Counselling and Psychotherapy in Sydney: Personalised Support for Growth and Healing
A personalised, compassionate space for growth, healing, and emotional clarity.
Counselling and Psychotherapy Services
I offer counselling and psychotherapy for children, teens, and adults who want a safe and supportive space to explore what feels difficult, reconnect with themselves, and find relief.
Whether you’re navigating stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, trauma, or simply wanting to understand yourself more deeply, therapy provides a compassionate environment where your feelings and needs are met with care, curiosity, and respect.
Grounded in a humanistic and person‑centred approach, sessions help you tune into your emotions, understand your experiences with compassion, and explore practical steps for change, all held in a warm, steady, and supportive space.
How Counselling and Psychotherapy Work
• A Relational and Collaborative Process
Therapy becomes a shared and gentle dialogue built on trust, empathy, and mutual respect.
• Emotional Support and Resilience
A safe place to slow down, process life’s challenges, and strengthen your capacity to cope and feel grounded and more connected to yourself.
• Self Awareness and Growth
Together, we explore the patterns, beliefs, and attachment experiences that shape how you feel, relate, and move through the world.
• Trauma-Informed and Emotionally Attuned Practice
Your lived experience is honoured with sensitivity and care, offering tools for healing, integration, and transformation.
I work with clients at all stages of life, offering support that is tailored to your unique needs, pace, and goals.
Meet Shirah
With over 20 years of experience as a psychotherapist, I bring warmth, presence, and systemic awareness to counselling and psychotherapy.
My style is relational and collaborative, creating a space where you can explore your thoughts, emotions, and needs in a way that feels safe and meaningful.
I draw on trauma-informed and somatic psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), emotionally focused approaches, and systemic modalities to support your journey toward clarity, resilience, and a more compassionate relationship with yourself.
Sessions offer a non-judgmental and validating environment where you can move toward deeper understanding, relief, and a sense of steadiness.
Qualifications
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MA Psychotherapy and Counselling (Distinction)
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Member of the Australian Counselling Association (ACA)
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Diploma of Professional Counselling
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Diploma of Transpersonal Art Therapy
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MBA (Hons)
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IBA (Hons)
Professional training and modalities
IFS, EFT for Individuals and Couples, Trauma Informed Psychotherapy, Neuro-affirming Therapy for ASD and ADHD, Somatic Work, Play Therapy, Suicide Prevention, Parental Counselling, Systemic Coaching and Constellations, Reiki Master.