Many people are curious about counselling but aren’t quite sure what to expect. Some worry they’ll be judged, while others believe they need to be in crisis before reaching out. Counselling is simply a conversation – a safe, confidential space where you can slow down, feel heard and begin making sense of what’s happening in your life.
Whether you’re navigating a cancer diagnosis or treatment, adjusting to life after illness, processing grief, managing anxiety, facing a major life transition or simply feeling stuck, counselling offers compassionate, non-judgemental support.
I believe you are the expert in your own life. My role isn’t to tell you what to do, but to walk alongside you – asking thoughtful questions, offering guidance and providing evidence-based tools to help you access your own strengths, wisdom and resilience.
Together, we’ll explore what’s holding you back, build on your strengths and help you move towards the life you want to create.
Grief & Loss Counselling
$150/hour
Grief and loss can affect every part of life, often extending far beyond the death of a loved one. At Second Life Counselling, we provide a compassionate and supportive space to process emotional pain, significant endings, and life-changing events. This may include bereavement, illness, cancer, relationship breakdown, identity loss, career change, or anticipatory grief before a major loss occurs. Together, we’ll gently explore your emotions, make sense of your experience, honour what has been lost, and help you reconnect with yourself, your resilience, and the life ahead.
Life Transitions
$150/hour
Major life changes can leave us feeling uncertain, disconnected, or unsure of who we are becoming. We support women navigating transitions such as divorce, career change, burnout, illness recovery, post-treatment identity shifts, ageing, empty nest, grief, and personal reinvention. While change can challenge your sense of identity, purpose, and direction, it can also create opportunities for growth. Together, we’ll work to process change, rebuild confidence, and help you move forward with greater clarity, resilience, and self-understanding.
Cancer Survivorship
$150/hour
A cancer diagnosis is a deeply personal journey, often marked by fear, uncertainty and change. We support women from diagnosis and treatment through to survivorship, navigating physical changes, emotional impacts, fear of recurrence and shifts in identity. Wherever you are in your cancer experience, it can shape how you see yourself and move through the world. Together, we’ll create a safe, compassionate space to process what you’re experiencing, rebuild confidence, and rediscover meaning and direction as you navigate this chapter of life.
Journalling workshops
Group journalling workshops at Second Life Counselling offer a gentle, supportive space for women to slow down, reflect, and give voice to experiences that are often difficult to express in everyday life. Through guided writing prompts and shared reflection, these workshops use journalling as a therapeutic tool to support emotional processing, self-understanding, and healing. Writing can help us make sense of complex feelings, reduce internal overwhelm, and create distance from painful thoughts so they feel more manageable. In a group setting, there is also the added benefit of connection – hearing others’ words can reduce feelings of isolation and remind us that we are not alone in what we are carrying. There is no pressure to write “well” or share anything beyond what feels comfortable; instead, the focus is on honesty, presence, and self-compassion. Over time, journalling can help you notice patterns, reclaim your voice, and gently reconnect with parts of yourself that may have been lost or quietened through life’s challenges. Visit the Events page for more details.
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