I’m Rachael, an experienced counsellor and psychotherapist based in Red Hill, Brisbane. I’ve worked with a wide range of clients from all backgrounds, building on a special interest in trauma-informed practice and healing. I’ve worked with women, men and gender-diverse adults and teenagers with a range of different therapeutic styles.

I have always placed immense value in the transformative power of person-to-person connection.

Growing up in a large family, I became well-versed in ‘reading’ people quickly from a young age. I grew up with disabled and neurodiverse siblings who taught me a lot about human behaviour, communication and about how justice and compassion go hand in hand. Essentially, the transition to therapist as a career has felt natural and authentic to who I am.

I have a passion for counselling, but my favourite pastime is reading. I have a degree in English Literature and a Masters of Counselling, and I couldn’t have imagined how well these areas work together for understanding the inner lives of human beings.

I feel as though I have lived many lives. I have lived in Meanjin, London, Naarm (Melbourne) and then come back to Meanjin to call sunny, leafy Red Hill my home. In a previous life, I’ve worked in call centers, pubs, a deli counter, a law firm, in publishing, in book stores, as a copywriter and as a disability support worker.

As a counsellor, I’ve worked in domestic violence and trauma recovery organisations, with teenagers living through childhood trauma, and in both short and long-term therapeutic spaces as an EAP counsellor. I’ve also worked as a men’s accountability practitioner in the domestic violence space and helped victim-survivors in their recovery.

When I’m not in the therapy room, I’m raising two hilarious little girls with my husband. You’ll also find me going to concerts around Brisbane, trying hard (and often failing) at yoga and tennis (but having fun anyway), and of course, reading fiction.