Hello I’m Angela-Marie
People often describe me as warm, gentle, and able to hold many threads of a story at once.
I believe our mental, emotional, and spiritual lives are interconnected, and influence our wellbeing. My role is to support people holistically to heal and thrive in the face of life’s challenges.
Through my personal and professional journey, I have seen lasting change through integrating psychological, spiritual, and relational approaches to therapy. This holistic approach now shapes my theraputic work as a Pastoral Counsellor.
I understand difficulties and unhlepful patterns as the ways we’ve learned to cope when our needs for safety and connection haven’t been met. When those needs are finally tended to, real change occurs.
My work is grounded in person-centered therapy, Emotion Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems and parts work, alongside spiritual approaches drawn from theology of the body and prayer.
I aim to offer a safe, therapeutic space where clients can explore their challenges, reconnect with themselves, and move toward greater authenticity and freedom.
What to expect in therapy
When beginning it is important to develop a shared understanding of what has brought you to counselling. With this shared understanding we will develop a therapeutic focus for what you would like to work on and how we might work on this. This is updated as the work progresses and your understanding deepens.
Important to this is the bond that helps guide the exploration and therapeutic work. This involves a sense of feeling understood and accepted as you are. The cornerstone of successful counselling lies in a strong, supportive alliance where you can openly discuss challenging or unwanted feelings and experiences while receiving respect and empathy.
After establishing goals and solidified our bond we then enter the active, working phase of therapy performing in-session tasks and guided explorations designed to delve deeper into your concerns. As we uncover more layers of your experiences, we’ll introduce proactive interventions when necessary.
Effective therapy helps discover the personal meaning behind symptoms to not only reduce them but to help cultivate new and enriching ways of connecting with the world and yourself.
Location
Nambucca Heads
2448, NSW, Australia
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