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Hello and Welcome
Welcome to my practice. I'm Angela, and I'm a dedicated counsellor and psychotherapist specializing in online therapy, allowing my clients to attend sessions in the comfort, safety, and confidentiality of their homes through video or voice calls. My approach is person-centred, trauma-informed, and flexible to my clients' needs.
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Personally, I'm a huge fan of therapy. None of us have all of the answers for everything life throws at us, and when all our past strategies fail it's often time to seek a different tactic. Counselling and psychotherapy offer us that.
Below I've given you a peek into my beliefs as a therapist and how I work with clients, which may help you decide if I'm the right person for you or if another counsellor is a better fit. However you go, I wish the best on your therapeutic adventures.
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Warm Wishes,
Angela Bennett
Counsellor and Psychotherapist
BCouns; Mcouns (completion: Oct 2024)
Member of Australian Counselling Association
Mental Health & Wellbeing
My goal is to create a safe and supportive environment where clients feel secure enough to share their deepest concerns. I listen empathetically and respectfully, using my whole self to understand each client's world, situation, relationships, stresses, and concerns. Clients can expect a warm, friendly, and authentic therapy experience that fosters healing and growth.
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What I enjoy most about working with my clients is witnessing the moment when a client makes a connection that relieves their distress - that aha! moment. This powerful shift occurs as a result of the hard work they put into the therapeutic process and the insights they've gained. A heavy burden lifts, their eyes brighten, and they feel begin to feel empowered to reach their goals.
Anxiety, Depression, PTSD and More
I specialize in helping individuals navigate and overcome challenges related to anxiety, depression, PTSD, complex PTSD, interpersonal relationship struggles, ADHD, life changes, grief and loss, panic, self-harm, and existential crises.
We are all the expert in your own lives, and have within us the ability to manage through the challenges that life throws at us. By employing techniques such as Emotional Freedom Therapy (Clinical EFT), DBT, ACT, mindfulness, and psychodynamics, I tailor my approach to help my clients find a way forward that is unique and authentic to them.
Welcoming and Inclusive
I'm committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all clients.
We all grow up within family and social cultures which influence how we think and feel. Sometimes we fit-in with cultural expectations, sometimes we don't. Either way, other people's assumptions about our beliefs can get in the way of receiving effective counselling. Multicultural counselling actively includes explorations of the way that culture, faith, race, ethnicity, sexual preference, and gender impact a client. By honouring each individual's personal experience of their culture, multicultural counsellors support each client without assumptions or stereotyping. You are free to be fully yourself.
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My practice is person-centred, trauma-informed, multicultural, and allied, ensuring that everyone feels valued and respected. I primarily work with older adults, adults, and young adults (from age 12), creating a safe space for each individual to explore and address their mental health needs.
Completed Trainings
Complex PTSD Clinical Workshop:
A Comprehensive Approach to Accurately Assess and
Effectively Treat Clients with Chronic, Repeated and/or Developmental Trauma
Content: Definitions; assessment; differential diagnosis; neurobiology; memory, disassociation, shame; neural networks & therapeutic implications; attachment, psychodynamic, IFS & parts work interventions; CBT, EMDR, Somatic psychology interventions, DBT, CAM, mindfulness & yoga interventions; post-traumatic growth.
EMDR & Parts Work for Treating Complex Trauma:
Somatic Techniques to Decrease Defensiveness and Facilitate Trauma Processing
Content: Etiology and neurobiology of Complex PTSD; diagnosis and assessment tools; dissociation through the lens of Polyvagal Theory; unified theory of Parts Work; embodiment and somatic psychology; EMDR Therapy and C-PTSD protocols; 6 Pillars of Resilience.
Personal Counselling & Psychotherapy
30 min
60 Australian dollars
1 hr
120 Australian dollars
1 hr 30 min
150 Australian dollars
