I am a trained therapist with more than two decades of combined years of experience in non-formal and formal counselling and coaching in Australia and overseas. I have competencies in a variety of fields and have done counselling work with a diverse range of people across cultures and ages and in a number of areas. Some of the work includes school-based counselling, family relationship, anxiety and depression, grief and loss, workplace counselling, parenting, individual women, children and youth counselling.

I have a Master in Counselling and Psychotherapy, Post-Graduate Diploma and a Graduate Certificate in Counselling Skills. I am continuously expanding and enhancing my competencies and professional practice through further studies.

My practice is informed by a number of therapeutic theories and models including: Existential, Systems, Person Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy – CBT, Dialectic Behaviour Therapy – DBT, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy – REBT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy – ACT, Solution Focused Therapy, Emotion Focused Therapy, Gestalt and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. These models enable exploration of the individual within biological, psychological, spiritual and social/cultural/environmental contexts. They also enable helping through self-reflection, modification or altering of thoughts, transformation and change through behaviour

My role is to help you reflect, rearrange, recover, discover and renew your life in relevant and various ways. This will be done by examining issues, factors, beliefs, thoughts and behaviours hindering healthy functioning in aspects or all of your life, challenging your relationships, affecting your overall wellbeing and or getting in the way of realizing your potentials and achieving your life goals.

My style is an eclectic use of therapeutic interventions and helping strategies responsive to you and the issues you need support with. I will work collaboratively with you within a counselling process that utilizes elements of coaching, psycho-educational, creative and experiential learning strategies, mindfulness practices, skills and tools where necessary. I also deliver and facilitate Psycho-Educational/Coaching programmes and activities for schools, specialized and focus groups including organizations.

Ultimately, my goal is to support you; enable reflection, awareness and insight, find direction, facilitate change and transformation; aid healing and wellness and empower you to live more qualitatively and meaningfully.  I attend to a diverse range of clients; individuals, couples, families, groups, children, youth, groups and clients from culturally diverse backgrounds.

Sessions are scheduled on appointments only. Call for a telephone discussion and booking.

DEW Counselling strives for a counselling and psychotherapeutic practice that is guided by professional ethics and code of conduct and confidentiality.