find authentic joy

Psychologist

Empowering women to feel confident and hopeful as they navigate change and major life transitions.

Offering in person appointments in Murrumbeena and Hawksburn, Melbourne, and online across Australia and Worldwide (excluding USA and Canada).

Authentic Joy

Psychologist

Empowering women to feel confident and hopeful as they navigate change and major life transitions.

Offering in person counselling appointments in Murrumbeena, Melbourne and online across Australia.

In order for things to be different, change is a requirement.                   

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A Psychology Practice for Women

Therapy is a transformative space where you can move through your pain, reconnect with who you truly are and create the life you desire. 

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Change can feel overwhelming—whether you're navigating a career change, the end of a relationship, stepping into motherhood, or coping with the loss of a loved one.

You may feel stuck, uncertain, or questioning who you are and what your new life might look like. You might be experiencing racing thoughts that you can’t switch off, or a sense of loss for the life you once imagined. Or perhaps you're struggling to make a decision, unsure of the next step, and feeling the weight of expectations.

I understand that change can bring up a mix of emotions: fear, uncertainty, grief, and self-doubt.

No matter what change you’re going through, you don’t have to stay stuck and you don’t have to navigate it alone.

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Psychology Sessions for Women

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Individual Therapy 

Psychology appointments for women tailored to your personal and individual needs.

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Pregnancy Support

Pregnancy support counselling with a Medicare rebate for three sessions per pregnancy.

Areas of Focus

  • Identity Shifts: Moving away from ingrained patterns of worthlessness, self-doubt and confusion towards greater self-trust, confidence, authenticity and freedom.

  • Relationships: Creating healthier, emotionally secure, fulfilling relationships. Working through unhealthy patterns, over-giving, people-pleasing, self-abandonment, relational trauma and self-worth challenges.

  • Career Change: Reconnecting with your strengths, natural gifts and talents and the confidence to move toward work that feels fulfilling, energising and authentic.

  • Parenting: Finding balance, self-compassion and trust in yourself while navigating the emotional complexity of parenting. Reconnect with your intuition, find joy in the experience and move through the inevitable challenges with greater steadiness and self-trust.

  • Grief: Grief can deeply disrupt your sense of safety and identity. Feeling compassion for yourself, processing events, expressing your feelings and returning to a sense of healing and inner peace.

  • Unexpected Changes: Support through life’s unexpected changes and curve balls. Processing what is happening, managing overwhelm, gaining new insights and reconnecting with what feels right for you.

I Also Support Clients With:

  • Anxiety, stress, rumination

  • Depression and low mood

  • Over-whelm, perfectionism and burnout

  • Self-worth difficulties, boundaries and assertiveness

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Clarity & Confidence

‍ ‍My Hope for Clients

  • I want my clients to feel happy, successful and fulfilled. To trust themselves, enjoy life and move forward with confidence.

  • One of my strengths as a psychologist is working both deeply and efficiently. Whether we work together once, or over a period of years, I’m really good at getting down to the nitty gritty and working through issues and problems in one’s life quickly. My hope is that you take what we have done together and fly!

Five Steps to Cope when you’re feeling Overwhelmed