Welcome
to counselling & psychotherapy you really can feel better.
Together, let's find out how.
Who We Are
Alex Lightfoot M.A Counselling Psychotherapist
Alex is a master's trained psychotherapist (University of Notre Dame). She specialises in working with individuals experiencing the following; acute stress, anxious feelings and thoughts, persistent low moods, and unresolved trauma.
She uses a mixture of interventions including; Person–Centred psychotherapy which recognises that every person is unique and complex. She is also trained in Narrative, Attachment, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Family Systems Theories.
She approaches her sessions with compassion, non-judgment and genuine authenticity.
Stu Jamieson-Pate - Registered Counsellor (ACA)
Stu has an empathetic, warm, and person-centered approach. He aims to provide his clients with a safe and collaborative space to understand their current difficulties, make positive changes, and mindfully focus on their individual goals. He provides treatment for both youth and adults for a range of mental health difficulties and has a particular interest in substance use and the underlying paths to addiction.
Stu, uses a range of therapeutic tools in his work, including Trauma-Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (TFACT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), to assist the individual needs of each client.
When not at the practice, Stuart is also working with clients, veterans and families who are suffering with substance use issues at the Sothern Highlands Addiction Retreat.
Stu's career has also encompassed roles at Mission Australia, WHOS, Lifeline and multiple corporate Human Resource and People roles, where his passion was around group facilitation, training and improving workplace relationships
Our Focus
Is you.
Our lives and the relationships in them can be complex. Due to this and the family systems and communities we grew up in we can sometimes find we are experiencing overwhelming feelings.
For many of us, learning to navigate our relationships with others and ourselves through it's challenges can be difficult. Our focus as counsellors and psychotherapists is to support you in the here-and-now with skills and techniques you can use immediately. We aim to help you transition into greater emotional health, personal freedom and fulfillment in life.
What is the difference between psychotherapy and counselling?
This is a common question we are asked and so we felt it may help to explain what we know.
Generally speaking there is not a great difference, and both professions are more alike than not.
Some explanations are that timewise, counselling only lasts a number of weeks or months. Psychotherapy may be more open-ended, possibly lasting a number of months or years. Further, whilst counselling may help to address a current difficulty, psychotherapy helps you discover what is underneath the problem, as well as what is sustaining it, facilitating more in-depth, long-term changes.