Fresh Horizons Counselling

23/12/2025

Fresh Horizons Counselling will be closed from lunchtime on Tuesday, 23 December, and will reopen on Monday, 19 January. During this period, I will be unavailable for appointments, and phone contact.

Support Options During the Closure
If you need immediate emotional support while the practice is closed, the following services are available 24/7:

Lifeline
Phone: 13 11 14
Web: https://www.lifeline.org.au
Su***de Call Back Service
Phone: 1300 659 467
Web: https://www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au
MensLine Australia
Phone: 1300 78 99 78
Web: https://mensline.org.au
Beyond Blue
Phone: 1300 22 4636
Web: https://www.beyondblue.org.au
These services offer immediate emotional support, crisis counselling, and guidance if you're feeling overwhelmed or need someone to talk to.
Have a wonderful holiday season, may it be filled with peace, community and connection.
Thank you to my amazing clients, colleagues and community for making 2025 a remarkable year.

Beyond Blue is here to help – whether you're seeking mental health info or free, qualified support via chat or phone. Find a life beyond the blues today.

15/12/2025

As Australia grapples with the aftermath of the Bondi tragedy, I have worked closely this morning with clients who are struggling to cope with the overwhelming emotions of grief and fear that this tragedy has raised in them. As I unequivocally condemn such violence, I also call upon all Australians to stand together in unity and strength against senseless acts of violence. It is imperative that we offer love, compassion and support to one another, as this terrorist act can have far-reaching consequences for our community and let us unite in support of one another as one people, one community. Our nation, Australia, is built on the values of opportunity, community and equality for all. If you are struggling at this time, reach out. You are not alone.

If you require crisis support, please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14. For further information on depression, please contact Beyondblue on 1300 224 636 or consult your GP, local health professional, or someone you trust.

04/12/2025

✨ Exciting Professional Milestone ✨
I’m delighted to share that I have successfully completed the Advanced Clinical Training in Resource Therapy, endorsed by Resource Therapy International (RTI).
This specialized program is designed exclusively for certified Clinical Resource Therapists and focuses on deepening advanced competencies in parts work across diverse presentations including ADHD, dissociation, psychosis, and depression. With guest presenters offering specialist expertise, the training is CPD-eligible and provides endorsed certification for professional development tracking.

I feel deeply fortunate to have been guided by Philipa and Chris, whose leadership and wisdom have been both inspiring and grounding. To have trained alongside such a remarkable group of professionals; each of whom I hold in the highest regard, has been an experience of immense value.
Resource Therapy has profoundly transformed the way I work, not only with trauma clients but with all clients alike. It has given me a framework that is both compassionate and practical, allowing me to meet people where they are and support them in ways that honor their unique strengths and needs.
This journey has been more than professional development—it has been a reshaping of how I understand healing, resilience, and the therapeutic relationship.
I’m excited to bring this advanced training into my supervision practice and beyond, supporting clinicians to strengthen their skills, and ultimately enhancing care for the clients and communities I/we serve.
Here’s to continually growing, learning, and expanding the reach of trauma-informed, integrative practice.

04/12/2025

Fresh Horizons Counselling Has a New Home in Cranbourne!
I'm excited to share that Fresh Horizons Counselling is now welcoming clients from our new practice location at:

5B Codrington Street, Cranbourne

This move marks an important step in expanding access to trauma specialised, Medicare-Rebated therapy for our local community.
Over the past months, I've also completed Advanced Clinical Resource Therapy training through Resource Therapy International, deepening my capacity to support clients navigating trauma, dissociation, attachment wounds, and complex life experiences. This approach is gentle, empowering and honours the parts of you that have worked so hard to keep you safe.

If you're seeking support that it collaborative, compassionate and grounded in evidence-based trauma care, I'd love to walk alongside you.
✅️Medicare rebated
✅️Trauma-informed, neurodivergent-affirming practice
✅️Advanced Clinical Resource Therapy offered
✅️Accredited Mental Health Social Worker
✅Accredited ️Eye Motion Desensitisation Reprocessing therapist

To book an appointment or learn more, visit www.freshhorizonscounselling.com

Here is to new beginnings, safer spaces, and the courage it takes to heal.

08/10/2025

I’ve come to understand that happiness isn’t something we stumble upon, it’s something we cultivate. It’s not dictated by circumstance, nor is it gifted by ease or luck. Happiness is a mindset, a daily choice to orient ourselves toward hope, meaning, and possibility, even when adversity has left its mark.
Running my own therapy practice has been both a privilege and a profound act of self-belief. Fresh Horizons Counselling wasn’t born from perfection—it was born from persistence. From healing. From refusing to be defined by the hardest chapters of my story. I didn’t arrive here untouched by trauma; I arrived here because I chose not to let trauma be the final word.
We all carry lived experiences. Some are tender, some are jagged, some are still unfolding. But trauma, I believe, is not what happened to us—it’s how we recover. It’s the process of reclaiming our voice, our agency, our joy. It’s the quiet courage of showing up for ourselves again and again, even when the world has tried to convince us otherwise.
In my practice, I witness this courage daily. I see clients choosing growth over fear, connection over isolation, self-compassion over shame. I see the radical power of mindset; how a single shift in perspective can open doors to healing that once felt sealed shut.
I’ve learned that adversity doesn’t disqualify us from happiness. It deepens our capacity for it. It teaches us to savor the light, to honor the shadows, and to walk forward with both. And in choosing to lead a practice rooted in affirmation, creativity, and psychological safety, I’m choosing….every day….to model what recovery can look like when we refuse to be limited by what broke us.

10/09/2025

09/09/2025

Healing Attachment Trauma & Epigenetic Legacy

Through Eye Motion Desensitization Reprocessing therapy & Parts Work

🔹 What We Know About Intergenerational Trauma

Trauma can alter gene expression via epigenetic mechanisms (e.g., methylation of stress-related genes).

These changes can be passed in utero or through relational patterns.

Attachment trauma often shows up as:

Hypervigilance or emotional shutdown

Fear of intimacy or abandonment

Internalized shame and fragmented identity

🧠 EMDR Therapy: Reprocessing the Roots

Targets implicit relational memories stored in the nervous system

Activates and resolves maladaptive neural networks

Shown to reduce:

Cortisol levels

PTSD symptoms

Avoidant and disorganized attachment behaviors

Supports memory reconsolidation and emotional integration

Parts Work: Restoring Internal Secure Attachment

Identifies and unblends protector parts (e.g., avoidant, people-pleasing, critical)

Reconnects with exiled parts holding unmet needs and attachment pain

Builds a compassionate internal leader (Self) to foster trust and regulation

Facilitates reparenting, boundary repair, and relational resilience

Evidence Highlights

Parts work + EMDR integration improves emotional regulation and self-compassion

EMDR shown to modulate epigenetic markers linked to trauma

Parts work enhances treatment readiness and deepens EMDR outcomes

Healing attachment trauma is not just psychological, it’s biological, relational, and systemic. EMDR and parts work offer a coherent, compassionate pathway to interrupt inherited patterns and restore safety.

09/09/2025

Learn more about relational trauma and how to heal through it by calling today 0493 239 627

27/08/2025

A small gesture of solidarity and support for my local Victorian Police station. I see your pain, I walk alongside you, you are not alone.

23/08/2025

**Embracing Neurodivergence: A Personal and Professional Reflection**

Like many of my generation, I didn’t have the opportunity to explore an ADHD diagnosis until I walked that path alongside my son. What began as a quest for understanding became a profound journey of self-recognition. Suddenly, the patterns that shaped my life made sense—not as deficits, but as expressions of a beautifully wired brain.

As a trauma-informed clinician, I’ve witnessed how diagnostic labels can be weaponized—used to exclude, pathologize, or diminish. But at their core, labels are simply descriptors. They do not define us, and they should never limit our potential.

For me, ADHD is not a flaw—it’s a superpower. It fuels my creativity, my capacity to hold complexity, and my drive to innovate in spaces that demand nuance and care. And in our field, regardless of diagnosis, our role is clear: to support clients in cultivating a compassionate relationship with every part of themselves.

Neurodivergence deserves celebration, not stigma. Let’s continue to build systems of care that honour difference, empower resilience, and embrace the full spectrum of human experience.

12/06/2025

I'm incredibly blessed to be able to share in my professional journey with my mother. I get to share in our combined passion in making meaningful change and holding space for clients, even though our professional journey has respectively been quite diverse. Engaging in this forum of growth and discovery alongside my mum is truly a beautiful gift.

01/06/2025

Fresh Horizons Counselling is proudly now working alongside Real World Psychology in Cranbourne. We are grateful for this new collaboration and look forward to supporting our clients together moving forward. More information for bookings can be found at

Welcome to Cranbourne Psychology Clinic, where professional psychologist services are offered in a caring and supportive environment.