Redcliffe

  • Elissa

    Couples Therapist Brisbane

    M Counselling, M Education (Student Well being), B Education

    Hart Centre Certified

    100% Trust and Satisfaction Guarantee In Relationship
    LOCATIONS
    • Caloundra, QLD
    • Rothwell, QLD
    About Elissa

    Please note, Elissa has an average wait time of 4 weeks for new clients. Please contact us for availability.

    As a counsellor, and a member of the Australian Counselling Association, this Hart therapist understands that life can be difficult, and that it can sometimes be particularly challenging. She wants not only to help you get through these times, but to walk alongside you to a better, happier and healthier place.

    She is experienced in dealing with relationship breakdowns, anxiety issues, depression, disengagement from school/work life, lack of motivation, low organisational skills, assertiveness, addiction, low self-esteem, family break downs, grief and loss.

    This Hart therapist works with adults, children and adolescents to create positive outcomes for people to change their lives. She provides a safe and confidential environment where everyone including couples, families, children and adults can explore their feelings and experiences. It is here that people can truly understand and accept themselves and move forward into an inspired life.

    She recognises that counselling can be confronting to begin with, but has seen first-hand the positive changes that counselling can have. She encourages you if you want to change or are facing difficulties in your life to take a leap of faith and believe that life can be better and that you can live life to your greatest potential with the help of counselling.

    How many years counselling experience do you have?

    Over 8 years

    What are three strengths you have as a Psychologist/Counsellor?
    1. Empathic
    2. Easy-going
    3. Non-judgemental
    What is the most satisfying and fulfilling part of the work you do?

    Improving the lives of my clients.

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

    Couples who state ‘this is our last hope’ and I have managed to get them back the connection they were searching for.

    CLINIC PHOTOS
    Caloundra Clinic Caloundra Clinic Rothwell Rothwell Rothwell Rothwell
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  • Courtney

    Couples Counsellor Brisbane

    M.Couns, Hons. Psych, B. Psych

    Hart Centre Certified

    100% Trust and Satisfaction Guarantee In Relationship
    LOCATIONS
    • Rothwell, QLD
    About Courtney

    This Hart therapist is a compassionate and experienced couples counsellor with many years’ experience. She is also a member of the Australian Counselling Association (ACA). She has worked with a wide range of clients in private practice and non-profit organisations. She specialises in providing therapeutic support to adults and couples. She provides a safe, confidential, caring and nonjudgmental environment for her couples to discuss their concerns with ease.

    She listens with empathy and then provides couples with practical tools and strategies to help her clients overcome difficulties they are experiences and supports them to work towards a connected and harmonious relationship.

    This Hart therapist uses an evidence based and holistic approach to tailor her session to meet each couples individual circumstances.

    How many years counselling experience do you have?

    Over 5 years.

    What are three strengths you have as a Psychologist/Counsellor?
    1. I am empathetic and able to make clients feel at ease from the moment they meet me to the end of our journey together
    2. I am able to hold space to give each individual in the relationship time to disclose their thoughts and emotions.
    3. I am able to utilise an evidence based and holistic approach whilst ensuring that each session is tailored to meet the goals and needs of clients.
    What is the most satisfying and fulfilling part of the work you do?

    It is a real privilege that couples trust me to support them through some of their most vulnerable thoughts and moments. It is an honour to be able to work with couples at the start of their journey and watch their communication and connection flourish throughout our sessions.

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

    One couple that comes to mind, who I will name A and B for the example.

    A and B had been married for 25 years and had 3 children together. Overtime A and B had become disconnected and “fell out of love”. A began talking to other individuals to get his emotional/ physical needs met. When B found out she felt betrayed and there was no trust in the relationship.

    A and B wanted to save their marriage for the children and see if there was any love left between them.

    During the sessions we worked through A forgiving himself for what he had done as well as B working to forgive A. We explored why this had occurred and both couples took accountability for the disconnection in the relationship. We worked on communication, connection, avoidance, reactivity, individual thoughts in the relationship and values.

    The couple have now renewed their vows. They also state that they have never been more “in love” and “we are the happiest we have ever been”. This couple I saw at the beginning of last year and they continue to have a session once every 2 months just to check in.

    CLINIC PHOTOS
    Rothwell Rothwell Rothwell Rothwell
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    Or to book an appointment, please call 1300 830 552

  • Deb

    Couples Therapist Brisbane

    M.Couns

    Hart Centre Certified

    100% Trust and Satisfaction Guarantee In Relationship
    LOCATIONS
    • Stafford, QLD
    • Rothwell, QLD
    About Deb

    This Hart therapist is an experienced counsellor and a member of the Australian Counselling Association. She works regularly with couples, individuals and families who are seeking support and guidance.
    She understands and has empathy for the challenges clients are facing, offering direction when people feel lost.

    This Hart therapist works with clients in a safe, accepting, and non-judgmental way and supports the clients to develop different perspectives, challenge thoughts and gain self-awareness.

    She provides tools, resources, and knowledge to help the client to achieve their goals and desires. She creates a rewarding relationship with her clients to help them to obtain a renewed sense of wellbeing.

    She utilises Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Solution Focused Therapy in order to meet the client’s therapeutic needs.

    What are three strengths you have as a Psychologist/Counsellor?
    1. Friendly, warm and outgoing personality who values inclusivity and connection
    2. Ability to listen in such a way as to recreate a person’s experience, leading to the generation of an unexpected or unanticipated change in context and outcome for that person going forward
    3. Flexible, resourceful and emotionally intelligent
    What is the most satisfying and fulfilling part of the work you do?

    People discovering their own unique strengths and abilities to deal with whatever is happening in their life and seeing the peace, freedom and fulfilment that comes from that.

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

    My client was dealing with significant weight gain over the last ten years and despite diet and exercise regimes he could not lose the weight, nor understand why he hadn’t been able to lose the weight. In a conversation about his relationships over time, we discovered when his first wife had left him, he made the decision to ‘just get fat’ inside a context that ‘no one loved him anyway’. Discovering this allowed the client to not only lose weight, but also allowed for a full and open connection between the client and his current wife with her experiencing communication at a much-increased level.

    CLINIC PHOTOS
    Rothwell Rothwell Rothwell Rothwell
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  • Private: Ingrid

    Couples Counsellor Redcliffe

    M. Couns., B. Psych, MA Eng. Langu. Ed., Hons. AELS

    Hart Centre Certified

    100% Trust and Satisfaction Guarantee In Relationship
    LOCATIONS
    • Redcliffe, QLD
    • Rothwell, QLD
    About Private: Ingrid

    This Hart therapist will work on either individual or couples’ counseling sessions. She likes to build a relationship that is collaborative, flexible, and valuable.

    The relationship between this therapist and couples won’t be founded on a set of preconceived ideas or judgments. She will set out with the couples to fully explore their concerns and needs and respond to them in ways that acknowledge their uniqueness, values, and background. She will draw on her experience, skills, and intuition, as well as their strengths, perspectives, and experiences, to work towards achieving their goals.

    She has conducted research, completed extra training, and has experience working with ADHD and trauma.

    What are three strengths you have as a Psychologist/Counsellor?
    1. Highly committed to clients and passionate about my collaboration with them
    2. Insightful, flexible, reflective and responsive in my clinical approach
    3. Non-judgemental, empathic and curious
    What is the most satisfying and fulfilling part of the work you do?

    Being a counsellor is like having an intricate personal puzzle to piece together – it’s intriguing and challenging and so gratifying when you support people to make sense of the pieces and discover the whole picture.

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

    I worked with a couple who were struggling to discuss important issues calmly and interact positively with one another’s families. They were caught between two cultures and had to negotiate high-powered jobs and a busy family life. Neither of them felt safe to be vulnerable with one another and address issues relating to grief and loss that had hurt them both in the past. I supported them to think more relationally and engage in “safe talk” so they could listen to one another without interjection or defence, and validate one another without compromising their own values. They rediscovered what they adored about one another and realised just what an incredible team they could be, when they stepped out of their adaptive child modes and into their wise adult ways of being together.

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    Or to book an appointment, please call 1300 830 552