About Emotiva Counselling
Our Mission
At Emotiva Counselling, my mission is to provide a warm, safe, and genuinely understanding space for individuals, couples, and families as they navigate life’s hardest moments. Drawing on both professional training and over 45 years of lived experience with trauma, grief, health challenges, relocation, perimenopause, and relationship changes, I offer trauma support, grief counselling, menopause coaching, and relationship guidance—walking alongside you with empathy and respect.
My goal is to help you:
- Feel seen, heard, and validated in your story
- Make sense of trauma, grief, menopause, and major life transitions
- Strengthen your relationships and family connections
- Build practical tools to cope, heal, and move forward
Every session is focused on supporting your mental and emotional wellbeing—helping you feel more grounded, more hopeful, and more confident in facing whatever comes next, whether it’s healing from loss, navigating menopause, or building stronger relationships.
Our Approach
At Emotiva Counselling, we provide a calm, respectful space where you can discuss your feelings openly and progress at your own pace. Recognizing that there is no one-size-fits-all plan, we collaborate to understand your unique experiences and select strategies that resonate with you. Our mental health services draw on evidence-based approaches such as:
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to gently shift unhelpful thoughts and patterns,
Narrative Therapy to explore and reshape the stories you hold about yourself, and
Solution-Focused Therapy to build on your strengths and identify practical next steps.
In addition to our professional training, our own lived experiences with trauma, grief, health challenges, relocation, and perimenopause inform our approach. This allows us to provide not just trauma support, but also to connect with you on a personal level, truly understanding how challenging life can be. Together, we aim to help you feel more supported, equipped, and hopeful about the journey ahead.
Our Team
At Emotiva Counselling, our team is united by a shared commitment to warmth, respect, and genuine care. We provide mental health services that combine professional training with real-life experience to support individuals, couples, and families through trauma, grief, relationship challenges, and life transitions. Each counsellor offers a calm, non-judgemental space where you can talk openly and move at your own pace. While our backgrounds and specialties may differ, we are all guided by the same values: Listening deeply so you feel seen and heard, working collaboratively rather than telling you what to do, using evidence-based approaches tailored to your needs, and honouring your story, your culture, and your lived experience. Whether you are seeking grief counselling for yourself, support for your relationship, or trauma support for your family, you will be met by a compassionate professional who is dedicated to walking alongside you with care and understanding.
Our Philosophy
At Emotiva Counselling, we believe that every person’s story matters and that healing begins the moment you feel truly heard. Our approach to grief counselling is grounded in warmth, respect, and genuine curiosity about your experience, rather than judgement or labels.
We view counselling as a partnership. You are the expert in your own life; our role at Emotiva Counselling is to walk alongside you, offer professional guidance, and help you uncover the strengths and resources you already possess. We move at your pace, honouring your boundaries and your readiness for change.
We also recognize the importance of both science and lived experience in mental health services. Our work is informed by evidence-based approaches as well as our own understanding of trauma, grief, and life transitions. This combination enables us to provide trauma support that is both practical and deeply human.
Above all, we believe that with the right support from Emotiva Counselling, individuals can discover new ways to cope, connect, and move forward — even after the most challenging seasons of life.