The Counselling Space
Relational, Neurodivergent-Affirming Therapy & Supervision
Online Across Australia
Helping adults, children, families and clinicians strengthen safety, identity and connection.
Therapy is often a place of re-evaluation.
After burnout.
After a child’s diagnosis.
During identity exploration.
When relational patterns no longer make sense.
The Counselling Space offers relational, trauma-transformative and neurodivergent-affirming therapy for adults, children and families, alongside clinical supervision and training for professionals.
Who I Work With
Adults
Therapy for adults exploring:
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Autism, ADHD or AuDHD (including late diagnosis)
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Burnout and chronic nervous system overload
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Trauma emerging from chronic misattunement
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Gender identity exploration
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Relational and attachment patterns
Adult sessions are available online across Australia.
Children and Families
Relational child and family therapy focused on:
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Dyadic Play Therapy
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Filial / Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT)
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Playful EMDR
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Neurodivergent-affirming family work
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Supporting children exploring gender identity
Sessions are available online across Australia. A brief parent consultation is required before child and family therapy begins.
Therapists and Clinicians
Reflective, relational clinical supervision and training for:
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Social workers
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Play therapists
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Allied health professionals
- Emerging and established health sector leaders
Supervision is collaborative, thoughtful and grounded in ethical, neurodivergent-affirming practice.
My Approach
My work is grounded in relational safety, identity integration and nervous system awareness.
I specialise in supporting adults, families and clinicians navigating neurodivergence — including the complex impact of masking, burnout and cumulative relational trauma.
Therapy may incorporate:
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Parts work (Internal Family Systems-informed)
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EMDR (Playful EMDR for children and not-quite-grown-ups)
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Brainspotting
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Dyadic and filial relational approaches
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Trauma-transformative practice.
These modalities are always embedded within collaborative pacing and emotional safety.
Supervision may incorporate:
- Strengths Based and Narrative practice
- The 7-Eyed Model of Supervision (a relational framework)
- Developmental Approaches tailored to experience
- Culturally Responsive approaches informed by intersectionality
- Creative and Expressive approaches to go beyond words.
Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AASW)
Accredited Social Worker (AASW)
Accredited Social Work Supervisor (AASW)
Registered Play Therapist (APTA)
Registered Play Therapist - Supervisor (APTA)
Next Steps
The Counselling Space: welcoming and inclusive
We acknowledge the Gumbaynggirr people as the traditional custodians of the land on which we live and work. We give our thanks and pay our respects to their elders past, present and future. We open our minds and hearts to understanding the impact of colonisation and intergenerational trauma, and stand alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in working for redress. We acknowledge that helping professions, including our own, have contributed to harm — including policies and practices that impacted Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families. We remain committed to practising with humility, accountability and respect.
We recognise our LGBTIQAP+ communities have unique health and wellbeing needs, and have been impacted by stigma and discrimination. Our services are inclusive, welcoming and culturally safe.
We are a neurodivergent led and welcoming practice. Rather than focusing on diagnoses as problems that need to be corrected, we are neuro-affirming and support a strengths-based and trauma-informed approach to individual assessment and intervention. Our work references societal barriers and discrimination as the issues that need to be addressed.
