Integrative psychotherapist

Holistic Counsellor Level 1 ACA Member #18675 Bachelor Degree in Counselling and Psychotherapy (Ikon Institute)

Erika works with you to create a safe and supportive environment for couples and family members to explore their changing needs, desires, identities, and relationship dynamics for greater mental and emotional well-being. With an extensive background in birth attendance and diverse relationship experiences, she deeply understands the transformative journey of parenthood. Expanding her expertise to psychotherapy across the lifespan, Erika supports individuals and couples in navigating intimacy, parenting, lifestyle, identity, and major life transitions with empathy and understanding. Whatever shape your family takes, Erika provides a compassionate, trauma-informed space to strengthen connection and build a resilient, fulfilling, and meaningful relationship. She takes an integrative, collaborative, and down-to-earth approach, drawing on both clinical skills and lived experience. Her work incorporates attachment science, mindfulness, embodiment practices, and evidence-based relationship therapy. Be Supported to: Explore what a healthy relationship looks like for you Strengthens teamwork as partners and parents Prepare for childbirth and adapt to parenthood Understand and care for anxiety, depression, trauma, ptsd, adhd Express your needs, desires, and boundaries with clarity and consent Grow love and intimacy with respect, creativity and care Manage conflict, reduce stress, and restore connection Improve communication skills and deepen understanding Process painful life experiences that continue to affect you Navigate cultural and personal expectations in relationships Negotiate roles, responsibilities, and the ever-growing "to-do" list Maintain your individuality and interests outside of parenting Set value-driven goals to bring your shared dreams to life Widen your village of support Live with grief and loss in a way that honors your experience Process betrayals and infidelity. About Erika I am a mother and grandmother. Coming from a family of home builders, I designed and owner-built my eco-home from strawbales and reclaimed timbers. Over the years, I have learned to embrace uncertainty and adapt with flexibility—lessons I bring into my work with you. I see you as a whole person, beyond labels, diagnoses, or the history that has shaped you. You are wonderfully unique, with strengths and resources waiting to be discovered. I am honored to support you on your journey.

I am an integrative psychotherapist. My integrative approach implements a wide range of therapeutic models with a person-centred foundation, where all parts of you are welcome. We will work collaboratively to create a bespoke treatment plan for your needs. Informed by Attachment Theory, Trauma, Psychodynamic and Transpersonal models of practice, incorporating a somatic and embodied approach, I provide a safe environment for you to cultivate your resources to embrace life's challenges and get the most out of life. I work with people seeking support for a range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, relational difficulties, sexual and intimacy issues, grief and trauma, existential concerns and self exploration. Additionally, I have a personal meditation practice that keeps me grounded in my cottage in the luscious forests of Regional Victoria, and connected to my Permaculture training which reminds me of my connection to the ecological system in which we are all nested.

People seek mental health support for all sorts of reasons. Perhaps you’re struggling to make sense of past experiences and how they are impacting your life today. Maybe you feel like things aren’t quite right, that you want things to get back to normal. Maybe everything is falling apart. Seeing a trained therapist can make all the difference.

Phillip is an Integrative Psychotherapist who works collaboratively with clients to help them navigate their individual path towards personal growth and fulfilment. He carefully considers the uniqueness of each person, genuinely seeks to understand the nuance of his client’s lived experience and strives to build a therapeutic relationship based on trust and safety. Phillip creates a warm and grounding atmosphere for clients to address the challenges they are navigating in their lives and tailors treatment to align with their distinct presentation and objectives. He works with clients who are challenged by anxiety, depression, attachment disturbances, interpersonal issues, behavioural problems, grief & loss, life & role transitions, trauma, existential issues and spiritual concerns and crises. Phillip also holds a keen interest in exploring the realm of human potential. He works with clients who are seeking to find meaning and purpose or are motivated to enhance their overall well-being and functioning. He believes that how an individual perceives and responds to the world is deeply influenced by childhood experiences, and that survival and coping behaviours learned during childhood often transform into maladaptive strategies in adulthood. Phillip collaborates with clients to help them work through attitudes, behaviours and thought patterns that may hinder the realisation of their true potential. He works with adults and adolescents and adopts an integrative, somatic and trauma-informed approach to therapy, which draws on therapeutic models such as Internal Family Systems, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Gestalt, Mentalisation Based Therapy, Psychodynamic Interpersonal Therapy, Attachment repair and Eco-psychotherapy.