Holistic Individual Counselling in Fremantle + Online
Explore your Inner World through a dynamic counselling journey that awakens your authentic self and activates your desire for living a courageous life.
If you’re sensitive, deep-feeling and often busy-minded, you’re my dream client.
If you’re overwhelmed with thoughts, emotions and questions, I’d love to take all of those puzzle pieces and help them make sense for you while supporting you through a more helpful way of relating to yourself, your loved ones and life.
Individual Counselling in Fremantle
Through counselling, you’ll develop sophisticated and helpful insight into your inner world, motivations, desires, needs and ways of operating. With my support, you can develop a stronger sense of self, as well as healthy ways of being in relationship with yourself and others.
I’ll engage you in discussion, reflective questions and offer helpful insights and observations to assist you to learn how to be with yourself in helpful and productive ways.
Clients often say they feel incredibly comfortable, supported and guided through their counselling journey with me. I know from experience with my clients that counselling can be an enjoyable, enlightening and truly meaningful experience.
Many of my clients look forward to their appointments and continue on long after their initial problem is addressed as they enjoy it. It’s also not uncommon to hear laughter from my counselling room as I often use humour to lighten the mood!
“Simply put, Gabriella is the reason I am finally starting to feel happy with myself. Before counselling I did not understand or feel like I had power, control or a way of understanding my emotions. I felt that everything just happened and then the real me was left picking up the pieces. Counselling with Gabriella feels like talking to a very wise friend. She takes the time to understand who you are and her process always feels like it is dictated by where my emotions want to go or what I need to explore. If you feel like you are overwhelmed and don’t know where to start, I urge you to start with just one session. Over the years I have been working with her, she has helped me understand who I am, what my emotional needs are and how to be brave and ask for what we want in life. Gabriella does all this in the most kind, caring and compassionate manner. She can make you feel safe and at home even in a new space.”
- Evie, Counselling Client
Through counselling I’ll help you…
Understand, explore and manage your emotions;
Learn to love, support and nourish yourself with compassion;
Observe and deal with your nasty inner critic that keeps you in a state of fear and self-criticism;
Understand your relationship to vulnerability and intimacy and how it influences your relationships;
Identify, articulate and express your needs, boundaries and desires;
Learn to self-soothe during times of distress and emotional overwhelm;
Draw important connections between your earlier life and current experiences;
Identify your unhelpful and unkind ways of thinking and behaving, and offer alternative strategies;
Understand how you experience yourself in family, social, work and romantic relationships;
Drop your guard and tendency to do everything yourself (hyper-independence)
Move towards living a full, courageous and purposeful life;
Embrace healthy and positive sexually and sensuality that is free of shame, judgement and fear;
Resolve conflicts in your relationships, develop better communication skills and lean-in towards love, connection and intimacy;
Be mindful and develop core meditation skills for relaxation and exploration of your inner world;
Develop a strong sense of yourself and allow your true, authentic personality to solidify;
Identify your core values of what is important to you and help you align your life towards them;
Improve your self-esteem and self-love; and
Manage and confront symptoms of anxiety, depression, stress and emotional overwhelm that have been lurking around for far too long.
Heal your inner child. Yes, it can be done!
“Everyone deserves to have an amazing counsellor. Someone who listens without judgment and makes you feel safe. Gabriella does just that, she is ready to listen and provide you with heartfelt counselling. During my counselling session with Gabriella, she has helped me to recognise and soothe my inner critic and inner child. She has also shown me ways to calm my anxiety through mediation and breathwork. Anyone who is looking for a fantastic heart-led counsellor should look no further. Gabriella is the best counsellor around and I would recommend her to anyone!”
– Fletcher, counselling client
Holistic Therapeutic Approach
Together, these approaches help you bring your unresolved emotions to the surface, observe the relationship between your thoughts, feelings and behaviour, draw connections to your current experiences to those of your childhood upbringing and family dynamics, and understand your sensitivities and strengths in relationships.
Central to my therapeutic approach is my belief that a grounded and authentic relationship with one’s self is the foundation for meaningful change and personal fulfilment.
My over-arching goal is to help you develop a loving, perceptive, wise and compassionate relationship with yourself. There’s not need to be self-critical any more!
I have unconditional positive regard and respect for my clients and the vulnerability you share with me.
I will work with you at your pace and will meet you where you’re at and truly see you for who you are.
You’ll grow in your confidence to face life’s challenges in a healthy way.
My unique magic
One of my greatest strengths is being able to hold space for deep, intense and overwhelming emotions. I provide a safe space for you to bring your whole-self into the room and leave nothing unsaid. Often, clients practice authentically being themselves in counselling, for the first time.
It is a truth that a therapist can only hold you as deeply as they have gone themselves, and my clients often note that they can completely fall apart in session and truly share what’s on their heart, while feeling resolved and relieved at the end of the session.
Working with clients’ emotional world is central to my practice, as well as privileging courage, vulnerability, resilience and authenticity as values that guide our work together.
I’m effective at getting to the core of issues, providing pragmatic guidance and helping clients put themselves together again after feeling like they’ve fallen apart or lost their way.
Ultimately, my goal is to help you develop a strong sense of Self so that you can love, trust and rely on yourself while navigating life and relationships.
Many clients come to me after not fitting with their previous therapist. With me, they feel like they found their match.
I make a conscious effort to constantly check in with you, ask for feedback, and explore how your nervous system and body are responded in our sessions, making sure you’re safe at all times.
From a trauma-informed perspective, I believe slow and steady approach keeps clients emotionally safe, and I will never, ever ask you to talk about something you don’t want to, or aren’t ready for
I will listen intently to you, what you’re looking for and design specific approaches and strategies to support your goals.
I’ll draw from a range of disciplines to customise an approach that suits you. My favourite approaches are:
Psychodynamic Therapy.
Emotion-Focused Therapy.
Narrative Therapy.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
Mindfulness-based approaches.
Person-centred therapy.
Somatic experiencing.
Internal Family Systems.
There are a lot of therapists out there, with a lot of fancy titles and degrees and letters after their name. But many therapists make you feel like a number on a conveyer belt, and that’s why so many clients don’t continue therapy and leave feeling diappointed.
I’ve made it my mission to create bespoke, unique and customised therapy for my clients, who often tell me they feel like my only client.
I can’t stand one-size-fits all approaches or therapists who don’t make an effort to get to know you. Many of my clients come to me after not getting along with their previous therapists and finding therapy not helpful.
I know that the most important factor in you having a successful therapy journey is the relationships you have with your therapist. You need to build trust, respect and feel safe with your therapist, for the journey to be beneficial.
It doesn’t matter if a therapist has 100 degrees or the most knowledge in the world: If you do not get along with them or feel comfortable with them, all of their strategies will fall on deaf ears (and an uneasy nervous system).
Thought provoking and a different perspective
“Gabriella is an amazing listener. I always feel truly heard and understood during our sessions. She creates a very safe space to be able to open up and share my thoughts/feelings with her. Gabriella also has a wonderful ability to ask very thought-provoking questions which allow me to really dig deep with in myself and see situations from a new perspective. This has allowed me to process and eventually let go of thoughts/ feelings that were not serving me in a positive way.”
- Victoria, counselling client
My Qualifications
I am a Clinical Registered Counsellor (PACFA) and hold the following reputable tertiary education qualifications:
Master of Counselling, Notre Dame University, 2015.
Master of International Health, Curtin University, 2011.
Bachelor of Social Science (Anthropology & Development), Curtin University, 2009.
Ongoing, annual professional training.
Ongoing, monthly clinical supervision.
My strong academic background coupled with regular ongoing professional development training provides me with evidence-based frameworks from which I work. I have exceptional training from reputable academic institutions that I deliver in progressive, creative and dynamic ways.
Thank you for helping me bring down my walls
“Thank you, Gabriella, for providing me with a safe space and creating an environment that I feel comfortable with: It’s this comfort that allows me to bring my walls down to share my experiences with you. Showing up for myself easier when I know have someone who will show up for me too when I need
- Harlow, counselling client
Session Details
My practice days are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Sessions are 60 and 80 minutes.
After-hours appointments are available.
Session fees are discussed when you contact.
Sessions are available in-person or online.
Medibank, BUPA, HCF, and AHM rebates are available.
Individual & couples counselling are available.
“Gabriella is extraordinarily intuitive and perceptive.”
“I have no idea how she can read my mind, remember so many details about my life and knows how I’m feeling even before I do!”
~ Caroline