Meet Jess
Why work with me?
Like most of us that end up in helping professions my journey to becoming a psychotherapist began with my own struggles with my mental health especially as an adolescent. I suffered with anorexia and bulimia throughout my teens and early 20’s. I remember thinking at the time how much I wished I had someone in my support network that was really listening to me and how much I needed a safe space where I felt heard. I felt stuck for years nobody was listening to me but equally nobody was challenging me so there was also safety in remaining stuck.
I recovered through the help of my own therapist that encouraged me to take accountability and challenge the parts of myself that were holding me back. I decided that I wanted to dedicate my career to helping others with similar struggle to create meaningful change in their lives. After starting out working in various public rehabilitation centres and private hospitals I gained invaluable experience working with individuals, their partners and their families mainly in the field of addictions. After years of observing what kept people stuck and what helped to “unstick” them I transitioned into full time private practice. I wanted to be able to cater therapy to meet the unique needs of each client rather than rolling out a generic one size fits all approach.
I believe that the relationship between myself and my clients is the key to help create change in the outside world. No change can come without first developing safety and trust. I will challenge you when it’s needed but not without developing a trusting relationship first.
If you are still unsure about therapy or whether I am the right therapist for you that’s ok. I would love to have a chat with you to see if I can help. Take the first step and give me a call.
Entering into therapy can be a really fearful prospect for many of us.
Shame, fear and doubt often get in the way.
Bachelor of Psychology, University of Sydney
Masters of Applied Psychotherapy and Counselling from the Jansen Newman Institute (JNI). JNI is one of the most highly regarded private training institution for Counsellors in Australia.
Clinical Member of the Psychotherapists and Counsellors Federation of Australia Reg. No.22324 (PACFA). PACFA is a national peak body for professional associations within the Counselling and Psychotherapy profession.
Australian Centre for Eating Behaviour (ACFED) practitioner
South Pacific Private Hospital Alumni (staff)
Training
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
ACFED clinical practitioner training
South Pacific Private Modules training
Family Systems Therapy
Mindfulness
Working with Adolescents
Crisis Intervention
Relapse Prevention
Motivational Interviewing
Trauma Therapy
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Gestalt Therapy
- Family support programs
- All Eating Disorders
- Drug And Alcohol Addiction
- Sex And Love Addiction
