Freedom Unfolding

 
 
 
 

I’m Kate, a general psychotherapist, somatic (body) psychotherapist, counsellor, meditation teacher, embodiment teacher and breathing practitioner. I combine talk and somatic therapies holistically, to help people discover how to live with greater freedom, ease, wisdom, resilience, confidence, and be more of themselves. I help people anywhere in Australia and people outside Australia.

We have all experienced the self-healing mechanisms of the body, how your body can heal on its own, for example with a physical wound. It’s the same with the mind. Mind and body are not really separate. For many people, it’s a relief to experience the self-healing processes of the mind that are also possible. For many people it’s also a relief to discover that we are always more than our problems and more than what we think we are. And that we don’t have to navigate our problems on our own. In fact, healing happens mostly in relationship.

I can help people experience:

*emotional healing *nervous system regulation and becoming more grounded *greater self-acceptance and self-confidence *improved relationships and communication skills *clearer thinking and better understanding of themselves and others *connecting with their inner wisdom, intuition and strengths *releasing of body tension patterns and ways emotional pain shows in the body *improved energy regulation *becoming more embodied (living in the body) *the resources of their body *personal growth *meditation skills *spiritual growth (if desired) *finding more inner spaciousness

Because of the ways I work, I help people with various challenges. Some of the areas I can help with include:

• Anxiety; depression; difficult emotions; emotional numbness; ‘panic’ 

• Trauma; dissociation; hypervigilance; ‘hyperarousal’; ‘hypoarousal’

• Low self-esteem; shame; your inner critic; perfectionism

• Relationship challenges (any kind of relationship); insecure attachment relationship patterns; social anxiety

• Limiting thoughts and beliefs; internal conflicts

• Chronic pain; chronic fatigue; chronic illness

• Communication issues

• Lack of purpose, meaning, fulfilment in life; life goals

• Loneliness; alienation; systemic social discrimination and prejudice

• Exploring identity; connecting with your authenticity

• Attention ‘deficit’ and hyperactivity; memory issues

• Connecting with your innate spirituality

• Existential issues such as death, illness, isolation, uncertainty, change, loss, pain, freedom and choice, climate anxiety, troubling world events

• Grief and loss

• Dependencies (not addiction) and other kinds of desired behavioural changes

• Social media consumption and managing its effects

• Insomnia; sleep quality and other sleeping difficulties

• Making decisions

• Workplace issues

• Living in the world as a sensitive person

• Living in the world with disability

• Building resilience and inspiration

• Life transitions

• Your relationship with time

• ‘Obsessive compulsive’ behavioural patterns

• General life challenges

• Issues that can be helped by breathing training (such as anxiety, ‘panic’, sleep quality, chronic fatigue, chronic pain, long-Covid or other post-viral fatigue, chronic sinus and respiratory infections, hayfever, asthma, snoring, sleep apnoea, upper airway resistance, high and low blood pressure, improving physical fitness)

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What’s so beautiful about psychotherapy is that it opens us to increasingly greater and greater freedom as we progressively, gradually free ourselves from limitations, through a gentle process of unfolding. Through this process we really get to know ourselves, and discover new ways of experiencing ourselves, others, and our lives.

As we tap into our inner experience, inner healing processes, intuition and inner wisdom, we experience emotional shifts, and insights emerge. Insight into what is keeping us stuck helps us move our lives forward in more beneficial, more chosen directions. And we experience healing of difficult emotions, thoughts, beliefs and behaviours. Often enjoyable feelings arise through the process.

I offer a gentle, compassionate, unjudgemental, collaborative, personalised, non-pathologising approach, emphasising safety and personal growth. I help empower you, to help you build on your strengths, gain increased calm, self-compassion, clarity and new skills, and discover new possibilities and ways of living. I work with the inner wisdom of your own system and its inner healing processes.

I embrace a ‘person-centred’ philosophy and approach. This means I value the inherent worth and potential in every person and their natural capacity for healing and growth. It also means that I bring empathy, warmth, openness, humility and respect, emphasising client autonomy and the therapeutic relationship.

I hope you find something valuable for you here. If you’d like to explore further, I welcome you to connect with me for a complimentary, obligation-free 15-20 minute chat.