At First Response Counselling, I provide trauma-informed counselling for adults, adolescents, and first responders across Brisbane and Australia via secure telehealth. I understand that seeking support can feel overwhelming, especially when living with trauma, anxiety, stress, burnout, or emotional overwhelm. My approach is focused on creating a safe, respectful, and non-judgmental space where clients feel heard, understood, and supported throughout the therapeutic process.

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A Practical & Person-Centered Approach

​I believe therapy should be collaborative, practical, and supportive, focusing not only on symptoms but on truly understanding each person’s experiences and the impact of trauma, stress, and life events. My approach brings together professional training, evidence‑based therapies, and real‑world experience to offer counselling that is compassionate, grounded, and effective. I work alongside clients to build insight into their experiences, develop emotional regulation skills, process trauma safely, and strengthen strategies that support long‑term wellbeing and recovery.

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Experience Supporting Trauma & First Responders

I have over 20 years of frontline and emergency services experience working closely with individuals exposed to trauma, chronic stress, and critical incidents. This experience provides me with a practical understanding of the unique pressures faced by first responders, emergency personnel, and individuals experiencing ongoing emotional distress.

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Difficulties that I support clients experiencing include:

• Trauma & PTSD

• Complex Childhood Trauma

• Anxiety & Panic Attacks

• Burnout & Critical Incident Stress

• Dissociation & Emotional Overwhelm

• Depression & Stress-Related Difficulties

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​I use a variety of evidence-based, therapeutic approaches that are tailored specifically to meet each client's therapeutic goals, experiences and pace to support meaningful and sustainable change.  These include:

• EMDR Therapy

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

• Schema Therapy

• Parts Work Therapy

​​Qualifications and Professional Training

• Bachelor of Social Science (Counselling)

• Child Development and Effective Parenting

• Psychological First Aid

• Advanced Training in Suicide Prevention

• Facilitator, Family Connections Program (Borderline Personality Disorder)

• EMDR Qualified Therapist (Levels 1 & 2)

• EMDR: Advanced Training: Complex Trauma

• EMDR: Structural Dissociation

• EMDR: Grief and Loss

• EMDR: Advanced EMDR for Parts, Rational Trauma and Narcissism. 

• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Qualified Therapist

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Qualified Therapist

• Ego State Therapist

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Professional Experience

• Extensive experience as a school-based Counsellor

• EAP clinician for international and Australian corporations and government departments

• Specialist experience in critical incident response and post-trauma support

• Clinical work with Queensland Government agencies, including the Department of Child Safety and Bravehearts

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Professional Memberships

• Member, Australian Counselling Association (Level 3)

• Registered Private Health Fund Provider

• WorkCover Qld Provider

• Member, EMDR Association of Australia​​