Holistic Lifestyle Practice

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We provide trauma-informed, evidence-based psychological therapy for mental health, disordered eating, eating disorders, relationship therapy and clinical supervision via telehealth around Australia.

12/11/2025

Sometimes we have to do hard things.

Not because we’ve done something wrong, but because life asks us to grow in ways we never planned for or expected.

Doing hard things might look like getting out of bed when your heart feels heavy,
Saying no when you want to please everyone,
Showing up for yourself when it feels easier to disappear,
Setting a boundary that works for you and not others.

If you’re doing something hard right now, please know —

You’re not alone
You’re not weak
You’re not failing

You’re human.
And you’re learning to honour your needs, one step at a time.

Even the smallest step forward matters and if you need support along the way, I’m here.

Kellie
AMHSW
Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner
Clinical Supervisor

Holistic Lifestyle Practice
admin@holisticlifestylepractice.com.au
0459946832

* Mental health clinicians seeking supervision*As mental health clinicians, we’re trained to think critically, assess an...
28/10/2025

* Mental health clinicians seeking supervision*

As mental health clinicians, we’re trained to think critically, assess and intervene within clear frameworks of evidence and ethics — all of which are essential.

Yet, many of us have also been socialised to distant ourselves from our intuition.

We’re taught to privilege logic over felt experience.
To hold neutrality even when our bodies whisper otherwise.
To value what can be measured over what can only be sensed.

So how did we get so disconnected from our intuition?

Women are often more intuitive and here (400 - 600 years ago) is where things are thought to have shifted:

1. The coloniality matrix of power - control of economy, control of authority, control of gender and sexuality and control of knowledge and subjectivity. (emergence of patriarchy/certain religion)

2. The witch wound - hundreds and thousands of women (and some men) were accused of witchcraft, tortured and executed. Many of those were healers, midwives, herbalists or just lived outside societal norms. Over generations, the fear of persecution was internalised and it might show up today as imposter syndrome, fear of being "too much", hiding intuitive aspects of work or disconnection of bodies, cycles and nature.

3. Marginalism – was constructed over time - usually being male, European, higher cast, affluence, money = logical and reason. Females, indigenous, nature, animism, intuition = not logical.

4. Animism - everything is alive, interconnected and imbued with spirit — not just humans, but animals, plants, rivers, mountains, weather, ancestors and even the unseen = not logical therefore: bad. (even though many indigenous cultures have language for this).

For many of us in the helping professionals — counsellors, social workers, psychologists etc — this plays out as tension between embodied wisdom and clinical conditioning.

If this resonates for you:

I have individual clinical supervision vacancies available now
I have started a waitlist for group supervision for 2026 where we will be exploring intuition, somatic wisdom and embodied practice.

Connect with me here on Facebook or 0459946832 or email admin@holisticlifestylepractice.com.au for further information.

References:
The intuition toolkit (Joel Pearson)
Witch (BBC podcast)
Caliban and the Witch (Silvia Federici)
Coloniality and modernity/rationality (Aníbal Quijano)
Dr Amber Mczeal (Decolonizing the Psyche)

At Holistic Lifestyle Practice, we honour these inner places of wholeness — guiding you back to connection, compassion a...
11/09/2025

At Holistic Lifestyle Practice, we honour these inner places of wholeness — guiding you back to connection, compassion and the wisdom your body already carries.

Offering telehealth counselling & supervision across Australia.

admin@holisticlifestylepractice.com.au or 04599 46832

🌬️ Sometimes the simplest practices are the most powerful.✨ Breathe in calm.✨ Breathe out stress.A reminder that slowing...
09/09/2025

🌬️ Sometimes the simplest practices are the most powerful.

✨ Breathe in calm.
✨ Breathe out stress.

A reminder that slowing down, even for a few breaths, can shift your whole day. 💚

What do you need to breathe in today? And what can you let go of on the exhale?

06/09/2025

When food struggles cause stress, anxiety, or affect growth and health, it could be early warning signs of eating disorders like Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID).

You don’t have to work this out on your own. We’re here to offer a supportive space and expert guidance to help you understand what’s happening early, before it becomes more serious.

Join Paediatric Dietitian Dr Lyza Norton for a FREE 15–20 minute one-on-one Q&A session. This is a chance to have your questions answered in a supportive, informal online chat about what you’re observing at home.

Grab a coffee, bring your concerns or questions, and Dr Norton will provide expert insights to help you understand what’s happening and figure out your next steps.

Our Next Drop-In Session:
Date: Wednesday, September 10 (sessions run fortnightly)
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM AEST
Individual, one-on-one support

Secure your spot here: https://edfa.org.au/nourish-nurture-notice/drop-in-sessions/

Healing doesn’t stop with us - it ripples forward and back, but ultimately creates more space for compassion, belonging ...
05/09/2025

Healing doesn’t stop with us - it ripples forward and back, but ultimately creates more space for compassion, belonging and wholeness.

🌱 SAGE group supervision for mental health practitionersSAGE is a 4-month, reflective group supervision journey in conne...
01/09/2025

🌱 SAGE group supervision for mental health practitioners

SAGE is a 4-month, reflective group supervision journey in connection, deep wisdom and embodied practice.

Each session blends case-based supervision, peer support and embodied reflection practices, focusing on:

Somatic Wisdom → Cultivating awareness of body cues in practice

Ancestral Healing → Honouring intergenerational knowledge and strengths

Grounded in Lifestyle Medicine → Using evidence-based wellbeing practices for clinicians & clients

Embodied Practice → Integrating embodiment into clinical work

✨ Structure

Frequency: Monthly sessions for 4 months

Duration: 1.5 hours each session

Format: Online via Zoom (accessible nationwide)

Cost: $320 for 4 sessions

Register (or questions to Kellie): admin@holisticlifestylepractice.com.au

✨ Free Webinar for Mental Health Clinicians ✨Beyond the Business: Building a solo private practice that works for you.St...
31/08/2025

✨ Free Webinar for Mental Health Clinicians ✨

Beyond the Business: Building a solo private practice that works for you.

Starting a private practice can feel overwhelming. Between the logistics, the values that drive your work and the need to stay grounded in your own body, it’s easy to lose sight of what matters most.

Kellie has been in private practice since 2017 and has built up a thriving business. She is now sharing her journey with others in this free online webinar.

This webinar is designed for mental health clinicians in Australia who are considering solo private practice or already starting out.

We’ll look at:

✅ Practical steps to get started
✅ Aligning your practice with your values so it feels authentic
✅ Somatic tools to keep you grounded and doing the work you most love.

📅 Date: 26th September
🕖 Time: 07.00am (ASWT) 1 hour
📍 Online via Zoom (please note this session will be recorded)

👉 Register here: admin@holisticlifestylepractice.com.au

If you’re ready to go beyond the business and create a solo private practice that truly works for you, I’d love you to join me.

✨ Free Online Webinar for Mental Health Clinicians ✨You are warmly welcomed to my upcoming free webinar:“Integrating lif...
31/08/2025

✨ Free Online Webinar for Mental Health Clinicians ✨

You are warmly welcomed to my upcoming free webinar:

“Integrating lifestyle medicine and ancestral wisdom: a fresh lens for mental health clinicians”

Over the past few years, I’ve been immersing myself in the emerging field of Lifestyle Medicine, exploring how the six pillars—nutrition, movement, restorative sleep, stress reduction, substance reduction (including tech) and social connection—can transform mental health outcomes.

Alongside this, I bring knowledge and lived practice in ancestral wisdom traditions, drawing on ways of knowing that honour story, ritual, land and connection.

This journey has led me to embark on my next step: beginning my Master of Lifestyle Medicine (HDR) research next year, focusing on integrating lifestyle and ancestral medicine and wisdom can contribute to the mental health space in Australia.

In this free webinar, I’ll share:

🌱 An introduction to lifestyle medicine in the mental health context
🌱 Conceptualising ancestral medicine and wisdom and how it can offer a deeper layer of meaning, belonging and healing
🌱Current research and research gaps
🌱 Practical reflections for clinicians to bring into their own work and lives (including scope of practice)

📅 Date: 19 September
🕖 Time: 07:00am (ASWT) (1 hour)
📍 Online via Zoom (please note the session will be recorded)

Register here: admin@holisticlifestylepractice.com.au

Kellie

12/08/2025

Introducing Guest Speaker Danae Beckwith

✨ Meet Our Guest Speaker – Danae Beckwith! ✨

We're thrilled to welcome Danae Beckwith from Intimacy, a passionate sexologist and educator, to our 30th Anniversary Celebration! 🙌

Danae will be leading the panel discussion “Say Yes to Boundaries and Consent” – a must-hear talk that dives into what it truly means to feel safe and empowered in your body, relationships, and everyday life.

Her warm, no-nonsense approach to sexuality, safety, and connection has inspired many – and we know you’ll walk away feeling informed, uplifted, and maybe even a little transformed!

🗓 Don’t miss your chance to be part of this empowering evening September 5th at 5:00pm!

🎟 FREE entry – but bookings are essential. https://www.bunburyentertainment.com/whats-on/womens-health-week/

📲 Register now and tag a friend who needs to hear Danae’s message!
thank you to for supporting this event.

We know that carers have a critical role in eating disorder recovery, and as a result, carers often experience significa...
30/07/2025

We know that carers have a critical role in eating disorder recovery, and as a result, carers often experience significant physical and emotional distress.

EDFA’s Fill The Gap Counselling (FTG) service was established In 2023 to address the lack of targeted, specialised, lived-experience Informed support.

Join us at this FREE webinar for carers, clinicians, and anyone looking to learn more about EDFA’s Fill The Gap Counselling service.

Please note this webinar is FREE and open for both EDFA members and non-members.

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/iuCJw1g_R4yj6mHzVXE--w #/registration

18/07/2025

We’re excited to announce that guided, online Brief Binge Eating eTherapy (Brief BEeT) sessions are now available for young people with the support of an eheadspace clinician!

Earlier in the year we teamed up with InsideOut Institute for Eating Disorders to bring Brief BEeT for free to young people aged 16 – 25 years.

Young people can now complete Brief BEeT:
• Online, with guidance from a eheadspace clinician 💬
• Online, at their own pace 💻
• With in-person support at a local headspace centre 🏡

Whatever suits your young person best! If you’re a parent or carer and you’d like to learn more, click here: http://bit.ly/44qCCln 💚

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Kellie Hansen is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker with over 6 years of experience working in Bunbury and Melbourne communities. She takes a strength based, trauma informed, holistic and collaborative approach that is sensitive to her client’s needs, to build trust, safety and rapport within the therapeutic relationship.

Kellie has worked with children, adolescents, adults, couples and families in a range of areas including domestic violence, sexual assault, war trauma and torture, neurological conditions, Employee Assistance Programs and forensics. She has experience supporting people with depression, anxiety, grief and loss, suicidal ideation, chronic pain, life limiting illnesses, trauma, stress management, relationship issues, parenting, anger and psycho education.

Luna, an Australian Cobberdog has recently joined Kellie as a certified therapy dog through Therapy Dog Australia and is working alongside Kellie to provide Animal Assisted Therapy.

Kellie’s interest area also includes nutrition and mental health. This has led to her currently studying a Certificate in Nutritional Advice to further explore the impact that nutrition has on mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety.