Restoring Voices, Rebuilding Lives
Counselling and EMDR therapy for childhood and sexual trauma
In person in Midland + online across Australia
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You get through most days
Here, counselling looks at what’s underneath all that getting through, at a pace your nervous system can actually hold.
Counselling built for how trauma really shows up
Most trauma doesn’t sit neatly in memory or language. It lives in the nervous system, in patterns of shutdown, hypervigilance, dissociation, people-pleasing, and difficulty with intimacy or boundaries.
That’s why talking alone often isn’t enough.
Our approach to counselling focuses on the parts of you that learned to survive early, the younger, protective parts that are still doing their job, even when it no longer fits your adult life. Together, we work with these parts gently and directly, so they no longer need to run the present.
This approach is especially supportive for people who:
– Have tried therapy before and still feel stuck
– Live with the impacts of childhood trauma, sexual trauma, or complex PTSD
– Struggle with intimacy, sex, or feeling safe in their body
– Feel overwhelmed, numb, or constantly on edge.
Finding the words together
For survivors and supporters who want to talk about sexual assault without shutting down or panicking. This guide offers clear language and small steps to make the conversation easier to navigate.
Grab the free booklet below, eighteen pages of the kind of information we wish more people had before they needed it. You’ll also get the occasional email with trauma-informed tips and updates. Nothing overwhelming, just useful things, sent when there’s something worth saying.
Finding the words together
For survivors and supporters who want to talk about sexual assault without shutting down or panicking. This guide offers clear language and small steps to make the conversation easier to navigate.
Grab the free booklet below, eighteen pages of the kind of information we wish more people had before they needed it. You’ll also get the occasional email with trauma-informed tips and updates. Nothing overwhelming, just useful things, sent when there’s something worth saying.
My thoughts on paper
Writing on trauma, memory, sex and sexuality, relationships, somatics, and nervous system healing.
Initiating Sex – Why You Can’t Be the One Who Starts It
Many survivors of childhood sexual abuse can enjoy sex once it starts but can’t be the one to begin it. Here’s why that makes so much sense.
27/09/2026
Stop pathologising our pleasure: Where the medical model of care goes wrong with Kink & BDSM
There’s a long and messy history of the medical system of care getting it wrong when it comes to human sexuality.
31/07/2025
Not all pain is trauma: Understanding BDSM and Kink
Here’s a common myth about BDSM and Kink, and why it’s not the whole story. Learn why not all pain is trauma…
08/07/2025
Testimonials
A glimpse into what therapy has meant for the people we’ve supported. (Shared with permission)