My healing journey has been marked by hard work and moments of achievement as I recognise the subtle shifts over weeks, months, and years.  It helps to inform how I work with clients and inspires me to continually find worthwhile and meaningful ways to help others transform their pain.  One of the greatest things I have learned is there is no timeline to healing.  I may come back to the same issue again and again, but each time I am different with greater capacity to process and feel the feelings.  I am a deep thinker and feeler, something I could not connect to until later as an adult.  I am learning more and more to cherish this aspect of myself – with less judgment and more kindness.

I consider myself culturally aware and sensitive.  I lived in Malaysia until I was 9 years old, been in Perth for the past 37 years, and I’m married to a German man.

The smell of rain makes me take a deep breath each time.  The ritual of making my morning coffee or tea (depends on my mood) grounds me.  I cry easily when watching shows.  I do NOT have a green thumb.  I am more neat than clean.  And in the past year I discovered I thoroughly enjoy watching soccer and rugby! 

I recognise the courage it takes to seek help, and commend you for coming this far.  The path is not always easy to navigate, but I commit to walking alongside you with curiosity and compassion.  Part of this is to provide psychoeducation.  This empowers you with knowledge to chart your map - to understand the landscape you find yourself in, and steadily carve the path you want to be on.  Your past experiences and relationships have shaped your story, but it doesn't have to dictate your future.

I am passionate about working with clients who have experienced spiritual abuse, religious trauma (including purity culture), complex developmental trauma, and grief.  Being holistic in my approach I draw from a range of practices like Somatic Experiencing, Vagus Nerve exercises, Narrative therapy, and Interoceptive awareness.

As a trauma-certified therapist, safety is paramount to this process.  We’ll work together slowly to understand your nervous system’s ways of self-protection and its impacts on you today.  This includes establishing a foundation of safety, unlearning limiting ways and beliefs, befriending your body and emotions, storywork, attachment styles, inner child, and processing traumatic material.

It will not be easy, but you are so worth it!  You are more than the anxiety, the shame, the story you have been told thus far.  “Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.” – Stephen Covey.

I look forward to meeting you.