Heather is a professional counsellor and social worker who commenced fulltime counselling practice in 2002. Heather enjoys working as a person centred, trauma informed therapist assisting people to find peace in the midst of life’s challenges. Heather understands the importance of providing a counselling environment which creates safety and enables clients to actively explore their situations. Her gentle, compassionate, empathic and non-judgmental approach allows clients to quickly feel at ease. Heather utilises a holistic, biopsychosocial , approach in her work which includes having an understanding of the cognitive, physical, emotional, spiritual and social aspects of a person’s life.

Heather uses an integrated approach to counselling including neuroscience, creative therapies and cognitive approaches to assist clients to gain insight and clarity into the situations they are concerned about.

Heather has experience working with individuals, couples, children and families both in the metropolitan area of Adelaide as well as rural remote areas of South Australia and Queensland.  As well as having teaching qualifications Heather is an accredited facilitator of the Prepare/Enrich program which assists in counselling for pre-marriage and marriage counselling.

Heather is a registered supervisor with CCAA and PACFA offering supervision on an individual and group basis to other counsellors.