Gestalt Therapist Melbourne
I am an accredited Mental Health Social Worker and Gestalt Psychotherapist with 10 years’ experience working in the public and private sector of counselling and therapeutic services. I completed my bachelor’s (Hons.) degree in Ireland and four-year advanced training in Gestalt psychotherapy in Melbourne, Australia. I offer a warm, relational approach to therapy where you can expect to be supported and challenged. I believe that the relational approach to therapy can be transformative, encourage deeper meaning-making and self-acceptance.
My areas of specialty are working with victims/survivors of abuse, sexual violence, reproductive trauma, complex trauma, PTSD, bereavement, and loneliness. Whether or not you have a formal diagnosis, my interest is in your lived experiences and how this has shaped you in the present moment. I acknowledge that ‘recovering’ from traumatic experiences requires trust, safety and a pace that feels right for you. There may not be a quick fix solution to what you bring to therapy, but I will help you to help yourself to cultivate curiosity and self-compassion, and will encourage an increase of self-awareness and connection to all parts of you, embracing your whole self.
“The journey of aliveness, engagement in the world, risk taking, and connectedness is the grandest journey of all” – Close & Reese, 2018.