Hi, I’m Fiona, a registered counsellor and mental health and wellbeing professional. I offer a warm, grounded counselling space for adults carrying the emotional aftermath of trauma, relationship harm, grief, family violence, spiritual concerns, life transitions or other painful experiences.
My work focuses on helping people make sense of what they have lived through, rebuild self-trust, strengthen boundaries, and move toward greater clarity and choice, without needing to rush, explain everything perfectly, or begin with the whole story.
Choosing a counsellor can feel personal. You may want to know something about the person you are reaching out to, especially if you are carrying experiences that feel tender, confusing, painful or hard to explain.
My path to counselling has been shaped by many years of listening to people’s stories, supporting people through change, and noticing how deeply life experiences can affect identity, relationships, memory, faith, confidence and self-trust.
Before becoming a counsellor, I worked in human resources and later with people’s personal stories, memories and family photo collections. Across those roles, I developed a deep respect for how life experiences can live on emotionally, sometimes quietly, sometimes powerfully.
Today, that respect sits at the heart of my counselling work: listening carefully, moving gently, and honouring the pace of the person in front of me.
My counselling approach is trauma-informed, compassionate and non-pathologising. I see you as a whole person whose responses make sense in the context of what you have lived through.
Counselling with me is collaborative. We begin with what feels most present now, and we work at a pace that respects your choices, boundaries and sense of safety.
I will not ask you to rush into painful details before you feel ready. You do not need to have everything worked out before you begin. We can start gently, with what feels possible.
Together, we may work toward helping you:
You can read more about what counselling may involve on the Counselling page.
Alongside my private counselling work, I have experience supporting women in trauma-informed group recovery settings after family violence and relationship harm.
This work has deepened my respect for the courage it can take to rebuild safety, self-trust, boundaries and choice after experiences that may have left someone feeling confused, diminished, fearful, ashamed or unsure of themselves.
My professional background also includes human resources, mental health and wellbeing, counselling, and personal story work. Across these settings, I have seen how deeply people can be affected by change, loss, relational harm, memory, identity and meaning.
I hold a Bachelor of Counselling and am currently studying a Master of Mental Health and Neuroscience. I am a member of the Australian Counselling Association (ACA), the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA), and the Christian Counsellors Association of Australia (CCAA).
My counselling practice is supported by professional memberships, ethical standards, ongoing supervision and continuing professional development.
These foundations help me offer counselling with care, accountability and respect for each person’s lived experience.
Faith, meaning, spirituality, belonging or religious experience may be important parts of what you want to bring into counselling. For others, these areas may feel complicated, painful, distant or not relevant at all.
If faith, spirituality, spiritual questions or religious harm are part of what you are carrying, they will be held with care.
Counselling remains client-led, centred on your own values, beliefs, needs, choices and sense of safety.
You do not need to have everything worked out before you reach out.
A free discovery call can help you ask questions, get a feel for how I work, and decide whether counselling feels like the right next step.
