Psychotherapist in Melbourne CBD

Jen

Certified Relationship Psychotherapist

Clinical Psychotherapist in Melbourne

Masters of Counselling and Human Services, Advanced Diploma of Gestalt Therapy

She/Her/Hers.

Hart Centre Certified

In personOnlineBusiness hours

Types of Counselling

  • Relationship Counselling
  • Sex Therapy
  • Desire & Intimacy Counselling
  • Family Counselling
  • Trauma Counselling
  • Anxiety & Depression Counselling
  • LGBTQIA+ Counselling
  • Grief Counselling
  • Anger Management
  • Narcissism Counselling
  • Pre-Marriage Counselling
  • Online Counselling

Session Fees

Individual: $180 – $190

Couples: $230 – $260

Areas of Interest

  • ADHD
  • Adjustment
  • Adoption / foster care
  • Anxiety disorders
  • Attachment
  • Bereavement / mourning
  • Betrayal
  • Blended / step families
  • Body confidence
  • Career
  • Caregiver stress
  • Childhood trauma / abuse
  • Chronic illness
  • Communication
  • Conflict management
  • Couples in business
  • Cultural differences
  • Custody issues
  • Divorce / separation / breakup
  • Eating disorders
  • End of life
  • Erectile dysfunction
  • Extended family / in-laws
  • FIFO
  • Fertility / IVF
  • Fetishes / kinks
  • Gender / Identity
  • Infidelity / affairs
  • Intimacy
  • LGBTQIA stigma / bullying / discrimtination
  • LGBTQIA+ / Queer
  • Life transitions
  • Long distance
  • Loss of a relationship
  • Low sexual desire
  • Men’s health
  • Menopause
  • Mental load
  • Mismatched libidos
  • Money / finances
  • Parenting
  • Perinatal depression
  • Pet loss
  • Phobias
  • Polyamorous / open relationships
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Pre-marital counselling
  • Pregnancy / miscarriage
  • Premature / delayed ejaculation
  • Previous relationship trauma
  • Seniors
  • Sexual trauma
  • Step families
  • Stress
  • Suicidal thoughts / ideation
  • Trauma
  • Trust issues
  • Vaginismus
  • Women’s health
  • Young families

Types of Modalities

  • Attachment-based
  • Compassion Focused
  • Culturally Sensitive
  • EMDR
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Existential
  • Feminist
  • Gestalt
  • Gottman Method
  • Humanistic
  • Integrative
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Person-Centred Therapy (Client-Centred / Rogerian Psychotherapy)
  • Psychodynamic
  • Schema Therapy
  • Somatic
  • Strength-Based
  • Trauma Focused
  • Trauma Informed

Accepted Insurance Funds

  • ARHG Group (St Luke’s Health, Police Health, GMHBA, Emergency Services Health, Phoenix Health, see-u by HBF (previously CUA), AIA Health, HBF, Mildura Health, Teachers Union Health, Doctors Health, Teachers Health, Nurses & Midwives Health and Unihealth).
  • ahm Health
  • Latrobe Health
  • BUPA
  • HCF
  • Medibank

“One good conversation can shift the direction of the change forever.”

— Linda Lambert

Specialised Training

  • Transforming Trauma – IFS Retreat by Dr Frank Anderson
  • PTSD & CPTSD Certificate June 2024
  • Intensive Anger Management Certification Training March 2024 (PESI)
  • Integrative Sex and Couples Training March 2024 by Dr Tammy Nelson PDP
  • Demystifying Personality Disorders:Clinical Skills for working with drama and manipulation April 2023 (PESI)
  • Narcissistic Abuse 2023 (PESI)
  • Individual & Group Supervision 2023
  • Accredited Supervision Training Australian Counselling Association
  • Schema Therapy Level 1 & 2 2022 / 2023
  • Schema Therapy Training Australia
  • Overcoming Trauma related Shame and Self Loathing 2022 by Janina Fisher Ph.D.
  • Gottman Method Couples Level 2 2021 (Gottman Institute)
  • GAICD (Australian Institute of Company Directors 2021)
  • Mental Health First Aid 2020 (PESI)
  • Treating Adult Clients of Emotionally Immature Parents: How Your Clients Can Reclaim Their Lives from the Toxic Legacy of Controlling, Rejecting or Self-involved Parents 2020
  • Cert IV TAE 2019
  • Accredited and licensed provider of Emotional Intelligence in Workplaces Coach / Trainer (Genos March 2018)
  • Single Session Work
    The Bouveririe Centre September 2018
    Diploma of Business
    BSI June 2017
  • Certificate IV in Mental Health
    Certificate IV in Drug and Alcohol
    Diversitat 2017
  • HLTAID001 HLTAID002 HLTAID003
    Australia Wide First Aid 2017
    Trainer Development Skills Workshop
    Rose Witherow March 2016
  • LGBTI and Training workshop
    Budi Sudarto August 2015
  • Certificate IV in Training and Assessment TAE40110
    AAMC Training Group September 2012
  • Institute of Executive Coaching
    Executive Coaching Level One July 2012
    Executive Coaching Level Two September 2012
  • University of Latrobe
    Master of Counselling and Human Services 2009
    Process Experiential Emotion Focused Therapy 2009
  • Gestalt Therapy Australia
    Becoming an inter-subjective dialogic Supervisor 2011
    Advanced Diploma in Gestalt Therapy 2005
    Psychological Assessment 2004
    Documenting Therapy 2003
  • Act Mindfully
    Advanced Certificate Acceptance Commitment Therapy 2011
  • Women’s Domestic Violence Resource Centre
    CHCAD1C Advocate for Clients (media) 2007
  • ASSIST
    Suicide Intervention Skills 2003
  • ACT Training Australasia
    Certificate IV Workplace Training 1999
  • Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors
    Certificate of Attainment: Relationship Counselling and Conflict Management, Practicalities of Counselling, Abuse and Abuse Counselling, Stress and Stress Management 1995
  • Life Education Centre
    Certificate IV Drug Education 1995
  • Victoria University
    Graduate Diploma of Special Education 1989
    Diploma of Teaching 1988

About Jen

Jen is a Clinical Psychotherapist, Couples Therapist, Clinical Supervisor and Executive Coach in Melbourne with more than 25 years of experience helping individuals and couples create meaningful, lasting change. She holds a Master of Counselling and is a Clinical Member of PACFA, a member of ACA and GANZ, and an accredited Clinical Supervisor.

Hart Centre Located in Melbourne CBD, VIC

More About Jen

  • Jen combines deep relational insight with compassionate therapeutic leadership, creating a safe and engaging space where individuals and couples can understand longstanding patterns, navigate difficult emotions and conversations, and build healthier, more connected relationships with themselves and each other. Through fairness, warmth and evidence-informed practice, she support clients to create meaningful and lasting change.

    “Jen believes the problem is never the person; together, you make sense of what has happened, reconnect with your strengths and create a life that feels more authentic, connected and fulfilling.”

  • Over 25 years.

  • The greatest privilege of her work is helping individuals and couples uncover what has been holding them back, reconnect with who they truly are, and create relationships and lives that feel deeply connected, peaceful and meaningful. Watching people move from simply surviving to genuinely thriving is what inspires her every day.

  • She does not think she could ever identify one person or couple she has helped the most. After more than 25 years as a clinical psychotherapist, she has had the privilege of walking alongside hundreds of individuals and couples, each with their own unique story, strengths and challenges. The moments that stay with her are not about dramatic breakthroughs, but witnessing people reconnect with themselves, heal old wounds, strengthen their relationships and discover a way of living that brings greater peace, joy and authenticity. Those moments are why she loves this work.

93% Client Satisfaction
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83,000+ Clients Helped
People just like you, finding their way forward
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