Counselling with Essena

A grounded, trauma-aware space where you can show up as you are

A place to speak honestly without pressure, shame, or needing to hold everything together alone

I care deeply about creating a space where people feel safe, respected, and genuinely heard

Online sessions – $90/hr AUD

Contact: essena@withessena.com

Unsure if we would be a good fit? I offer a free 15-minute phone or FaceTime call. A relaxed first hello to see whether the connection feels right for you

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For teens and adults navigating

• Self-worth, identity and body relationship struggles

• Emotional overwhelm, anxiety, shame spirals or feeling “too much”

• Addiction, numbing patterns or disconnection from self

• Grief, heartbreak, family tension and difficult life transitions

• People pleasing, perfectionism and the pressure to appear fine

• Relational wounds, inner child pain and repeating patterns

• Creative blocks, sensitivity, longing and self-expression

• Online exposure, digital overwhelm and the weight of visibility

• Coercive relationships, patriarchal conditioning and cycles of abuse

• The feeling that something in you wants to change, soften or come home

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My approach is warm, relational and deeply person-centred

I don’t believe people are problems to be fixed

I believe many struggles make sense in the context of what someone has lived through, adapted to, survived, suppressed or carried alone

My work is informed by narrative therapy, nervous system awareness, somatic practices, feminist perspectives and trauma-informed care

But above all, I care about the relationship itself
Feeling safe enough to be real
Feeling less alone in what you carry
And creating space for new ways of relating to yourself and your life

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✧ Final counselling placement in progress
Bachelor of Counselling — University of the Sunshine Coast (2026)

✧ Training to become a crisis support volunteer with Lifeline Australia

✧ Intending to pursue a Master’s in Narrative Therapy and Community Work in 2027