Services
What may lead people to reach out:
Chronic Stress, Burnout & Anxiety
Chronic Stress
Chronic stress is when your nervous system is in a constant state of heightened alertness. You might feel constantly “on”, find it hard to switch off, or notice your capacity shrinking over time. Our work would focus on understanding your patterns and practicing how to calm your nervous system to regain flexibility and learn how to rest, which improves overall wellbeing and functioning.
Burnout
Burnout is a response to sustained pressure without adequate support, recovery or alignment. There are different types of burnout including workplace burnout, caregiver burnout, high achiever burnout, compassion fatigue and Autistic burnout – often involving deep exhaustion, reduced capacity and loss of skills following prolonged masking or sensory and social demands. Together, we would identify which type of burnout you’re experiencing and what’s contributing to it and then work in a way that best supports you to reduce demand where possible, experience deep rest, and when you’re ready, work to restore capacity, boundaries and a more sustainable way of functioning.
Anxiety
Anxiety is a natural response, but when it becomes persistent, it can feel all consuming. It may show up as overthinking, physical symptoms, difficulty making decisions, or a sense of feeling stuck. Here we would work together to loosen anxiety’s hold, so that you can move more freely toward what matters.
How They Connect
These experiences are distinct but often intertwined. Chronic stress can lead to burnout. Burnout can increase vulnerability to anxiety. Anxiety can make it harder to recover. Part of the work here is about gently untangling what’s happening for you so we’re not only managing symptoms but addressing what’s underneath too.
Perimenopause, Motherhood & Women’s Mental Health
Perimenopause
Perimenopause can bring about shifts that feel unfamiliar and unpredictable. These changes can leave you feeling unrecognizable and can have a deep psychological impact on your overall sense of self. You might notice changes in your mood, increased anxiety, reduced tolerance, or a sense that your usual ways of coping with challenges simply aren't working in the same way. These experiences are often misunderstood or minimized, which can lead to feeling confused and even alone. Our work here would focus on making sense of these changes in context. And support to respond with steadiness, self-compassion, and flexibility rather than self-criticism or pressure to ‘push through’.
Motherhood
Motherhood can be deeply meaningful, and at the same time, quietly overwhelming. Alongside the practical demands, there can be shifts in identity, increased mental load, and a constant negotiation between your own needs and the needs of others. Many women carry unspoken expectations about how they should feel, cope, or show up. This can lead to a sense of guilt, self-doubt, or that they're not 'doing enough'. Together, we would create space to step out of these pressures, perceived or otherwise, to better understand your internal experience, and find ways of responding that feel more sustainable and aligned with you.
Women’s mental health
Women’s mental health doesn’t exist in a vacuum – it is shaped by context, roles, expectations, and often competing demands. You may find yourself holding a lot – emotionally, mentally, and practically – while also feeling a need to keep functioning, performing or appearing “okay”. Over time, this can contribute to anxiety, burnout, disconnection, or a loss of clarity about what your needs and wants.
Our work would centre on understanding your experience within this broader context, and supporting you to relate differently to your thoughts, emotions, and internal pressures – so you can move forward with greater clarity, capacity and choice.
Early Attachment, Emotional Patterns & Relationships
Early Attachment
The connection established in early childhood between primary caregiver and infant, shapes our, sense of safety and trust, self-esteem, and quality of relationships with others. Therapy can help to understand early attachment styles and how they might be impacting current patterns, emotional responses and coping strategies.
Emotional Patterns
Emotional responses can sometimes feel out of proportion to situations, which can feel overwhelming and confusing. Exploring these patterns like emotional sensitivity, emotional outbursts, shutdown or fear of rejection can help with self- awareness, calm and self-regulation.
Relationships
Relationships refers to ways in which we connect with people, how we communicate needs, respond to closeness and navigate conflict. Together, we would focus on recurring relationship dynamics noticing any patterns that may no longer feel helpful, with curiosity and compassion.
How They Connect
Attachment experiences, emotional patterns and quality of relationships are deeply interconnected. Therapy offers a way of understanding these connections, and with that, greater insight, self-compassion, and more meaningful ways of relating to others often develops.
Self-esteem, Identity & Life Transitions
Self-Esteem
Self-esteem changes throughout our lives and is impacted by relationships, environments, experiences and expectations we have of ourselves. Therapy here can provide a safe space to explore the inner critic and the ways in which you may relate to yourself in a curious and compassionate way.
Identity
There are many parts that make up identity, and they are not all fixed, certain parts change or evolve over time and through different life stages. Many things can influence a sense of who we are and where we believe we belong such as transitions through life stages, relocating, becoming a parent, change in career paths, shifts in personal values and a new diagnosis to name a few. Sometimes it may feel confusing or overwhelming, but together we may explore these shifts to work towards integration, understanding and self-compassion.
Life Transitions
Periods of transition often bring about uncertainty, grief, and a feeling of being untethered, even when those changes have been chosen or are positive. Therapy can support you as you navigate big life adjustments and allow space to process the emotional impact of these transitions.
How They Connect
Life transitions can influence both a sense of identity and self-esteem. As roles, priorities and circumstances shift over time, it can be helpful to reflect on how these changes may be shaping how you see yourself and your emotional wellbeing.
Get In Touch
When life feels overwhelming or uncertain, I offer supportive, evidence-based online therapy for adults across Australia navigating life’s challenges and difficult transitions. I am based in Perth, Western Australia.