Your mental well-being matters. Before we start on your road to self-discovery, let me share what working with Summit MindBody Wellness can look like for you. Whether you prefer the comfort of online sessions or in-person connections, I offer counselling services designed to meet you where you are - figuratively and literally.
In-person and Online Counselling Services in Victoria
Types of Counselling Services
My goal as your counsellor is to help you heal and navigate through your past trauma, learn to regulate your emotions and nervous system, and engage in your personal growth. I am a trained trauma counsellor, which means I can help you work through difficult events or memories by giving you the tools you need to thrive, calm your nervous system, and feel empowered in your life.
Although every approach I take with my clients will be different to address your specific needs, when you work with me you can expect a mix of:
Somatic Therapy
Trauma isn’t just stored in the mind - it lives in the body. Think “The Body Keeps the Score”. Somatic therapy helps to foster a connection between mind and body to release stored trauma, tension, and stress. By listening to your body and learning to befriend and regulate its responses, you can develop a greater sense of safety, balance, and connection. This practice involves exploring how movement, and breathwork, can help to calm and regulate your nervous system.
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Learn to ground yourself and embrace living fully in the present moment, even when faced with life’s challenges. Instead of resisting and avoiding difficult thoughts, feelings, and sensations, this approach teaches you how to accept them while focusing on actions that reflect your values and goals. By cultivating mindfulness and making intentional choices, you can create a life that feels more purposeful and aligned with who you want to be.
Brainspotting
Brainspotting accesses deeper parts of your brain and taps into your parasympathetic nervous system to help release unresolved emotional pain or trauma. By locating specific points in your field of vision connected to intense feelings or memories, you will learn to mindfully develop self-awareness, gain new insights, and make lasting behavioural changes.
“Where you look, affects how you feel” - David Grand, founder of BSP
Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy
EMDR helps you to reprocess stressful or traumatic memories and build new positive neural connections - neuroplasticity for the win! By rebuilding and repatterning our neural connections, EMDR supports healing and recovery by reducing the emotional charge held by difficult memories, allowing you to get “unstuck”, gain new perspectives, and break unhelpful patterns.
Attachment-based Therapy
Our early relationships shape how we view the world and connect with others. Attachment-based therapy helps uncover patterns in how you connect—or struggle to connect—with others and yourself. By addressing these patterns, you can heal relational wounds, build stronger connections, and foster a greater sense of emotional security and self-compassion.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Thoughts and beliefs shape your reality. With cognitive behavioral therapy, we challenge those negative beliefs to find balance and change our perspective and behavior. With CBT, you will become aware of your thought patterns, and learn to reframe them to create positive change in your daily life.
Choosing the counsellor for you
One of the most important things to consider when it comes to choosing a counsellor is your connection and general sense that you can be your true self.
Counselling is meant to be a welcoming and accepting experience for you, especially since we dive into hard feelings and tackle big issues.
Your comfort and peace of mind are a top priority for me. Before we dive into our session, I encourage you to book a 15-minute phone consultation to see if we fit.
If you choose me to be your counsellor, I want you to know that you can come as you are.
Sessions with me will empower you to take the steps you need to heal and grow. I want you to feel comfortable enough to open up, relaxed enough to share, and yourself enough to laugh - should the moment call for it.
My space, whether you see me for online sessions or in-person counselling services, you can trust that I will hold space for you, and embark on your journey of personal transformation.
If you’re ready to book your session, follow the link below.