Joanne is a Level 1 Counsellor offering individual and small group experiential sessions within a tranquil and peaceful setting in the beautiful Hinterland of Mudgeeraba. The space provides a safe and non-judgemental environment to allow exploration of self and processes to naturally unfold. Our services include Equine Assisted Therapy, Sand tray Counselling and Expressive Play Counselling, all unique and highly engaging expressive therapies, suited to all ages and diversity. Your session can incorporate nature and the space outside, with or without horses, it can be room-based, or a combination of all. Joanne also offers online sessions.
This integrative model of Counselling is trauma informed and incorporates Gestalt, Somatic Experience, Mindfulness, Client Centred Play Therapy, Sand Tray and Expressive Therapies to unite the brain, mind and body, for a balanced and authentic healthy self.
Joanne is passionate about helping people develop awareness and connection to their thoughts, feelings, and behaviours, so that processes can be gently observed and worked through at a pace that works best for the individual. Joanne believes that you are the expert in your own life and mainly works in a non-directive manner but uses a more directive approach when required. Along with her integrative toolbox of skills, techniques, and strategies, she finds that a trusting therapeutic relationship quickly unfolds, allowing people to gently work through their challenges and concerns.
Joanne works with all ages and is highly experienced in working with children and people with disabilities, as she is also a registered teacher who has worked in the special education sector for over fourteen years. From a grounded and present centred space, Joanne provides a calm external resource for regulation, aligning with her own, and responding to your, internal nervous system, working with thoughts, feelings and behaviours that present themselves. This process is unique and highly individualised.
Joanne has also completed advanced counselling studies in ‘Abuse Counselling’, ‘Grief & Loss Counselling’, and Child Development & Effective Parenting’, and has programs available for individuals and small groups.
