StartPoint Counselling

I was left frustrated, blaming myself for failure and beating myself up and every opportunity. After all, must be my fault. Having to live paycheck to paycheck, I couldn’t see how I could ever be in a different place.

After a lot of hard work, I ended up part owning a multimillion-dollar business. I finally thought that things were going to work out. However, the Global Financial Crises had other ideas… Eventually, things got so bad the company went into administration and I ended up bankrupt losing my house and car as well as damaging my credit rating for a period of seven years.

At the age of 50, I was faced with having to rebuild my life. I just didn’t want to do it anymore. Everything I believed in had failed again and again. I didn’t know what to do but I did know I didn’t want to do it like this anymore.

They say that if you standing in a hole then stop digging. I did that by realising that everything I based my life on to this point was unworkable. I started to question every belief I had and then started to look at the beliefs that people had who were actually achieving the things that I wanted in life.

I studied counselling because I needed to better understand what is behind people failing or being successful. It changed my understanding of life, my view of life and the results I get in life.

So now I help people to find their purpose and their power in life and relationships.

If you are looking to make a change, then your start point is a phone call away.

After overcoming all those challenges, I found myself reflecting on the things I had been through, and I started thinking about others who may be going through situations as I did. It deeply saddened me to think of others suffering, feeling alone or hopeless. It was that moment that I decided I wanted to be able to be there for others and have the skills and knowledge to be able to help them see hope again, so I did my studies and became a counsellor.

My genuine empathy for other people is what has driven my passion as a counsellor and will continue to drive it throughout the rest of my working career.

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Through this time, I realised that I could quickly and easily build rapport and understanding with people.

In 2008 I moved from New Zealand to Australia and decided that I wanted to focus on doing something that made a difference in people’s lives. This desire drove me to gain qualifications in counselling and start to work as a counsellor, firstly in my own practice but then through joining forces with Tracey at StartPoint counselling.

I have extensive life experience. I have known good times but have also experienced some of the worst things that life can throw at you. A marriage breakdown, learning to cope with the stress of being a single mum, working through job loss and struggling financially were all huge challenges that at times swapped me. While the bad times weren’t pleasant, they helped me to acquire the skills and understanding that I needed to help other people.

I’m passionate about working with couples to restore their relationships and just as passionate about working with individuals around mental health issues such as self-image, depression, domestic violence and suicidal and other self-harm tendencies.

Practical solutions to your current situation are my specialty.