Biography:
I work with teenagers and adults. I work in an eclectic manner, using a variety of skills, strategies and techniques as best suit the individual client. I believe that everyone comes to counselling with their own strengths and skills, as well as the difficulties they are currently facing. I help clients use these strengths and skills, while dealing with the difficulties. I have particular experience in complex trauma and dissociative disorders.
In addition to counselling I provide supervision, case consultation and training within the field of complex trauma and dissociative disorders. I also work with pregnancy and birth trauma; parenting education (particularly supporting parents with child abuse backgrounds); mood regulation and self harm.
Prior to working in trauma I spent nearly 10 years working with clients with intellectual disability and brain injury in a range of NGOs and government services. I am experienced in parenting support, behaviour support, and counselling for clients with intellectual and communication difficulties. I have counselled people using Key Word Signing and Assisted Communication Technologies.
My additional qualifications in health education and health promotion have enabled me to develop skills and experience in supporting people make healthy lifestyle changes including improved exercise habits, better stress management, smoking cessation, healthy eating and weight management.