Compassionate Counselling Services

I work with individual clients (not couples or bigger groups including families). Many of my clients are men experiencing big change. Many of my clients are also professionals or past professionals. For some clients, faith is important. 

The person-centred method (developed by Carl Rogers and widely practiced) is at the core of my counselling. This method  emphasises acceptance, deep understanding, authenticity and open-ness. We explore together your sources of strength and resilience, and the challenges you are facing. I am particularly interested in your stories and metaphors and have techniques and tools to support us to explore these. 

I hold a Masters of Pastoral Counselling (clinical) with distinction. 

I am registered with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (Certified Practicing Counsellor). I am also registered with Spiritual Care Australia. 

This means that if you want to talk about your faith and how it interacts with your life, then I am qualified to journey there with you.  That is your choice entirely. We each have our own way of understanding life and the world, for some that involves faith, for others not, and that is ok. 

My default is to provide counselling face-to-face. On-line counselling is possible too, but not my first preference for initial consultations. This is because I want to give you my best. I believe that on-line counselling is most likely to be ery effective if the client and I have a face-to-face rapport first. 

$120 for one hour, or $150 for 90 minutes.  

I have over thirty years of professional experience in the public, private and research sectors, mostly in environmental management.  I have seven university qualifications, in disciplines including engineering, science, law and counselling - which was a product of my high energy, curiosity, and journey to find myself and be enough.  I have represented Australia during work in Vietnam, Myanmar, Mexico and the US.  Counselling is the most meaningful work for me at this stage of my life. 

Sure. I come from a rural background and have been a proud Canberran for over twenty years. Outside of my professional life, I’m a husband, father, pickleball enthusiast, swimmer, and occasional (and quite average) fisherman (that is I provide safe spaces for fish too!) I have coached many junior basketball and softball teams.  I am in my late fifties, and have much life experience, which provides many connection points with my clients.