You are not alone in it
Hearing your own experience in someone else’s words can ease shame in a way little else does.
Services
Group Counselling
You are not the only one
Small, facilitated groups where shared experience is part of the support
One of the loneliest parts of a hard time is believing you are the only one going through it.
Group counselling brings together a small number of people facing something similar. You talk, you listen, and you discover that the thing you have been carrying quietly is familiar to someone else in the room. That recognition can shift something that thinking it through alone often can’t.
I facilitate every session — holding the structure, keeping the space safe and respectful, and making sure everyone who wants to speak has room to. You are never put on the spot. Listening is taking part too.
Why a group can help
Some things are easier to understand alongside other people than across a desk from one.
Honest reflection
Feedback from people who genuinely understand lands differently from advice.
Practice in real time
A group is a safe place to try out speaking up, setting a boundary or asking for support.
Learning from others
You see how other people are coping, and take what fits for you.
Connection and belonging
Isolation eases when you sit regularly with people who know what you are dealing with.
Affordable support
Group sessions cost less per session than individual counselling.
How a group runs
- A conversation first. We meet one-to-one before you join, so I can hear what you are hoping for and we can both feel confident the group is a good fit.
- Small and consistent. Groups are deliberately small, with the same people each week, so trust has a chance to build.
- A clear agreement. Everyone agrees at the outset to confidentiality, respect and turning up. That agreement is what makes honesty possible.
- Gently structured. Sessions have a shape — a check-in, a focus for the week, and time to reflect — but there is always room for what people bring.
- Your pace. You choose what you share and when. Nobody is ever made to speak.
Groups run for 90 minutes over a set number of weeks. For current groups and dates, and to ask for current group fees, please get in touch. More about payment and rebates is on the Fees & Rebates page.
Is a group right for you?
Groups suit people who feel isolated in what they are going through, who learn well from others, or who want to practise connecting in a supported setting. Many people do group work alongside individual counselling, and the two work well together.
A group may not be the right starting point if you are in crisis, or if what you are working through needs the privacy and pace of one-to-one sessions first. If that is where you are, individual counselling is the better place to begin — and a group may still suit you later.
If you are unsure, just ask. I am happy to talk it through honestly, including telling you if I think something else would serve you better.
Interested in joining a group?
Get in touch to hear what is running, or to register your interest in a group that suits you. It is a confidential, obligation-free conversation — no referral needed.