Alisoun
PhD (she, her)
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I work with people who find that words alone aren’t always enough — especially when experiences are held in the body as images, impulses, or sensations rather than clear narratives. I work in a relational, body-based way, integrating creative and somatic processes to support exploration, awareness, and meaning-making. I work with both children and adults, offering a collaborative and flexible approach that supports more-than-verbal ways of communicating, understanding, and expressing experience. I am drawn to creative expression and somatic awareness as ways to reclaim the agency of our bodies and narratives.
I am registered as a Clinical Counsellor, hold a Masters in Therapeutic Arts Practice, and am a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (c). These approaches support exploration of experience when thoughts and feelings are difficult to communicate in words alone, and may include visual arts, play, exploring sensation, movement, music, or story-making.
My approach is grounded in trauma-informed care and an understanding of trauma as personal, collective, historical, and systemic. My work is shaped equally by imagination and world-building, through awareness, experience, arts, and embodiment.
If this reflects something you’re looking for, whether in person or online, you’re welcome to get in touch.
Call or Email Alisoun Neville now for a free 15 minute consultation - (03) 5614 8011
Let's Connect (03) 5614 8011
Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $170
- Concession rate: apply if you may be eligible
Payment Methods
Bank transfer, Cash, Electronic Funds Transfer, Mastercard, Paypal, VisaInsurance
- ACA Health
- AHM Health
- CBHS Health
- CUA Health
- Defence Health
- Doctors Health Fund
- GMHBA
- HBF
- HCF
- HCI
- Health Partners
- Latrobe Health Services
- Medibank Private
- Mildura
- Navy Health
- NDIS
- Peoplecare
- Pheonix Health Fund
- Police Health
- Queensland Country Health Fund
- Reserve Bank Health Society
- St Luke's Health
- Teachers Health
- Transport Health
- Westfund Health Insurance
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Membership with Psychotherapy and Counselling Association of Australia Alisoun Elizabeth Neville
- In Practice for 8 years
- Masters in Therapeutic Arts Practice, Masters, Graduated 2018
- Certificate from Somatic Experiencing International Somatic Experiencing Practitioner / 2024
- Degree/Diploma from University of Melbourne in Psychology (BA) Bachelor of Arts / 1993
Education and Years In Practice
Additional Credentials
Expertise and Interests
Top Expertise
- Trauma and PTSD
- Child
- LGBTQ+
Practice Areas
- ADHD
- Anxiety
- Bisexual
- Carers
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Pain
- Developmental Disorders
- Domestic Violence
- Education and Learning Disabilities
- Lesbian
- Life Transitions
- Peer Relationships
- Polyamory & ENM
- Racial Identity
- Self Esteem
- Sex-Positive & Kink Friendly
- Sexual Abuse
- Stress
- Transgender
- Women's Issues
Client Focus
Age
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Group
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
Immuno-disorders ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied ,
Transgender Allied
Ethnicity
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Age
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Group
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
Immuno-disorders ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied ,
Transgender Allied
Ethnicity
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Art Therapy
- Experiential Therapy
- Expressive Arts
- Person-Centred
- Relational
- Somatic
Groups
Making Space: Creative Peer Support for Carers
Making Space: Creative Peer Support for Carers is a peer-based creative wellbeing workshop for adults who care for others, including parents and people with diverse caring responsibilities, with scope to extend monthly if there is interest. The session offers time out, peer connection, and space to notice your own responses while caring for others -- including become more aware of your limits and what helps you continue when things feel stretched. The group is free for carers registered with Carer Gateway.
Types of Therapy
Art Therapy
Age
Adults
Session Cost
up to $50
Group Meets
Third Thu 1:30 P.M. - 3 P.M.
Location
Berninneit
91-97 Thompson Avenue
Cowes, VIC 3922
Email Alisoun Neville about this group or call - (03) 5614 8011