The questions people ask most

I work with neurodivergent women, trans and non-binary adults across Australia. A lot of the people I see are making sense of late-discovery ADHD or autism, late-discovery queerness, or both. We often work with perfectionism, burnout, complex trauma, self-worth, and relationships.

This service is for people aged 18 and over. Many of the people who find me have tried mainstream services before and felt misread or pathologised by them.

Yes. I am a queer, AuDHD, disabled counsellor, and I am open about that so you can choose someone you feel safe working with. My practice is feminist and anti-oppressive, neurodiversity-affirming, and trauma and violence informed, and I work from Health at Every Size principles.

Affirming, for me, is not a label on a page. It means we do not treat your neurotype or other forms of divergence as a problem to fix. We pay attention to the systems and relationships that shaped how you came to see yourself, rather than locating the fault in you.

Yes. Because systems shape so much of what my clients carry, I offer advocacy support alongside therapy, so you have someone in your corner when you are dealing with them. You do not have to face them alone.

Yes. The practice is online only, delivered by telehealth, so I can work with people anywhere in Australia. You do not need to live near me to work with me, which matters when affirming, neurodiversity-aware care can be hard to find locally.

Online therapy is well supported by research, which finds it can be as effective as in-person work for many people and many concerns.

A lot of people find they settle more easily at home, with their own comforts around them. You get to choose the setting where you feel most able to talk.

Both. You can have sessions over Zoom with video and audio, or by phone if that suits you better.

Zoom gives us a shared online whiteboard, which is useful when we want to map something out visually or use a visual tool together. Phone lets you sit wherever you feel most comfortable, rather than at a screen. Some people find video calls more tiring and prefer audio only. We can also move between the two as we go, depending on what might be safest and most effective for you at that time.

A standard session runs for 60 minutes, with a further 10 minutes afterward set aside for reflection and record keeping. If you would prefer more room in a single sitting, I also offer 90-minute sessions.

The Making Sense of Your Body therapy intensive uses a mix of 60 and 90 minute sessions, set out on the intensive page.

Yes. Because the relationship is the foundation of this work, I offer a free 20-minute call before we begin. It is a chance to get a sense of whether I might be the right fit for you, with no pressure to continue.

You can request a call through the therapy enquiry form. If it feels like a fit, we book your first session from there.

Counsellors and psychologists both provide talk therapy, but they train differently, are registered differently, and relate to Medicare differently. I am a counsellor registered with PACFA, the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia, and I am trained to provide long-term depth therapy.

Psychologists are registered with AHPRA and can offer Medicare rebates when you have a Mental Health Care Plan from your GP. Counselling does not attract a Medicare rebate, so my work is private pay. What private pay makes room for is continuity. We are not capped at a set number of subsidised sessions a year, there is no diagnosis recorded for the purpose of a rebate, and we can work at the depth and pace the work needs. You can read more on the Rates and Rebates page.

Counselling with a registered counsellor does not attract a Medicare rebate, because counsellors and psychotherapists currently sit outside Medicare. If a Medicare rebate is essential for you, the pathway is to see your GP about a Mental Health Care Plan and a referral to a psychologist or another Medicare-eligible provider.

Many private health funds do offer rebates for counselling, and I am a recognised provider with a number of Australian funds. You can find the current fund list and the full explanation on the Rates and Rebates page.

I use a four-tier sliding scale so therapy can be accessed at more than one price point. You place yourself on the scale. There is nothing to prove and no need to justify the rate you choose. The tiers are Redistribution, Full Cost, Supported, and Solidarity, and the scale is redistributive by design, so one person choosing the Redistribution rate funds one reduced place below it.

All rates are inclusive of GST. You can see the rates, what each tier means, and which rates are open right now on the Rates and Availability pages.

When you begin ongoing work with me, a regular time becomes yours. The same day, the same time, held for you. You do not rebook week to week, and you are not competing for a slot each time you need one.

Depth work needs that kind of consistency, a dependable space you can settle into and return to. It is also a values stance. You never have to perform a good enough reason to use the time, because the time is already yours. You can read more about the reserved space and why I work this way on the Reserved Space page.

The reserved-space fee builds in four free cancellations each year, no reason needed, with a week's notice.

Beyond that allowance, a cancelled session is charged at your usual session rate, understood as holding the time that stays yours. If something comes up, I will always try to find another time first, within the week before, during or after the scheduled session, so a charge is recoverable rather than a penalty. If I cancel, you are never charged. The full terms live on the Cancellation and Payment Policy page.