Online counselling for adults
Counselling at Sanctuary Practice offers a reflective, collaborative space for adults navigating difficulty, change, loss, spiritual questions or the quiet weight of a demanding life.
It is a place to speak honestly, make sense of your experience and find a steadier way forward—with greater clarity, self-understanding and practical direction.
Individual counselling is currently available online across Australia.
What Counselling Can Help With
People come to counselling for many reasons. You do not need to have a diagnosis or a fully formed explanation of what is happening before you begin.
Grief, loss, and bereavement
Anxiety, stress and overwhelm
Burnout and compassion fatigue
Significant life changes and transitions
Relationship and communication difficulties
The ongoing effects of painful or traumatic experiences
Depression and low mood
Identity, meaning and vocational questions
Faith, spiritual change and questions of belief
Emotional, relational and spiritual concerns do not always fit into separate categories. Beliefs, values, faith, meaning and spiritual experience may shape how you understand yourself, your relationships and the difficulties you are facing.
Spiritually integrated counselling creates room for these dimensions when they are important to you. The process is collaborative and client-led: your beliefs, values and questions are treated with respect, and spiritual perspectives or practices are not imposed.
This may be helpful if you have an established faith, are reconsidering what you believe, have experienced change or hurt within a spiritual or religious setting, or simply want counselling that does not require you to leave an important part of yourself outside the conversation.
You do not need to belong to a particular faith tradition—or to have settled beliefs—to bring spiritual questions into counselling.
Counselling that can include your spiritual life
My Approach
My approach has three interconnected elements: a narrative orientation, selective use of evidence-based methods, and a trauma-informed, unhurried posture.
Narrative orientation
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I am interested in the stories you hold about yourself, other people and what may be possible. These stories shape how you understand your experiences and the choices available to you.
Counselling can help identify stories that have become restrictive or incomplete, recognise knowledge and strengths that may have been overlooked, and develop more spacious and life-giving ways of understanding yourself and your circumstances.
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Evidence-based methods, used selectively
Where helpful, I draw on cognitive behavioural approaches and other well-researched methods to explore patterns of thinking, feeling and behaviour that may no longer be serving you.
These methods are not applied formulaically. They are introduced when they suit your needs, circumstances and goals.
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A trauma-informed and unhurried posture
Difficult and painful experiences can continue to affect the body, relationships, sense of safety and ways of responding to the world—even when those experiences have not previously been understood as trauma.
Care is given to safety, choice and your preferred pace. You will not be pushed to disclose or explore experiences before you are ready.
Who counselling may be suited to
Sanctuary Practice may be particularly well suited to adults who are:
Carrying significant responsibility and beginning to feel the strain
Seeking counselling that is thoughtful, reflective and spiritually sensitive
Looking for a calm, unhurried space to think and process
Trying to understand emotional or relational patterns that have become difficult to shift
Navigating change in faith, identity, relationships, purpose or vocation
Wanting both deeper understanding and practical ways forward
Sessions and Availability
Sessions are currently available online throughout Australia using Halaxy Telehealth - a secure online video platform. In-person appointments in the Adelaide Hills may be added later.
A Note on Scope
Sanctuary Counselling and Supervision is not an emergency or crisis service. If you need urgent mental health support, please contact an appropriate crisis or emergency service. If you are in immediate danger, call 000.
If another practitioner or service appears better placed to support you, I will discuss this with you and, where possible, help you identify an appropriate next step. This is part of working carefully, ethically and within my professional scope.
If cost is a concern
I do not want cost to be the only reason someone goes without support. Reduced-fee places may be available for Health Care Card holders, pensioners and students, and in some circumstances of genuine financial hardship.
If cost is a concern, you are welcome to mention it when you first make contact. You will not be asked to provide a detailed justification, although the availability of reduced-fee appointments may be limited at times.
Start with a conversation
Finding the right counsellor matters. If you are ready to begin, you are welcome to book an initial counselling session directly.
If you are not yet sure whether Sanctuary is the right fit—or would like to ask a practical question before booking—you are welcome to contact me by email or text. There is no need to explain everything at this stage. A brief outline of what you are looking for is enough, and we can consider the most appropriate next step.
If you are new to counselling, or not sure what a first session involves? You might find What to Expect in a Counselling Session a helpful read before you book.
You can read more about my background and qualifications on the About page.