NEUROAFFIRMING PRACTICE

My Story

I'm a qualified counsellor, registered with the Australian Counselling Association, and I practice as a therapist outside that jurisdiction. Anima Serena, meaning serene spirit in Italian, is the practice I built for the people I most want to sit with: ADHD and Autistic adults navigating burnout, identity, and a life that's stopped feeling like their own.

I was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, after years of being misdiagnosed with depression and anxiety. I was the overachiever, good at school, capable, the person everyone assumed had it together. Getting diagnosed meant relearning who I actually am, apart from the person I'd turned myself into so people would stop asking if I was okay.

Before any of this, I spent 15 years in business, understanding psychology and applying it inside companies. It was work I was good at, it just wasn't where I was meant to land.

Credentials

  • Registered counsellor, Australian Counselling Association

  • Bachelor of Commerce and Marketing, Swinburne University

  • Graduate Diploma in Counselling, Torrens University

  • Graduate Certificate in Psychological Studies, Deakin University

  • NLP Practitioner certification

  • Advanced Master Life Coach certification

  • EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) Certificate

  • Certificate in Naturopathy

  • Currently training in Reiki energy healing

  • Pilates and Yin Yoga instructor

My approach

I bring a somatic approach alongside person-centred therapy, ACT, DBT, IFS, Gestalt, CBT, mindfulness and SFBT, because regulation starts in the body and the nervous system, not just in insight. I'm not interested in helping you manage around your brain. I'm interested in helping you understand it, and build a life around how you're actually wired.

I've lived in Australia, Bali, Germany, Spain and Italy, and worked with people from all walks of life and every stage of theirs. Outside the therapy room, I teach Pilates and yin yoga, and run retreats and events across Australia and Europe.

I hold this work with warmth and with rigour. You are not a problem to be solved. You are a person carrying experiences that deserve to be understood, by someone who's done the work themselves.

Ready to begin?

Learn more about neurodivergence and find your true self again. I would love to hear from you. Reach out by clicking on the button below and booking in your initial call.

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