a relational & Embodied approach to our
Entangled lives
There are many approaches to tending our distress, dis-ease and sufferings.
I am a practitioner who weaves multi-disciplinary knowledge together with professional experience to respond to the complexities of being human in the here and now.
Through a range of practices including somatic contemplations, narrative therapies and creative processes, I work to bring gentle, compassionate awareness to areas which may have been neglected.
I am qualified and registered with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Association of Australia and can attend to emotional, social, psychological, cultural, embodied and spiritual experiences. I also hold a degree in Political Science, which supports me to integrate the way our inner and outer worlds relate to each other. I am philosophically inclined towards Posthumanism.
Finding a licensed therapist who has the experience, training and style that is a good match for you can take time and exploration. Find out more about my work below to see if we might be a good fit.
offerings
Here, there are a range of therapeutic options to meet your needs:
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Explore thoughts, emotions, meaning, purpose, relationships, patterns and more in a supportive and trauma responsive environment. Integrating somatic mindfulness, heartful awareness & NeuroAffective Touch®
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Designed to nurture young hearts and minds, Phillipa facilitates playful space for children and young people to explore emotions, build embodied self-awareness, relational skills and increase well-being.
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Meet together to nourish your own practice. Consider new questions, perspectives and information to shape the practitioner you are becoming. Allow me to join my compassionate attention with yours as we deepen understanding of the complexities of practice.
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Standard Consult Fee is $240
I am able to offer subsidies including:
Victims Assist
Workcover
NDIS
Private Health Insurance
Note: I cannot offer MHCP subsidies at this time
“Therapists weave a tapestry with the warp of science-based discoveries and the woof of subjective experience and intuitive art, reaching toward a coherent paradigm that will encourage neural integration through the power of knowledgeable and compassionate relationship”
Meeting together, we can address wounds, grief, longings, dilemmas, detours, disappointments, frustrations, depressions, contradictions, fears, anxieties, shame and other challenging experiences of life. We can pay attention to aspects of your life experience where you sense stuckness, confusion and suffering.
Creativity, curiosity and courage are welcomed.
Imagine a time and place where together we…
Grieve what has gone before and seed the future you hope to grow into
Deepen your understanding of your experiences
Nurture connections and safety within and between your heart, mind, body & relationships
Equip you with new ideas, knowledge and resources
Comfort, care for, soothe and metabolize hurts and harms
Respect & understand the survival strategies you have developed over time
Integrate ‘mindfulness’ with an embodied ‘heartfulness’
Appreciate the complex and alive ecology of your thoughts, emotions and sensations
Author new meanings and purposes and in your life
Explore, identify and develop steps towards what you desire
Increase your insight into the contributions you can make to growing a more compassionate world for yourself and those your love
“The ability to ask beautiful questions – often in very un-beautiful moments – is one of the great disciplines of a human life. And a beautiful question starts to shape your identity as much by asking it as it does by having it answered”
A place to begin
Client welcome materials
These welcome spaces have been created to gently accompany you as you arrive. Inside you will find words of introduction, resources for support, and reflections to help you feel oriented as we begin.