Melissa

Registered Counsellor in Rothwell

Registered Counsellor Brisbane 

BA, BEd, MEd, GradDipPsych, MCouns

She/Her/Hers.

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Specialised Training
  • Mental Health Counselling
  • Child and Adolescent Counselling
  • Couples Counselling
  • Trauma and Crisis Counselling
  • Family Therapy
  • Systematic Approaches to Working With Individuals, Couples, and Families
  • Play Therapy
  • Registered Circle of Security Parenting Facilitator
  • Breathwork Coach
Areas of Interest
  • Couples with young families
  • Relational trauma
Types of Therapy (Modalities)
  • Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
  • Attachment-based
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
  • Family Systems
  • Gottman Method
  • Integrative
  • Person-Centred Therapy (Client-Centred / Rogerian Psychotherapy)
  • Psychoeducation
  • Sandplay
  • Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
  • Trauma Informed
About Melissa

Melissa is dedicated to supporting couples and individuals experiencing distress and disconnection in their relationships. With a keen interest in fostering deeper connections and facilitating healing, Melissa works within a client-centered and trauma-informed framework. She understands that each client’s journey is unique; therefore, her approach is tailored to meet each individual or couple’s specific needs and counselling goals.

Melissa’s counselling practice is informed by effective, evidence-based therapeutic approaches, including The Gottman Method and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Couples. She is committed to helping clients navigate relational challenges, including conflict, communication issues, difficulties in parenting approaches, intimacy discrepancies, and adjustment to life transitions.
With empathy, compassion, and a commitment to empowering her clients, Melissa creates a safe and supportive environment where couples and individuals can explore their emotions, heal past wounds, and move towards a more fulfilling and connected life together.

Hart Centre located in Rothwell, QLD

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More about Melissa

What are three strengths you have as a Psychologist/Counsellor?
  • Melissa is client-focused and values fostering strong therapeutic relationships.
  • Melissa is an integrative counsellor; flexible in her approach and adapts to the needs of individuals and
    couples.
  • Melissa is compassionate and nurtures a safe therapeutic space for clients in vulnerable emotional states
    and adverse circumstances.
What is the most satisfying and fulfilling part of the work you do?

The most satisfying and fulfilling aspect of counselling is witnessing the profound transformation and positive change that can occur in the lives and relationships of clients. Being able to facilitate growth, resilience, and deeper connections through empathetic support and guidance is truly rewarding.

What’s an example of a couple you have helped the most?

Supporting and empowering a client who felt out of touch with himself and his direction in life to embrace his values wholeheartedly, guiding him towards a life aligned to his deepest aspirations. Helping him to accept difficult and uncomfortable emotions and thoughts while taking committed action towards his values helped him to break free from limiting patterns and embrace a more purposeful and fulfilling way of living. Fostering an understanding of his attachment style and relational patterns, he was further empowered to create new relational blueprints by developing a deeper understanding of his intimacy desires and relationship dynamics.

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