About
I'm Nicholas Tuohy
Supervisor, Counsellor and Pastor
Two decades of pastoral ministry — preaching, leading teams, sitting with people through grief, transition, and renewal — shape how I now work as a counsellor and supervisor. The clinical training is recent. The experience of being inside ministry, with its demands and quiet costs, is long.
My supervision focus is on pastors, chaplains, and helping professionals — those whose work involves carrying others, and who need a thoughtful, grounded space of their own. I also see counselling clients individually, and work with couples.
My approach draws on narrative therapy — understanding and re-authoring the stories we live by — alongside Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and trauma-informed practice. The integrating thread is a way of working that takes the whole person seriously: emotion, body, story, meaning, and, where invited, spirituality. The posture is calm, attentive, and unhurried.
Walking alongside people in moments of calling, change, grief, and growth.
How I Work
The Whole Person Taken Seriously
I'm interested in more than presenting symptoms. I work with story, emotion, body, belief, pressure, and meaning — and where it matters to the person, the spiritual life as well. The modalities I draw on (narrative therapy, CBT, trauma-informed practice) sit inside that wider commitment.
From Inside the Work
I'm not supervising or counselling from the outside. Twenty-five years of teaching, leading teams, and walking with people through hard seasons mean I know the demands ministry and helping work make on a person — and that experience comes with me into the room. For supervisees especially, it often means we can move past explaining the territory and into the actual work more quickly.
A Reflective Space
The work is contemplative in pace. There is space to think, room for the inarticulate first attempt at saying something difficult, and full confidentiality. The pace and posture are consistent across counselling and supervision alike.
Selected Qualifications
Clinical Qualifications
Graduate Diploma in Counselling — University of Canberra
Graduate Certificate in Supervision — Australian Catholic University
Accredited Prepare/Enrich Facilitator
Ministry and Theological
Master of Arts (Theology) — Ridley Theological College
Master of Philosophy — Australian Catholic University
Bachelor of Theology (Honours) — University of Divinity
Graduate Certificate in Arts — Australian Catholic University
Advanced Diploma in Ministry — University of Divinity
Diploma of Ministerial Formation — University of Divinity
Professional Memberships and Accreditation
Member of the Australian Counselling Association (Level 1)
Working toward accreditation with the Australian Christian Counsellors Association (ACCA)
Let's begin with a conversation
A first conversation is a gentle starting point — a chance to explore what you're looking for, and whether this practice is the right fit for you.
You can read more about my background and qualifications on the About page.