Supporting healing and integration
Become who you are.
- F R I E D R I C H N I E T Z S C H E
My counselling approach aims to promote self-awareness, self-compassion and personal well-being. My intention is to support your healing, and the health of the relationship you have with yourself and the connections you have with others.
At the core of the work we do is the idea of integration, which involves observing and acknowledging different aspects, or parts, of ourselves, befriending these parts, and connecting these parts of ourselves. The outcome of the work is a greater capacity to access and experience our wise Self. With our wise Self, and an increase in our resources for emotional regulation and new strategies, we have a sense of calm spaciousness and clarity; we have the ability to be creative, responsive and flexible, rather than reactive and rigid; we experience curiosity; we experience confidence and courage; we have self-compassion rather than self-criticism and self-judgement; and we enhance our connectedness to ourselves and others.
Raquel Low
Counselling Psychologist Melbourne
B.A.; Grad. Dip. Ed. Psych.; M. Psych. (Couns.); Dip. Trans. Couns.; Dip. Clin. Hyp.; C.P.A.T
MAPS, FCCOUNP, AHPRA
I am a Counselling Psychologist with experience and commitment to working with you in a process which recognises that every person is inherently capable of self-awareness and self-compassion, growth and change, and living life adaptively and flexibly.
I am here to help you recognise and transform some of the limitations that have developed due to past experiences or early attachment relationships; to support you in restoring trust in your self; to help you become more able to regulate and tolerate emotions; to live with self-agency; and to support you in uncovering your unique wants and needs.
My approach supports you in your natural inclination to grow and become the best of who you are, while working within the most appropriate psychological frameworks and strategies that will facilitate your healing and movement toward greater well-being.
I can support you with emotional regulation, trauma therapy, anxiety and depression and other mental health issues, relationships and patterns, grief support, ADHD and executive function difficulties assessment and support, and adult autism assessment and support.
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There are a wide range of issues that can be supported with Counselling Psychology including:
Adjustment disorder
Attachment support (secure, insecure and disorganised attachment styles)
Alcohol and drug use
Anger management (ie. understanding, and regulating anger)
Anxiety disorders • Generalised anxiety disorder • Panic disorder • Specific phobia • Social anxiety disorder
Behavioural support
Bipolar Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
Crises
Depression
Disassociative disorders
Disordered eating or Eating Disorders • Anorexia nervosa • Bulimia nervosa • Binge eating disorder • ED(NOS)
Grief and loss
Life changes and transitions (marriage; parenthood; separation/divorce etc.)
Managing and regulating strong emotions
Mood disorders
Neurodivergence - ADHD and Autism (Assessement and Support)
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Parenting support
Personal development; Meaningfulness;
Phobias
Psychedelic integration
Psychosis and Schizophrenia; psycho-spiritual crises
Relationship support
Self-esteem and confidence
Sleeping issues
Stress Management
Trauma • Acute • Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) • Complex (C-PTSD)• Developmental • Interpersonal • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) • abuse and neglect
Work and Career support
There are many other areas of your life experience that can be supported through the counseling process. Please contact me if you have questions and to explore if Psychology could be helpful for you.
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I work with teenagers in much the same way as I do with adults. My key focus is to support you with managing your current concerns, for example, your relationships, your emotions, your thoughts or your behaviours. My aim is to facilitate your ability to become more self-aware, self-compassionate and self-confident, feel more emotionally calm, and make positive choices and changes in your life.
If you are under 18 years old, I have an initial session with your parent(s)/guardian(s) to get a history of you and their ideas about what they think is going on for you right now. After this session, I meet with you for two – three sessions. Then, while most of what we talk about will remain confidential, I meet again with your parent(s)/guardian(s) to give relevant feedback that will facilitate their ability to best support you.
Seeking support early, even if you are unsure if you need it or you are unsure how helpful it will be, has a demonstrated positive impact on your current well-being, and long-term psychological health.
There are a range of issues that can be supported in counselling including:
Anxiety and panic
Being bullied
Decision making
Depression
Difficulty adjusting to changes, such as parents separating or transitions from school or to University
Disordered eating
Friendship, parent and relationship support
Grief and loss
Lack of motivation, procrastination or a decline in interest/performance at school
Managing strong emotions or mood changes
Overcoming negative experiences
Risk-taking behavior or behavioural issues
School refusal
Self esteem and self-confidence
Self-harm
Stress Management
There may be other areas of your life experience that can be supported through the counseling process. Please contact me if you have questions and to explore if Psychology could be helpful for you.
“WHEN THOSE ASPECTS (OF OURSELVES) THAT HAVE BEEN UNCONSCIOUSLY REFUSED ARE RETURNED, WHEN THEY ARE MADE CONSCIOUS, ACCEPTED, TOLERATED OR INTEGRATED, THE SELF CAN THEN BE AT ONE, THE NEED TO MAINTAIN THE SELF-CONSCIOUS EDIFICE DISAPPEARS, AND THE FORCE OF COMPASSION (IS) AUTOMATICALLY UNLEASHED.”
- Mark Epstein