Counselling, Career Guidance
& Art Therapy
I offer mental health counselling, career counselling, and art therapy to support people navigating life transitions, emotional challenges, and questions about identity and purpose. My approach is holistic, trauma-informed, and neuro-affirming. Each session is shaped around your individual needs, goals, and readiness, and may include a blend of creative and talk-based approaches depending on what feels most supportive for you.
A Safe Space to Explore Life’s Challenges
I welcome individuals and groups from a wide range of life experiences, including anyone who is feeling stuck, disconnected or who is navigating tricky life decisions and transitions. Some areas of special interest and experience are highlighted below.
Qualifications & Professional Memberships
I hold a Master of Mental Health (Art Therapy) and a Master of Career Development. I am professionally registered with the below. These memberships reflect my commitment to ethical practice, ongoing professional development, and working within recognised professional standards.
How I Work
I work from a person-centred, trauma-informed and strengths-based framework, grounded in the belief that every person carries within them an innate drive toward healing, growth and meaning.
My approach is relational, collaborative, and neuro-affirming. I pay careful attention to safety, pacing, and the nervous system, and I work with deep respect for each person’s lived experience.
I have a special interest in life transitions and the formation and maintenance of our individual and social identities. Many of the people I work with are navigating change — career shifts, illness, grief, burnout, relationship challenges, or questions about meaning and direction.
Together, we make sense of your experiences, strengthen self-trust and self-compassion, and support you to move toward a life that feels more authentic and aligned.
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I offer counselling to support emotional wellbeing, relationships, stress, and life challenges
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Career counselling and career coaching including work transitions, decision-making, exploring meaning in work, preparation of job application materials, interview practice
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Art therapy, using visual art materials to support expression, reflection, and healing
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Narrative and life-writing approaches, including guided journaling, memoir, & biographical exploration
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Psychoeducation
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Reflective, collaborative conversations tailored to your unique needs and context
The choice of approach is always guided by you.
We decide together what feels supportive, and you always have choice about what you share and how we work.
Services I Offer
All services are available for individuals, families, and groups.
Art Therapy
A creative therapeutic approach integrating artmaking with psychotherapy and an understanding of how the nervous system responds to stress and safety, supporting expression, emotional processing, self-awareness, and personal growth. Can be undertaken individually or in a group.
Narrative & Life Writing
Guided journaling, memoir, and life-story work that supports reflection, meaning-making, and identity exploration. Through writing and conversation, you can process experiences, deepen self-understanding, and begin to shape a more coherent and empowering personal story. Can be undertaken individually or in a group.
Career Counselling / Coaching
Support to navigate career decisions, study choices, and work transitions. Includes reflective coaching, skill development, job search strategies, application writing, and interview preparation to help you move forward with clarity and confidence.
Structured Career Profiling
Complete a comprehensive career profile through Career Avenues. You complete ten online quizzes and receive a personalised report, access to online career tools and a one-hour career counselling session. The fee is paid directly to Career Avenues, and the counselling session, covered in the fee, is referred back to me.
Counselling
A supportive and confidential space to explore emotional wellbeing, relationships, stress, and life challenges. Sessions focus on strengthening self-understanding, resilience, and practical ways of navigating difficulties &c hange.
Workplace Support
Support for individuals and organisations to strengthen wellbeing at work. Includes advocacy, mentorship, guidance around stress, conflict, and professional challenges, as well as compassionate support for experiences of grief and loss in the workplace.
Where I Work
I am located at Magnolia House Psychology and Therapies Centre in Toowoomba and available for face-to-face and telehealth appointments. Bookings can be made directly with Magnolia House.
I also offer off-site services within the Toowoomba region, including visits to workplaces, organisations, schools and community settings.
For those who prefer or require flexibility, I am available online, allowing access to support regardless of location or mobility constraints. Enquiries for these services can be directed to Magnolia House or if you prefer, email me & I will call you back as soon as possible.
Fees
For standard appointments (50-60 minutes), the cost is $156.
This may vary depending on what service you require, whether you are booking as an individual or a group, if travel is involved, or if there is a higher than usual need for art materials, set up and report writing.
If you opt for Career Profiling, the cost of your career counselling session is included in the payment you make to Career Avenues. Contact either Magnolia House or me if you have questions about fees.
My Books
I am the author of two books, Breastless and After the Flood. Breastless shares my personal journey through breast cancer and the emotional process of healing, identity and resilience that followed. After the Flood is a novel that explores grief, loyalty and the complex ways people navigate trauma and life’s unexpected changes.
Both books are available for purchase from Amazon in paperback and Kindle format. Alternatively, if your address is in Australia, you can purchase a paperback copy directly from me for $35 ($55 for two) including postage. If you would like to order one or more copies directly from me, please reach out.
