I am a Person-Centered Counsellor and work with a combination of principles from Fat Liberation, harm reduction practices, Body Trust®, Intuitive Eating and Health at Every Size® (HAES®).

I believe that all bodies are worthy of respect, that all humans are deserving of healing, and that each of us holds more wisdom in our bodies than we could ever fathom. I believe we cope in the ways that we know how, and when our coping mechanisms begin to cause more harm than they help, that we may need to build some trust with ourselves and our situation in order to change them. I work with counselling clients who feel they’re at rock bottom with their relationship with themselves.

Clients come to this work needing an understanding space to unpack all the lessons they've learned about what makes their body 'good' or 'bad'. I believe we heal in relationship, and so I bring my gentle and genuine self to counselling. I am always learning and training. I work with the strong evidence base of Health at Every Size, Intuitive Eating, Body Trust and harm reduction practices - and I also acknowledge that our scientific evidence base doesn’t exist in a vacuum. What we choose to study and validate in research is a reflection of our culture and values.

Individual counselling sessions are 50 minutes via telehealth only.

I occasionally deliver workshops to clinicians, consult on mental health for artists, and facilitate therapeutic groups. Get in touch if you’re interested in learning more about a workshop for your mental health practice.

Therapeutic modalities

I am an integrative therapist. This means I am trained in multiple therapeutic practices, and work with each individual client to find the way of working that fits best for them.

I am trained to provide:

  • Person-centered counselling (also known as Rogerian therapy)

  • The Conversational Model of Psychotherapy (a model of psychotherapy that incorporates attachment theory, neuroscience, and psychodynamic psychotherapy)

  • Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM)

I also study and draw from:

  • Narrative therapy

  • Somatic psychotherapeutic approaches

  • Yalom group psychotherapy

  • Gestalt group facilitation

Special interests

  • Body image

  • Eating disorders (including 'disordered eating’ and the broad spectrum of relationships with food that are distressing or difficult)

  • Anxiety and depression

  • Body liberation and fat identity

  • LGBTQIA+ issues

I also identify myself and my practice as being aware, accepting, affirming and inclusive of the following - though I am not a specialist in these areas:

  • Neurodivergence

  • Kink

  • Poly, ENM and relationship structures outside of the heteronorm

  • Sex work

  • Disability

  • Mental health experiences that have been historically pathologised such as self harm, suicidality, hearing voices and diagnoses such as personality disorders. In my private practice, I am unable to support people who are currently responding to acute suicidality, family violence, violent behaviours, drug and alcohol use, gambling, and/or hearing voices.

How many sessions do I need?

It depends. And it’s also up to you.

Working with an end in sight can be so beneficial to therapy - it helps us to keep our focus on supporting you in your explorations and goals. It can bring up some difficult feelings, such as separation anxiety, that provide fruitful ground for getting curious about relationships and attachment. We can discuss all this as we go.

Some people feel they are able to address an issue or make a change in just a few sessions. If that happens for you, that’s wonderful. I don’t pressure clients to keep coming back. You may feel you’ve made some good progress in a few sessions, and then come back every now and then for a ‘check in’, or to discuss another issue that has come up.

For others, medium-term or long-term support is most helpful. Medium-term counselling (around 12-20 sessions) is a good way of getting support and looking at some of the things in your life that cause distress, worry or other difficult feelings.

As well as body image, I work with clients experiencing depression, anxiety, stress and worry, relationship and family issues, childhood issues, workplace issues, difficulties with communication, experiences of sexual assault, trauma and disordered eating. You can achieve great things in medium-term counselling, but might find you want to continue to get even more support in addressing complex issues and healing (long-term counselling).

I work with all clients to check in regularly about how counselling is working for you. This means reviewing your goals, and considering how much support feels right for you. Some clients begin with weekly sessions and then more to fortnightly or monthly sessions, and some find that regular support is working best for them. It’s up to you - your own circumstances, time, energy and finances are all factors in how you engage with counselling.

In this setting, I am not able to provide the necessary support for you if you currently experience domestic violence, are having a mental health crisis, are experiencing severe substance dependency issues, or requiring a level of care higher than I can safely provide in my private practice setting (such as inpatient hospitalisation).

How do you include social justice in your practice?

As a counsellor working with a systems focus, it is essential to bring a social justice lens into the counselling room. Without acknowledging ongoing oppression and marginalisation, we are only doing half the work.
While I live in a fat body, I recognise that being white and cisgendered affords me many unearned privileges - particularly in my context of Australia. I continually do inner- and outer-work to address my learned bias, white privilege, and listen and learn to experiences that differ from mine. I strive to be affirming, supportive and healing for LGBTQIA+ folks, people of colour (or as Resmaa Menakem writes, bodies of culture), Indigenous and First Nations folks, folks with disabilities and other marginal identities. I recognise that my privilege means I cannot make statements such as “this is a safe space for you” when I do not know the nuances of your experience. In the collaborative space of therapy, we work together to create a feeling of safety, bravery, vulnerability, and emergence - perhaps what Fritz Perls called the ‘safe emergency’, where we experiment with something new and emergent.

Who else can you recommend?

These directories can help you find therapists who work in similar areas:

Size Inclusive Health Australia Provider Directory

Inside Out https://insideoutinstitute.org.au/treatment-services 

Butterfly Foundation https://butterfly.org.au/get-support/helpline/