Outgrow your challenges
Experience grounded, compassionate, existential counselling centred on strengths, empowerment, and solutions.
Solution-focussed
Based on empowerment, resource finding, and solution-building
Meaning-centred
Based on choice, freedom,
and dialogue
Rational
Based on ancient wisdom
and modern science
Person-centred
Based on acceptance, empathy, and authenticity
At times we need support to help us make sense of our challenges, to make choices, take risks, heal, grow and change.
I counsel based on the well-established principle that before we can change, we need acceptance. My counselling is grounded on two key approaches - safety, and growth, and delivered through an existential framework.
Safety comes from acceptance and understanding. In our sessions, I create a safe
space, without judgement, focussed on understanding your experiences and relating through intuition and empathy.
Growth is key to change. Sometimes, life grinds us down. We can flee, or we can learn to cope, but the only way we master life is when we outgrow our challenges. Our focus on your strengths and goals will move you forward.
As well as general counselling for life's many challenges, I have particular energy for affective issues, such as anxiety, loneliness, shame, or low self-esteem, life conflicts and tensions, including value conflicts, relationships, and work tensions and existential issues, such as questions of meaning, and coping mechanisms.
Why counselling with me?
Member
Viktor Frankl Institute
of Australia
Connect
Ten people might say the exact same words of encouragement, but how you experience those words will be unique to each relationship.
Even the most well-intentioned words can feel invalidating or triggering if the connection is poor, and even the most confrontational statement can feel supportive if there is safe rapport.
Your priority, in choosing a counsellor, should therefore be the quality of the connection.
Research has shown that, to be most effective, counselling needs to be timely; if you're ready to talk now, you should also be looking for someone who can see you sooner, rather than later.
I provide private and confidential counselling online or in-person in Higgins, Canberra.
Sessions are $110 for a 60-minute session, invoiced after each session and payable by bank transfer. I'm available evenings or weekends, by appointment.
Congruence Counselling is not a crisis service
If you are in crisis, please reach out to Lifeline (Call 13 11 14, SMS 0477 13 11 14, Online Chat), the Suicide Callback Service (Call 1300 659 467), the Beyond Blue Crisis Line (1300 22 6436, Webchat Support Services), or Emergency Services (Call 000).