Understand yourself. Find your balance. Love your life.
Brisbane Holistic Counselling
Supporting thoughtful, capable people who feel stuck in anxiety, stress and overthinking to understand themselves and move through life with clarity, compassion and inner strength
IN-PERSON COUNSELLING
Brisbane counselling sessions are available at Amy’s studio, 92 Brighton Road, Sandgate.
ONLINE COUNSELLING
Online holistic counselling sessions are available from the comfort and privacy of your home.
WALK AND TALK SESSIONS
Walk and Talk Sessions available along Sandgate waterfront.
You're holding it together on the outside but on the inside, it's a different story
Most people who find their way to me are doing everything right on paper – they have good relationships, good careers, genuine futures they care about.
However on the inside, they are tired and exhausted from the overthinking that doesn’t switch off, the anxiety that spikes from difficult situations and conversations, and the daily stress that accumulates from unresolved issues and unhelpful patterns in the background. Most of all, they often fear about getting it wrong in the relationships that matter most to them.
There is a gap between how capable they look and how pressured and tangled they feel on the inside.
It doesn’t just happen at home either, it shows up at work too. The email rewritten four times before sending, feedback that lands like a personal verdict on who they are or the meeting they spend the next hour replaying. They are often trying to get it right, everywhere, all the time.
They’ve tried to figure it out. They’ve read blogs, books and have spent more hours than they’d like to admit on Instagram accounts that promise nervous system healing in five steps. They’ve ticked off the journalling, the meditating, the breathing, the workshops and maybe even therapy – all the things that promise a better version of themselves. Yet they still find themselves in the same patterns of stress, anxiety and overwhelm.
This isn’t a knowledge, willpower or self-worth problem. It’s the disconnect between the mind and the body, the past and the present, old wounds and protectors.
Whether you’re the one who overthinks and over-gives, or the one who shuts down and can’t find the words, this work is for you.
~ KIND WORDS ~
“Working with Amy allowed me to really open and stand in my vulnerability. I discovered that I knew intellectually what was going on, but I wasn’t validating my own feelings. Amy supported me with feeling my emotions without guilt or shame.
I was able to acknowledge my own feelings and realise that I only needed my own permission. I loved talking to Amy and felt receptive and open quickly which is extremely rare. Thank you for making me feel welcome and heard.” — RS. Brisbane
I’m Amy!
A registered, tertiary-qualified holistic counsellor in Brisbane QLD, where I work with people mostly in their twenties and thirties – people who are self-aware enough to know what they’re doing, and honest enough to admit they can’t seem to stop.
Most of what’s out there gives you information, frameworks… a five-step process. Something to understand, practise, implement. And for a while it can feel like progress but when the next hard conversation, obstacle or challenge hits, you spiral and end up back where you started – or worst.
What I offer is different, not because I have better information, but because change doesn’t just happen through information and sheer willpower. It happens through experience. Through having someone sit with you in the hard stuff, consistently, over time. Someone who isn’t overwhelmed by your depth or messiness or imperfections, who can see the pattern you’re in while you’re still inside it, and who can help you feel something different rather than just think something different.
~ KIND WORDS ~
“Working with Amy has allowed me to recognise feelings and parts of myself that I have masked for many years.
The way she has allowed for silence, processing and tears has made me feel like I was in an incredibly, safe environment. Allowing emotions to flow through me and the fact that that is okay to do, has allowed me to feel lighter and more clear.
The unpacking and acceptance of the trauma I have experienced through my life, has allowed me to accept parts of myself I didn’t think I could. It’s an incredible feeling to feel full and not locked into my emotional past. This is my time, my body, my life. Thank you.” — PS, Brisbane
What is Holistic Counselling?
Think of yourself like an onion, made up of many layers.
There’s your thoughts, emotions, body, and inner world. There are also deeper layers – your past, your family, the environments you’ve moved through, and the ways you’ve learned to feel safe, cope, and belong. Over time, these layers shape how you respond to life. They influence your patterns, your habits, and the way you relate to yourself.
Holistic counselling gently explores all of this. Not just what’s happening on the surface, but what sits underneath – the roots, the patterns, the protective parts, and the environments that shaped them.
It also makes space for a different question, ‘who are you underneath all of that?’ Beyond the roles, the habits, and the ways you’ve had to adapt, what actually feels true for you? What do you need? What supports you? What brings you to life?
This is the work. Not fixing one issue, but understanding the whole of you, so you can move through life in a way that feels more steady, aligned, and your own.
Counselling is simply having someone walk alongside you as you explore all parts of yourself and your life, and begin to bring more of what’s true for you into how you live.
Holistic counselling is about understanding yourself and learning how to work with yourself, not against yourself.
Working with Amy is for people who want more than coping strategies or surface-level advice.
People who want to:
- understand themselves more deeply
- feel steadier within themselves
- stop getting pulled into the same internal patterns
- communicate more clearly and honestly
- navigate relationships and life with more clarity and self-trust
- feel less overwhelmed by their thoughts and emotions
- create lasting change, not just temporary relief.
Amy’s approach is holistic, grounded, and non-clinical. The goal isn’t perfection or fixing yourself. It’s learning how to understand yourself better, build inner strength and compassion and move through life with more clarity and ease.
Holistic counselling can help with:
- Anxiety and depression
- Stress and overwhelm
- Loneliness and loss of connection
- Understanding repeating life patterns
- Lack of direction, joy and/or spark in life
- Limiting beliefs and self-sabotaging behaviours
- Making changes and transitions in life, health, career, study
- Self awareness and understanding
- Self-esteem and personal growth
- Improving communication and relationship skills
- Healthy mind habits and coping tools for life
Here’s what working together actually looks like.
We start with either an initial session or a free 15-minute conversation so you can hear my voice, get a feel for whether this is right, and ask whatever you need to ask.
After that, we meet regularly usually weekly or fortnightly to begin with – either in person at my practice in Sandgate, or online. We go at a pace that suits you and work together towards your goals and anything that comes up in between.
The changes don’t come all at once, but people generally feel something shifting within the first few sessions.
It’s not a dramatic transformation but subtle shifts over time. This can look like a situation or an issue that may have previously derailed you, but this time it doesn’t. Maybe it’s even a conversation that goes differently or a moment where you catch yourself and think, that’s new.
~ KIND WORDS ~
I really appreciated Amy’s ability and capacity to see all part of me. I felt truly held and safe during our session. Her softness and gentleness really helped me feel nurtured as I opened up and shared what wanted to be shared.” — JT, Brisbane
Remember you don’t have to have it all figured out before you reach out. The first step is booking your initial session or a 15-minute complimentary conversation to give us a chance to talk and see if this feels right. If you’re not quite there yet, that’s okay too. The free resources are a good place to start.
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