Counselling & Coaching
Counselling offers opportunities to explore meaning, purpose and ways to live authentically. It is a space to reauthor problem stories by dignifying suffering and honoring resistance. Narrative therapy Narrative Therapy is a thereputic approach grounded in social justice work. Having completed her Masters of Narrative Therapy and Community Work, Dana is now an Honorary Clinical tutor for current students. Dana specialises in working with adults exploring neurodivergence as she has found this to be transformative in her own journey. Dana balances a fascination in her craft with a human approach where you are welcome to attend just as you are.
Jungian coaching supports the exploration of symbolic meaning in dreams, relationships, symptoms in the body, synchronicities, all abilities creativity, myths and fairytales. Dana runs a monthly Practitioner's dream group and engaged in symbolic and nature practices at times in life that feel overwhelming and confusing. This modality has been supportive for exploring transgenerational trauma and healing. Dana is a registered Jungian Coaching with the International Association for Jungian Coaches & Consultants and also hosts their podcast. Sometimes symbolic work can be helpful in places where we feel stuck or lacking energy and drive. People often discover the work of Carl Jung around midlife transitions and his work offers models of adult development for being who we truly while remaining engaged in relationship and community.
With a background in speech pathology, Dana can support folks who think, understand and speak in ways that may differ to what is considering "the norm". She delights in alternative finding ways to connect, to share meaning clearly and for others to feel heard and seen. With a background in paediatric work, Dana can support clients to revisit childhood memories with understanding for what is often going on developmentally around that age. She can speak gently and affirmingly to young parts and celebrate the rebellion of adolescent parts.
Dana offers in-person counselling sessions from Northside Therapy Collective, 680 High St, Thornbury, Vic 3071 (level 1, above Premier Sports and Spinal Medicine). This beautiful space is curated to offer sensory rest and stimulation, with therapists who are passionate about ethics in practice. My room is called The Loft and feels a bit like a cubby, treehouse or attic retreat. It is filled with fidgets, art from local artists, a weighted blanket, split system for temperature management and a window view of the sky. There are creative materials to explore and "walk and talk" sessions in the local area can support gentle de-sensitising to social stressors. Dana also offers sessuibs by phone and video conference. Unique text based therapy may also be supportive for folks with Situational Non-speaking.
The fee for a 55 minute session is $130 with some concession appointments ($100) available on request. Unfortunately, Dana is not able to offer Medicare rebates for her services. Medicare only provides rebates for professionals with training as psychologists, clinical psychologists or mental health social workers - they do not recognise counselling or psychotherapy trained individuals for their rebates. NDIS clients who are self or plan managed are able to use Psychosocial Recovery Coaching funding for this service.
To inquire about a counselling or coaching appointment with Dana, please call 0431 829 498 or email dana@undertheoaktraining.com.
Learn more about specialty training Dana has completed here.