Counselling Services · Camperdown, NSW · Online across Australia
A place for
the whole story
The Listening Finch is a counselling practice for adults who want to slow down and understand why certain feelings, patterns or decisions keep pulling at them, rather than just finding another way to get through the week.
You might be moving through a life transition, sitting with feelings you cannot name yet, or trying to understand a part of yourself you have kept quiet about. I often work with LGBTQIA+ people, people living with HIV, and people working in the creative and performing arts.
Counselling here does not need to move quickly. We can follow what feels present, rather than what you think you are supposed to say.
“Slow is not the same as stuck”
Counselling can offer a place to slow things down enough to notice what has been hard to name. You do not need to arrive with everything clearly understood before beginning.
AREAS OF FOCUS
Who I work with
People come to counselling for many different reasons. Some of what I often sit alongside includes:
- Life transitions, such as relationship changes, health changes, loss, relocation, or decisions that feel hard to make alone
- LGBTQIA+ identity, relationships and belonging, including parts of yourself that may have been shaped by what felt safe, acceptable or expected
- Life with HIV, including stigma, disclosure, shame, relationships, health, and the gap between what you know and what can still feel difficult
- Creative or performing arts work, including uncertainty, pressure, changing careers, and the ways creative identity can become tied to confidence and self-worth
HOW I WORK
What you can expect
- Sessions with no agenda except the one you bring that day
- Space for things that have been hard to say out loud
- Room to talk about LGBTQIA+ life, HIV, or creative and performing arts work without treating those parts of your life as side notes
- Clear boundaries and confidentiality, including space to ask exactly how they work
Choosing a counsellor is personal, and it is fine to take your time deciding. My approach is person-centred: you set the direction, I follow it, and I may reflect something back, ask a question, or stay with something when it seems worth looking at more closely.
I am not going to hand you a five-step plan. Some sessions will feel like progress. Some will feel like sitting with something uncomfortable a little longer. Both can be part of the work.
SERVICES
How Can I Help?
One-to-one counselling, available in person and online. The work does not become less personal because it happens through a screen. The format is simply about what suits your life, your week, and how you prefer to meet.
In-person sessions
Face-to face counselling in a quiet room in Camperdown.
Online counselling
Video sessions from your own space, wherever you are in Australia.
Ready to Get in Touch?
Whether you know exactly what you want to work on, or you are not sure where to start, you are welcome to get in touch.
I am currently taking new enquiries, with appointments available on Tuesdays and Thursdays, in person and online.