The practice started with a simple purpose: to offer assessment, consultation and therapy that treats people as people — not as referral numbers.
[FROM-LOUISE: career background — settings, training, and what led to independent practice.]
I understand your experiences, identity, and needs are unique. I take a tailored and personalised approach when caring for your mental health.
We acknowledge and respect the importance of our work with, and connection to, various communities (particularly the LGBTQIAP+ community). We will strive to understand the specific contexts and experiences of the communities we support.
We will work to improve their mental health, and their lives, both at an individual level and at a community level. We will work to empower, and advocate for, disadvantaged communities. Internally, we will always strive to build a community, family, and connected culture within our team.
We will be loud leaders in the mental health space. We will be brave and courageous in our work and we will do the right thing regardless of fear.
We will be at the forefront of developments in mental health and therapy. We will use our work in mental health to make positive change in the world.
We will seek out opportunities to empower and support clients beyond the norm of therapy.
We recognise that therapists and clients have a core commonality: humanity. It is this humanity that will drive our work. We will be authentic and compassionate in our approaches and innovative, creative, dynamic, and adaptive in our work.
“Know all the theories, master all the techniques, but as you touch a human soul be just another human soul” – Carl Jung.
