Are you going through a tough time just now?
Feeling overwhelmed? Or stuck? Or hurt? Or lost?
Maybe you’re searching for a deeper sense of meaning or purpose in your life?
Perhaps you’re looking for support or helpful strategies for yourself or your child or family?
Or maybe you’re close to losing hope – wondering if things will always be like this. It can seem hard to know where to turn next…
Therapy is about finding your way again.
It’s about healing.
Uncovering the answers you already hold inside you.
And respecting the value of your life.
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“Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?
– Mary Oliver
With counselling and psychotherapy, we can draw upon the things that really matter to you, and use them to navigate by.
We can unearth the strengths that have sustained you, and build on them.
You’ll learn more about who you are, what makes you happy, how to enhance your relationships, and how to make decisions you’re clear and content about.
You’ll begin to restore yourself and gather your resources for the journey ahead.
You’ve already taken the first step by deciding you want something to change. That’s often the hardest step.
If you’re ready to take the next step out of pain and towards healing, contact me.
I look forward to working with you.
Gabrielle Gawne-Kelnar
One Life Counselling & Psychotherapy, Grafton
Grad. Dip. Counselling & Psychotherapy (Dux)
Master of Social Work (Professional Qualifying)
B.A. Fine Arts (Honours)
B.A. Communications Studies
MAASW (Member, Australian Association of Social Workers)
Member, Cancer Counselling Professionals (CCP)
Member, International Society for Mental Health Online (ISMHO) .
Specialties
I work with children aged 3-12, adolescents, young people and adults.
My areas of expertise include working with:
- Autistic and neurodivergent children, young people and adults.
- People living with cancer.
- People caring for a loved one with illness or disability.
- People living with depression and/or anxiety.
- People living with grief and loss.
Our counselling rooms in Grafton
My counselling & psychotherapy qualifications & experience
My qualifications, extensive experience, and passion for this work are your guarantee of a quality and caring therapy experience:
- Qualified counsellor and psychotherapist (Grad Dip Counselling & Psychotherapy).
- Qualified social worker (Master of Social Work).
- Counsellor and psychotherapist in private practice since 2008.
- Child & Family Counsellor at NSW Community Health.
- Registered member of The Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
- Member of the Cancer Counselling Professionals (CCP).
- Member of the International Society for Mental Health Online (ISMHO).
- Former Editor, The CAPA Quarterly, journal of Counsellors & Psychotherapists Assoc NSW.
- Former facilitator of telephone support groups at Cancer Council NSW.
You can find out more about my counselling qualifications and experience here.
Or read this Sydney Morning Herald article on why I became a therapist.
Counselling and psychotherapy for your life
Life can be tough sometimes. And in your unique life, with its unique circumstances and relationships, it’s probably going to be challenging in a very unique way. That’s why I tailor the therapy to suit your life by using a mix of therapeutic modalities, depending on what’s most useful to you right now.
The therapy modalities I draw from include:
- narrative therapy
- person-centred therapy
- strengths-based therapy
- trauma-informed therapy
- a neurodiversity perspective
- family systems therapy
- mindfulness
- relaxation techniques
- existential therapy
- CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy)
Some of the areas you may wish to explore include:
- anger management
- anxiety
- autism and neurodiversity support
- bereavement counselling
- cancer counselling
- being a carer of a loved one with illness or disability
- making important decisions about your life
- living with chronic or terminal illness
- depression
- climate grief or climate anxiety
- learning more about who you are and what you want in life
- living mindfully with death and existential issues
- living with loss
- fertility or infertility counselling
- family systems counselling
- grief counselling
- issues around identity
- mindfulness
- neurodiversity support
- pain management (both physical and emotional pain)
- parenting
- personal growth
- pregnancy and parenting issues
- relationship counselling
- self-esteem building
- stress reduction
- overcoming suicidal thoughts
- managing transitions in your life.
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Children’s counselling room
Located in Grafton & online
My practice rooms are in Grafton in the beautiful Clarence Valley on the Mid-North Coast of NSW, Australia.
I also offer appointments over the telephone and online.
So wherever you happen to be in the world, if you’d like to work together, please contact me.
Step into a richer life today
Contact me to see how counselling and psychotherapy can help.
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