Gestalt Counselling in Footscray, VIC
I am holding a Master Degree in Gestalt Therapy and my fundamental role is to listen to you and to engage with you in a dialogue, to hear your needs and offer a working therapeutic relationship that will serve you to process your emotional responses and increase your capacity for self-awareness and self reflection.
Do you sometimes feel stuck in your life, struggling through your relationships or you feel anxious and depressed and cannot explain why? Would you like to discover more about yourself, find your personal truths and find clarity, resources, and direction in your life? Engaging in therapy can help you through this process, it can facilitate change and support you on your journey toward a meaningful and free life.
I am holding a Master Degree in Gestalt Therapy and my fundamental role is to listen to you and to engage with you in a dialogue, to hear your needs and offer a working therapeutic relationship that will serve you to process your emotional responses and increase your capacity for self-awareness and self reflection.
Do you sometimes feel stuck in your life, struggling through your relationships or you feel anxious and depressed and cannot explain why? Would you like to discover more about yourself, find your personal truths and find clarity, resources, and direction in your life? Engaging in therapy can help you through this process, it can facilitate change and support you on your journey toward a meaningful and free life.
I often work from a pluralistic approach that draws from Gestalt, Person-Centred, Narrative, CBT, DBT, and Solution Focussed therapies.
I have a passion for working with young people to empower and support them with their challenges. I also work with people of all ages and gender identities. Whether you are looking for support with anxiety, depression, AOD, relationship issues, or any thing else I'd be happy to help.
I also facilitate Dungeons and Dragons Group Therapy sessions for clients wanting to use play and roleplay therapy toward their healing. This is a great way to boost self-esteem and confidence, work through anxiety and depression, and process trauma.
I often work from a pluralistic approach that draws from Gestalt, Person-Centred, Narrative, CBT, DBT, and Solution Focussed therapies.
I have a passion for working with young people to empower and support them with their challenges. I also work with people of all ages and gender identities. Whether you are looking for support with anxiety, depression, AOD, relationship issues, or any thing else I'd be happy to help.
I also facilitate Dungeons and Dragons Group Therapy sessions for clients wanting to use play and roleplay therapy toward their healing. This is a great way to boost self-esteem and confidence, work through anxiety and depression, and process trauma.
I’ve worked as an educator training psychotherapists for 14 years at Gestalt Therapy Australia.
I’ve been working as a psychotherapist, counsellor and supervisor in private practice in Footscray for 18 years. The vibrancy, diversity and unique qualities of Footscray and the inner western suburbs of Melbourne have always felt like the right fit for my practice. I’ve worked with a diverse range of issues and presentations. As well as supporting people through mental health issues, I’m also interested in helping people develop their capacity for awareness and self-discovery. I have a steadfast commitment to the depth and transformative potential of the therapeutic process.
I’ve worked as an educator training psychotherapists for 14 years at Gestalt Therapy Australia.
I’ve been working as a psychotherapist, counsellor and supervisor in private practice in Footscray for 18 years. The vibrancy, diversity and unique qualities of Footscray and the inner western suburbs of Melbourne have always felt like the right fit for my practice. I’ve worked with a diverse range of issues and presentations. As well as supporting people through mental health issues, I’m also interested in helping people develop their capacity for awareness and self-discovery. I have a steadfast commitment to the depth and transformative potential of the therapeutic process.
Awombda is a Gestalt relational psychotherapist who is passionate about change, choice and allowing space to grow.
Balancing challenge and support Awombda incorporates somatic experiencing, art therapy, DBT, strengths based approach and mindfulness into her practice. “I hope to offer my clients an alternative experience by supporting them to find a sense of freedom from the patterns of the past”.
Awombda is a Gestalt relational psychotherapist who is passionate about change, choice and allowing space to grow.
Balancing challenge and support Awombda incorporates somatic experiencing, art therapy, DBT, strengths based approach and mindfulness into her practice. “I hope to offer my clients an alternative experience by supporting them to find a sense of freedom from the patterns of the past”.
I enjoy working with Person Centred, Solution Focused, Emotionally Focused, and Body work approaches like Mindfulness, Meditation and Gestalt therapy.
I am compassionate about guiding my clients to explore their difficulties and strengthen their emotional wellbeing. I provide specific counselling in the areas of anxiety, stress, depression, and relationships; as well as behavioural and other cognitive issues, offering a wide range of counselling support to meet the needs of clients and an organisation’s employees.
I enjoy working with Person Centred, Solution Focused, Emotionally Focused, and Body work approaches like Mindfulness, Meditation and Gestalt therapy.
I am compassionate about guiding my clients to explore their difficulties and strengthen their emotional wellbeing. I provide specific counselling in the areas of anxiety, stress, depression, and relationships; as well as behavioural and other cognitive issues, offering a wide range of counselling support to meet the needs of clients and an organisation’s employees.
Jess is guided by gestalt psychotherapy methodologies and her work is underpinned by trauma informed practice and attachment theory.
Jess offers individual counselling, couples counselling and supervision. Jess is welcoming and friendly. She recognises the importance of building a therapeutic relationship to which people can bring problems and issues without judgement. Jess understands that we all experience uncomfortable and unhelpful behaviours and feelings. With support and some gently challenging, these behaviours and feelings can start to shift.
Jess is guided by gestalt psychotherapy methodologies and her work is underpinned by trauma informed practice and attachment theory.
Jess offers individual counselling, couples counselling and supervision. Jess is welcoming and friendly. She recognises the importance of building a therapeutic relationship to which people can bring problems and issues without judgement. Jess understands that we all experience uncomfortable and unhelpful behaviours and feelings. With support and some gently challenging, these behaviours and feelings can start to shift.
Louise is a dedicated Gestalt therapist committed to providing a compassionate and nurturing space for individuals navigating challenges such as anxiety, depression, relationship conflicts, and life transitions.
Specializing in addressing stress, self-esteem issues, attachment wounds, and a myriad of personal concerns, Louise is devoted to helping clients step into the lives they aspire to live. By creating a respectful, receptive, and non-judgmental environment, she fosters a journey of self-discovery where self-dignity, connection, and self-esteem naturally evolve
Louise is a dedicated Gestalt therapist committed to providing a compassionate and nurturing space for individuals navigating challenges such as anxiety, depression, relationship conflicts, and life transitions.
Specializing in addressing stress, self-esteem issues, attachment wounds, and a myriad of personal concerns, Louise is devoted to helping clients step into the lives they aspire to live. By creating a respectful, receptive, and non-judgmental environment, she fosters a journey of self-discovery where self-dignity, connection, and self-esteem naturally evolve
Heart and Hope Counselling
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, AASW
Verified Verified
Footscray, VIC 3011
I provide counselling, therapy and social work services in both the Newport and Footscray areas. I provide supportive, empathic and flexible responses to individual needs, taking the body, mind and soul into consideration. I have over twenty years of general counselling experience and have particular expertise in grief and loss, trauma, depression, anxiety, mental health issues and working with many other concerns. I am passionate about holding the hope and working from the heart as well as utilising diverse knowledge and skills. It is important to me that counselling is accessible and affordable to people who need it.
I provide counselling, therapy and social work services in both the Newport and Footscray areas. I provide supportive, empathic and flexible responses to individual needs, taking the body, mind and soul into consideration. I have over twenty years of general counselling experience and have particular expertise in grief and loss, trauma, depression, anxiety, mental health issues and working with many other concerns. I am passionate about holding the hope and working from the heart as well as utilising diverse knowledge and skills. It is important to me that counselling is accessible and affordable to people who need it.
Sometimes we require a helping hand when adjusting to an ever-changing world. I want to help you develop skills and tools to create sustainable fulfilment within your life. Common challenges we all face include issues with self-esteem, processing negative or strong emotions, work-life balance, adjusting to change, developing meaningful relationships, and discovering our purpose. In addition, stress, depression, anxiety, grief and loss, and interpersonal conflict can obstruct our ability to experience life to its fullest potential. You have the ability to unlock your own power, and I want to help you discover that inner strength.
Sometimes we require a helping hand when adjusting to an ever-changing world. I want to help you develop skills and tools to create sustainable fulfilment within your life. Common challenges we all face include issues with self-esteem, processing negative or strong emotions, work-life balance, adjusting to change, developing meaningful relationships, and discovering our purpose. In addition, stress, depression, anxiety, grief and loss, and interpersonal conflict can obstruct our ability to experience life to its fullest potential. You have the ability to unlock your own power, and I want to help you discover that inner strength.
My areas of interest revolve around the impacts of early trauma, various grief, and loss experiences and life transitions. Which may impact the everyday functioning of an individual. Having the opportunity to discuss these experiences, the complexities of life transitions and/or unresolved grief and loss and how you have been impacted. At times, we all experience stress, and, anxiety, which can create depressive symptoms. This is extremely relevant at this time due to COVID-19. It is scary, it is unknown territory and we are all going through the same fears. Counsellors can support you through this.
My areas of interest revolve around the impacts of early trauma, various grief, and loss experiences and life transitions. Which may impact the everyday functioning of an individual. Having the opportunity to discuss these experiences, the complexities of life transitions and/or unresolved grief and loss and how you have been impacted. At times, we all experience stress, and, anxiety, which can create depressive symptoms. This is extremely relevant at this time due to COVID-19. It is scary, it is unknown territory and we are all going through the same fears. Counsellors can support you through this.
Do you wonder whether your goals and aspirations have been influenced by society? Perhaps if you were truly living for YOU, your goals would look quite different. Anxiety can dominate our lives until we start uncovering what we truly want out of life. Radically accepting yourself - and understanding your true desires and values - can set you on a more meaningful and fulfilling path. Looking at our issues in a Holistic way allows us to understand ourselves better, which fosters self-compassion.
Do you wonder whether your goals and aspirations have been influenced by society? Perhaps if you were truly living for YOU, your goals would look quite different. Anxiety can dominate our lives until we start uncovering what we truly want out of life. Radically accepting yourself - and understanding your true desires and values - can set you on a more meaningful and fulfilling path. Looking at our issues in a Holistic way allows us to understand ourselves better, which fosters self-compassion.
You and your partner seek deeper emotional connection and understanding. You love each other but struggle with communication, leading to frequent misunderstandings and feelings of disconnection. You desire to break negative patterns and build a more secure, loving bond. You want to uncover and express your true emotions, heal past wounds, and strengthen your relationship. Your goal is to move from conflict to closeness, fostering a partnership where you both feel valued, heard, and deeply connected.
You and your partner seek deeper emotional connection and understanding. You love each other but struggle with communication, leading to frequent misunderstandings and feelings of disconnection. You desire to break negative patterns and build a more secure, loving bond. You want to uncover and express your true emotions, heal past wounds, and strengthen your relationship. Your goal is to move from conflict to closeness, fostering a partnership where you both feel valued, heard, and deeply connected.
Avrille Burrows is a Naarm (Melbourne) based Mental Health Clinician and Arts Therapist who utilises a visual and culturally responsive approach to her therapy. She has worked for over 13 years with individuals and families who have experienced trauma, family violence, abuse and those who are still navigating difficult family dynamics. Avrille supports building a stronger understanding of your mental health, your needs and your identity to help decision making easier, boundary setting adaptive and communication clearer. Avrille works in a collaborative manner, drawing in a trauma-informed, intersectional and systemic lens.
Avrille Burrows is a Naarm (Melbourne) based Mental Health Clinician and Arts Therapist who utilises a visual and culturally responsive approach to her therapy. She has worked for over 13 years with individuals and families who have experienced trauma, family violence, abuse and those who are still navigating difficult family dynamics. Avrille supports building a stronger understanding of your mental health, your needs and your identity to help decision making easier, boundary setting adaptive and communication clearer. Avrille works in a collaborative manner, drawing in a trauma-informed, intersectional and systemic lens.
More Therapists Nearby
Lee, a Gestalt Psychotherapist specialises in Emotion Focused Therapy working with couples and individuals who want more intimacy in their relationships.
Lee works with both couples and individuals but specialises in attachment-focused healing. She describes her therapeutic approach as authentic, warm, effective, and compassionate. This allows her to help you to enter into deep relational healing. The way we orientate to life is directly influenced by the multiple challenges we have faced in our upbringing, our environment, and our life circumstances. Lee believes the way we handle our and other’s emotions is what makes the difference to us living a connected and happy life by forming healthy relationships.
Lee, a Gestalt Psychotherapist specialises in Emotion Focused Therapy working with couples and individuals who want more intimacy in their relationships.
Lee works with both couples and individuals but specialises in attachment-focused healing. She describes her therapeutic approach as authentic, warm, effective, and compassionate. This allows her to help you to enter into deep relational healing. The way we orientate to life is directly influenced by the multiple challenges we have faced in our upbringing, our environment, and our life circumstances. Lee believes the way we handle our and other’s emotions is what makes the difference to us living a connected and happy life by forming healthy relationships.
I have a masters in Gestalt psychotherapy and work with a range of people and issues, including LGBTQIA+ folk, their families and others whose experiences of marginalisation have affected their mental health.
Gestalt therapy is a form of psychotherapy that emphasises personal responsibility, focuses upon the individual's experience in the here and now, the therapist-client relationship, the environmental and social contexts of a person's life, and the self-regulating adjustments people make a result. I may use art materials and movement to support the process.
I have a masters in Gestalt psychotherapy and work with a range of people and issues, including LGBTQIA+ folk, their families and others whose experiences of marginalisation have affected their mental health.
Gestalt therapy is a form of psychotherapy that emphasises personal responsibility, focuses upon the individual's experience in the here and now, the therapist-client relationship, the environmental and social contexts of a person's life, and the self-regulating adjustments people make a result. I may use art materials and movement to support the process.
Advanced Certificate of Relational Gestalt Counselling
As a Clinical Psychologist with over 15 years of experience, I am passionate about supporting women to: 1) Break free of making others happy at expense to their own needs, and saying yes to avoid conflict with others. 2) Navigate times of significant change in their lives (relationship challenges/ breakdowns, career shifts, partner's death, empty nest, the complexities peri/menopause, etc). 3) Navigate fertility issues. Together, we’ll help you challenge from the habits and patterns that have held you back so we you can support you to reclaim your joy, find more ease and connect to the more fulfilling life!
Advanced Certificate of Relational Gestalt Counselling
As a Clinical Psychologist with over 15 years of experience, I am passionate about supporting women to: 1) Break free of making others happy at expense to their own needs, and saying yes to avoid conflict with others. 2) Navigate times of significant change in their lives (relationship challenges/ breakdowns, career shifts, partner's death, empty nest, the complexities peri/menopause, etc). 3) Navigate fertility issues. Together, we’ll help you challenge from the habits and patterns that have held you back so we you can support you to reclaim your joy, find more ease and connect to the more fulfilling life!
I use a Gestalt Psychotherapy approach which builds awareness and understanding of the barriers to the changes that we want for yourselves.
If you have yearned to live your life more fully, to understand things in your life that you find troubling and are ready imagine and create a new understanding of yourself and how you relate to others. Then welcome. I provide a safe and non-judgemental space for your issues to be explored with mutual respect and compassion. Together new insights are found, and supports identified to create lasting change. I help people who have recognised that they need to live more wholeheartedly and want to challenge themselves to transforms lifelong patterns.
I use a Gestalt Psychotherapy approach which builds awareness and understanding of the barriers to the changes that we want for yourselves.
If you have yearned to live your life more fully, to understand things in your life that you find troubling and are ready imagine and create a new understanding of yourself and how you relate to others. Then welcome. I provide a safe and non-judgemental space for your issues to be explored with mutual respect and compassion. Together new insights are found, and supports identified to create lasting change. I help people who have recognised that they need to live more wholeheartedly and want to challenge themselves to transforms lifelong patterns.
Influenced by Psychodynamic, IFS, Narrative, Depth Enquiry (EMDR), Gestalt, and EFT, Kat tailors her methods to each client's unique needs.
Kat is a clinically registered psychotherapist specialising in trauma-informed individual therapy for adults. Approaching her clients with a focus on understanding rather than labelling or diagnosing, Kat believes in delving into each individual's unique story with a nonjudgmental curiosity. With a distinctive mix of humour and warmth, she establishes a secure environment for clients to explore their inner and outer worlds with vulnerability.
Influenced by Psychodynamic, IFS, Narrative, Depth Enquiry (EMDR), Gestalt, and EFT, Kat tailors her methods to each client's unique needs.
Kat is a clinically registered psychotherapist specialising in trauma-informed individual therapy for adults. Approaching her clients with a focus on understanding rather than labelling or diagnosing, Kat believes in delving into each individual's unique story with a nonjudgmental curiosity. With a distinctive mix of humour and warmth, she establishes a secure environment for clients to explore their inner and outer worlds with vulnerability.
She draws on her experience with CBT, Motivational Interviewing, Gestalt Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Person Centered Therapy, Mindfulness Approaches, and the Gottman Method for Couples and Relationship Counselling.
Kerrie approaches every session with respect and curiosity, and any client can expect a collaboration in the therapy room. With a focus on building therapeutic momentum, Kerrie aims to ensure that progress extends from the therapy room and is supported to occur in the client’s everyday life. She also ensures that client achievements are celebrated along the way, no matter how small or difficult they may be to see at first.
She draws on her experience with CBT, Motivational Interviewing, Gestalt Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Person Centered Therapy, Mindfulness Approaches, and the Gottman Method for Couples and Relationship Counselling.
Kerrie approaches every session with respect and curiosity, and any client can expect a collaboration in the therapy room. With a focus on building therapeutic momentum, Kerrie aims to ensure that progress extends from the therapy room and is supported to occur in the client’s everyday life. She also ensures that client achievements are celebrated along the way, no matter how small or difficult they may be to see at first.
My approach to the development of our therapeutic relationship is based on my studies in Gestalt psychotherapy, together with my understanding of modern developments in psychodynamics, attachment and developmental themes, the neurobiology of trauma and loss and how these experiences are embodied.
I am an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, Counsellor and Psychotherapist and have worked for many years across health, mental health and palliative care settings with people with varied issues including anxiety, depression, trauma, self-harm, suicidality and adjusting to living with life threatening and limiting illness, grief and loss. I specialise in working with people experiencing dissociation, especially those identifying as living with DID, plurality, gender and/or neurodiversity.
My approach to the development of our therapeutic relationship is based on my studies in Gestalt psychotherapy, together with my understanding of modern developments in psychodynamics, attachment and developmental themes, the neurobiology of trauma and loss and how these experiences are embodied.
I am an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, Counsellor and Psychotherapist and have worked for many years across health, mental health and palliative care settings with people with varied issues including anxiety, depression, trauma, self-harm, suicidality and adjusting to living with life threatening and limiting illness, grief and loss. I specialise in working with people experiencing dissociation, especially those identifying as living with DID, plurality, gender and/or neurodiversity.
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Gestalt Counsellors
What is gestalt therapy?
Gestalt therapy is based on the idea that to address unresolved negative feelings, emotions must be not only discussed but also actively expressed in the present moment. The term is from a German word meaning “whole,” and gestalt therapists believe that people should be considered whole entities made up of mind, body, and emotions. Gestalt sessions are rooted in the notion that a client’s total self must be discovered, explored, and confronted, so that they can take greater responsibility for themselves and their behaviour, learn to satisfy their own needs while still respecting the needs of others, and reconnect with feelings they might otherwise deny.
How does gestalt therapy work?
Gestalt therapy sessions do not just involve talking with a therapist. Clients may take part in role-playing, re-enactment, or artistic exercises like drawing and painting, with the goal of becoming more aware of negative thought patterns that limit happiness. One common gestalt exercise is “the empty chair,” in which a client sits across from an empty chair representing a partner, relative, boss, or a part of themselves—and, with the therapist’s encouragement, improvises a dialog with it. The intention is to bring the emotions raised by past conflicts into the present and work through them in the moment.
How long does gestalt therapy last?
As with most forms of talk therapy, there is no set duration or end point for gestalt therapy; people who believe that they are making progress typically continue until they feel they’ve addressed the issues that had been holding them back. New patients should understand that it may take some time to become comfortable with gestalt exercises but once they do, they should expect sessions to extend for a number of months, typically spanning at least 12 sessions.
Does gestalt therapy work?
Gestalt therapy has generally been found to be as effective as other forms of talk therapy in helping people living with anxiety, depression, phobias, bipolar disorder, and substance use disorders, as well as helping individuals reduce conflict in relationships. Gestalt techniques, on their own or in combination with other therapies, can also be effective in managing physical ailments including ulcerative colitis, migraines, and back spasms. It should be noted that some people may have trouble adapting to gestalt therapy’s lack of formal structure or to a therapist’s close observations of their body language and emotions; others may struggle to commit to techniques that feel unnatural, like the empty chair exercise.