear about it.