How I Work
Therapy with me prioritises meaningful, lasting change.
This usually looks like:
- stronger sense of self/ self-esteem
- improved ability to set and hold boundaries
- awareness of and ability to value your own needs
Many people I work with are thoughtful, self-aware, and already understand their patterns—but still feel stuck in them.
They often cite lovely childhood experiences, yet something still feels missing.
This work is about creating space to begin to shift those stuck patterns and create sustainable change.
How therapy typically unfolds
While every person is different, our work often moves through three phases:
1. Understanding
We begin by developing a clear and meaningful understanding of what’s happening for you.
This includes identifying patterns such as overthinking, people-pleasing, or self-doubt, and exploring how they may have developed.
2. Processing
Using that understanding, we begin working more deeply to shift those patterns.
This may involve EMDR and other approaches that work with emotional and nervous system responses—not just thoughts.
This is often where therapy begins to feel more active and change-oriented.
3. Integration
As changes begin to occur, we focus on integrating them into your everyday life—so they feel natural and sustainable.
Sessions may begin to space out as things stabilise.
Session structure
Sessions are typically 50 minutes, though clients sometimes choose longer sessions at various times throughout the process, to allow for deeper processing work.
These extended sessions can be particularly helpful when working through long-standing patterns or when using approaches such as EMDR.
We’ll find a pace that feels manageable and supportive for you.
Medicare and pacing
Medicare provides a rebate for up to 15 sessions each year (10 with a MHTP, and 5 with a GPCCMP), which many clients use as part of their therapy, if deemed suitable by their GP.
For deeper, long-standing patterns, therapy often extends beyond this timeframe.
We can pace the work in a way that balances meaningful progress with what feels sustainable for you.
About me
I have a strong interest in how our early experiences shape the way we relate to ourselves and others. I’m especially interested in what draws us toward—or keeps us out of—connection with one another, and how patterns like people-pleasing, overthinking, or self-doubt can develop and continue to impact our lives.
I’ve worked in mental health for over 25 years across schools, youth mental health, aged mental health and private practice, supporting children, adolescents and adults.
My approach is thoughtful, relational, and grounded in creating a space where you feel both understood, and able to do meaningful work.
Outside of therapy, I’m a mum to two gorgeous boys, I write fiction, ride horses, and am also a late-diagnosed AuDHDer.
About Syzygy
The name Syzygy comes from Jungian psychology, referring to the integration of different parts of the self into a more coherent whole.
The term resonates with me because our life experiences are nuanced and complex, and shining a light on the complexity helps us not only to integrate our experiences into something coherent, but also something we can accept and even celebrate, rather than reject or be afraid of.
It reflects the kind of work I value—making sense of complexity, and moving toward a way of being that feels more aligned and integrated.