A powerful synthesis of
Psychotherapy and Bodywork
About Me
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Through a deeply personal journey of self inquiry, and working as a massage therapist for the past 30 years, I have come to understand that we cannot separate the mind, body, and spirit.
What stands in the way of us being our true authentic selves, and living from the essence of who we are, is the long held unprocessed experiences that sit outside of our everyday awareness, creating limitations in our lives.
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We don't know 'all' of why we are the way we are! Our bodies, encoded with our ancestral DNA, hold information from many realms; in the form of sensation, tension, our thoughts and feelings, memories, and child states.
It is important to know where we sit in relation to these many realms!
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This information in the body provides maps for us to align with the innate wisdom within all of us, and to activate our natural impulse towards healing.
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In 2022 I completed level 1 in Innate Somatic Intelligence Trauma Therapy Approach (ISITTA) training with Embodywise.
I started Hakomi Mindfulness Centred Psychotherapy training in 2018 and graduated in 2023.
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Learning the Hakomi method has given me a framework in which to integrate my experience and training. I now work as a Mindfulness Centred Somatic Psychotherapist, through talk therapy and bodywork.
This therapy is grounded in Neuroscience. It combines somatic accessing techniques with empathic attunement, creating a safe container for assisted self study.
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My work incorporates holding space for deep emotional process, which includes both the somatic
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Services
An approach to Mindfulness-Centred Somatic Psychotherapy
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Your unique bodily intelligence knows things that neither myself or you as a client knows about the 'source' of your physical tension, discomfort, confusion, unwanted attitudes, and behaviours.
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​Together we work with your internal observer. By tracking and exploring the subtle cues that show up in the body like facial expressions, changes in breathing, tensions, posture and movement.
Mindfulness allows attention to be directed inwards to observe and study what is driving our habitual patterns.
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My role is to assist you to access what's 'unconscious'. This is done by bringing on board your internal observer through mindfulness, and assisting your self study, to explore what was previously outside of your awareness.
Through varied accessing techniques, which can include massage, as well as exercises set up as 'little experiments'. The objective is to uncover and provide the missing developmental, and life experiences.
Once recovered, these missed experiences lead to self empowerment and the capacity to make choices that align with living a rich and full life.
Psychotherapy & Bodywork
I offer 2 approaches to psychotherapy - one that utilises bodywork to access your internal experience, the other as a mindful somatic talk therapy session.
Sometimes these 2 approaches will be used together. This will be determined by your individual needs at the time.
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2024 Sessions and Fees
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Psychotherapy and Massage
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60 minute session $130.00
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75 minute session $150.00
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90 minute session $180.00
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Packages: Based on 75 minute sessions:
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$150 x 3 sessions $450 x 10%
​ Save $45
$405
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​$150 x 5 sessions $750 x 10%
​ Save $75
​ $675
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Unit 6/39 Strickland St, Denmark 6333,
downstairs from Denmark Yoga Centre.
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Phone: 0411431237
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Yoga practice
In 2015 I trained in Hatha yoga with Noah Mckenna in Mysore India.
I also completed yoga teacher training with Rishikesh Yogis in 2018 in Rishikesh.
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I offer a 2 hour Hatha yoga class which focuses on improving postural alignment, building strength, balance, joint mobility and stabilisation.
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My practice aligns with the teachings of Graeme Hodges.
Classes are held every Thursday
9.30am - 11.30am
$15.00
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Karuna Sanctuary
Adams Rd, Denmark
The Hopi Tapuat
For the Hopi Indians the Tapuat represents mother and child. It is a symbol of the labyrinth of life - birth and rebirth.
Our life cycle begins with the umbilical cord and moves inward on a path towards our true selves. The Tapuat shows us that life is a maze and that we are here to follow our true path.
At a higher level the Tapuat is Earth, the Cosmic Mother - or the Universe.
