Practitioners

Julie-Anne Smith

Counselling (Couples & Relationships) M.A Psychoanalysis (Clinical & Theoretical studies) M.A Media Communications (Online Identity) M.A B.A & Dip. Ed. Australian Centre for Psychoanalysis Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia Vic. Teachers
Individuals
Couples
Children or adolescents
Availability
Saturday

In our personal and professional lives, experiences affect us. Our sense of well-being can inspire our curiosity, productivity and creative pursuits. It can contribute to how we live well, while also enrich our relationship with others.

When we reflect on our life experiences, we may ask ourselves what we want out of our life? We may consider different ways of being in relationships with others or uphold our ideals. However, as we seek an authentic sense of our identity, we may also encounter limits to what we can have and do.

During times of change, our agency can be challenged by others ‘as if’ our sense of autonomy was made to be almost impossible to overcome. Sometimes, our experiences are made more difficult when it becomes necessary to let things go. Experiences of loneliness, grief over the loss of someone you loved or feeling isolated, are never easy to work-through on your own.

Psychotherapy is a creative process that allows you the space to explore the important things, which may have also affected you. Through this work, you may also discover other ways in which to enjoy life anew.

Working with you

Psychotherapy is a talking therapy. By speaking freely about your everyday life experiences, relationships, happenstance events, dreams and wishes, deeper questions about your life, love and beliefs will unfold. Your history tells a story from the time before and after you were born. The pathway of your life experiences, surprises and misfortunes, reveal patterns that have shaped your actions with others. Your mind may affect you as though it has a will of its own, or be more ‘at ease’ and present within you.

By speaking openly, we will work together to enable you to discover what you can make possible in your life.

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Meet our therapists

Our therapists are experienced and offer a range of therapeutic approaches