Counselling & Psychotherapy

At Green Life Psychology and Counselling, we provide counselling and psychotherapy to:

• Adolescents (13 years and up)
• Adults
• Parents
• Couples

We aim to create a safe therapeutic relationship where we are empathetic, compassionate and nonjudgmental. We will work with you to identify what issues brought you to therapy, what supports may be required, what coping or changes are needed and how to create deep and meaningful changes to the way you view yourself and the world.

While we bring a wealth of personal and professional knowledge to support your healing, we view you as the expert in your own life. We will support you to heal and grow in the way you feel is best.

When providing therapeutic services, we take into consideration the systems around you and how this has influenced you as a person (family system and culture).

We view you as a whole person, not just as a diagnostic criteria, and we understand the struggles life can throw at all of us. We believe every person is unique and aim to provide a tailored approach for each client.  This may involve a mix of person-centred psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR). While we understand therapy can be daunting initially, we do enjoy working with people who are motivated to attend and invested in making changes to their lives.

We can offer services around a broad range of issues including:

• Significant life changes (marriage, divorce or birth of children)
• Grief and loss
• Childhood trauma (physical, emotional or sexual abuse)
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or Complex Trauma (cPTSD)
• Anxiety and depression
• Self-harm or suicidality
• Relationship difficulties
• Body image struggles
• School stressors or school disengagement