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Originally posted October 28, 2022 Featured image of the sculpture “Love” by Alexander Milov. Photo by gru.dii on Instagram Hi everyone. I thought I would talk about Inner Child therapy/work today as I’m preparing for a workshop on this which I’m holding at Sisterhood Rising, a lovely Women’s festival on soon in Fairbridge. It’s the modality I have found that has helped the most of my clients in the over 20 years I’ve been sharing it, plus it’s the thing that had the most imp

Originally posted August 16, 2022 As I was reflecting on the differences between providing Counselling to my clients and Supervision to other counsellors and people in the helping professions, I realised that there is also much the same. Or at least that the intent can be very similar. People usually come for counselling because some issue has come up. In the counselling room a safe space is then provided for exploration, for viewing the issue from different angles and perspe

Originally posted March 2, 2017 During the last few months I seem to be seeing more couples (and a family-which has some similarities) and thought this would make a good topic for my next blog. When couples attend, they are usually in a fair amount of distress and there is often a sense of urgency about the issues faced. An individual coming to counselling can generally allow themselves time to explore issues and make changes (or not) but for couples’ things have often reache

Originally posted March 2, 2017 All women are invited to join me in my studio in Parkerville (WA) for a sister circle, which will be joining in on this meditation. March 8, 7pm. Please phone me on 0401348213, to get the address and directions! Or email me! It feels like a powerful thing to do for our world. Women of the world united! Meditating on peace!

Originally posted December 13, 2016 Recently I have been completing my Business plan and have attended several business workshops. One of the questions they have left me pondering is-what is my main focus in my business? The answer came to me on many levels-it was “Working with Women”, because this is what I love most and find most satisfying. Not meaning I won’t work with men anymore, but just realising my strength is in working with women. Here is some thoughts about this d

Originally posted October 25, 2016 Recently I attended a workshop called ” Collaborating on Narrative Responses to Trauma” presented by the skilled Ian Percy, the person who first introduced me to Narrative Therapy and Narrative ways of looking at the world, during my studies at Curtin University. This gave me a lot to think about and also confirmed a lot I had already know and worked with, with clients. It left me quite excited about continuing to work with those who have ex

Originally posted April 20, 2016 For this blog I thought I might address Abuse and Domestic Violence. I worked in this area for 3 years at Relationships Australia (running groups for women and children) and I have recently started seeing a client who has just left her partner due to his abusive behaviour. In this case mainly emotional and verbal abuse, which can be equally as bad (or even worse) than physical abuse. This has brought back many of the things I used to be involv

Originally posted March 6, 2016 As I was cleaning up my office and filing away articles I had laying around, I came across one that had a lot of impact on me and my counselling practice over the years.It was from a Psychotherapy Journal from 2007 and I think I came across it while studying and writing an essay on Mindfulness. I always remember the concepts it presented and found them very valuable, as I work with people on their issues (or at least supported them in working o

Originally posted February 8, 2016 This is question I’ve been asking myself a lot lately. I’ve been looking at adds from other practitioners and see many do a form of coaching and encouraging people to find a positive focus and set goals. That made me reflect, thinking: is this the same as I do? I know sometimes this is the effect for clients after having come to see me for some time, but NO, it’s not really what I do. What I often focus on, is allowing people to sit with any

Originally posted December 30, 2015 As some of you may know, I have been taking part in a free on line woman’s ‘retreat’ which consists of many workshops (each taking about 30-60 minutes to take part in). See www.womanunleashedretreat.com . As part of this I have been creating a journal (as is suggested) and writing and doodling and having fun with colours and shapes, as I listen, reflect and visualise during the workshop time. It’s an amazing experience and I look forward to

Originally posted December 18, 2015 Hi all, At the risk of showing my age I must admit that, as the heading shows, this is my first time ever blogging. but I do feel proud I am up to doing something new and challenging myself (and keeping up with the times, as my adult children would say). So now what to share…… I might start with something that is close to my heart. Recently I have seen several clients who have really been benefiting form doing Inner Child work during our se