Consultant Clinical Psychologist

Jessica is a committed & professional counsellor who provides counselling for adult individuals and couples. She completed a Master of Counselling at Morling College in Sydney & has been part of a team of Christian counselling professionals at Bridges Counselling since completing her degree. Jess' client-centered, emotionally-focused approach aims to gently help people discover the emotional roots of their core issues and provide tools to bring about lasting change. Jess supports couples to build trust, commitment and openness in communication and individuals overcoming past trauma, suffering grief & loss, and transitioning into adulthood. She is able to sensitively integrate faith issues for Christian clients. Jess work with people, not just their diagnosis. Her approach to helping is based on her belief that each person is infinitely valuable & unique and has their own way of seeing the world and experiencing it. Each person's story and journey is different & she tailors counselling towards her clients' needs & what is comfortable for them. Jess works with an integrated and hollistic approach that incorporates a variety of perspectives such as Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, Attachment Theory, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Creative Therapy & Psychosomatic Therapy. Her clients include Christians and non-Christians & come from different ages, backgrounds, cultures, spiritualities, & stages of life. Jess sees her clients as the expert of their own story and journey. She utilises a collaborative approach to understand what their potent issues are, upholding their self-worth and autonomy in decision-making and working towards change. She is committed to providing a safe, non-judgemental and caring space for clients to explore emotions & empowering them through a process of self-discovery & awareness in order to build up their strengths & potential. She truly believes that given the emotional support, every person is capable of and has the capacity to heal & change.

Neil provides therapy across a broad range of issues. He specializes in relationship therapies

Specialising in counselling and play therapy for children and adolescents.

Clinical Counsellor, Registered supervisor, Lecturer in Counselling. Jenny has expertise in general treatment and provides counselling and psychotherapy services addressing a broad range of individual and relationship issues. She has experience working with individuals, couples and families. Jenny is an accredited supervisor who provides clinical and pastoral supervision. Jenny also lecturers in the Masters of Counselling programme at Morling College.

Katherine is a qualified counsellor having gained a Masters of Counselling (and receiving the Counselling Prize) through Morling College. Katherine is able to provide counselling for both individual and couple therapy, working with those are experiencing a range of life's difficulties including trauma, abuse, domestic violence, depresssion, anxiety, stress, grief and relationship issues. Katherine is passionate about facilitating a safe space where clients can be free to explore their issues, find their potential and discover hope. This is facilitated through developing a collaborative relationship where both client and therapist work together around exploring issues and defining goals, genuinely valuing the worth and unique perspective that each client brings, respecting, validating and empowering clients and drawing on an integrative approach to tailor therapy to individual needs. . Katherine brings a breadth of professional, personal and ministry experience to the role. She trained initially as a Physiotherapist, working for over 10 years with children and adults with both physical and intellectual disabilities. She has also had many years of pastoral experience with youth, young adults and facilitating marriage preparation courses.

General and relationship counsellor with an integrative style of therapy.

Counsellor in private practice

Individual, Relationships Counselling

I have been working in the arena of psychotherapy and mental health since 2005 in a range of settings with private practice and a NFP organisation in the fields of unemployment, disability and mental health services. My passion is assisting clients reach their potential, maintain good mental health, growth in self-confidence, empowerment and self-worth. I also work with anxiety management & depression.

Grace values each individual’s unique journey and is dedicated in empowering her clients to make a difference in their lives. She works with a wide range of issues from anxiety to depression, grief and loss, life’s adjustments and transitions, the exploration of self-identities and with a special interest in psychological traumas and relationship matters. Grace’s warm and empathic approach provide a safe space in promoting personal growth and development in her clients. Grace emphasises on the whole person, working from a client-centered and emotionally focused approach. She collaborates with her client in an active process of self-discovery, whilst also utilizing a variety of research validated therapies that best suit her clients’ needs. Grace is also genuinely interested in helping couples grow deep soulful relationships, journeying with them through the challenges from premarital through to the different stages of family life. Grace has worked for many years in the corporate world and understands the demands and challenges one faces in high pressured environments. She also has vast experiences in pastoral care and ministry leadership. Grace is a certified practicing member of PACFA and CCAA. Grace is also an approved Prepare and Enrich facilitator.

Karen incorporates creative modalities, art and play therapies into a client centred framework with children, adolescents and adults who seek counselling for support with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief and loss, stress, relationships, life transitions and challenges.