HOLISTIC COUNSELLING
Empowering healing, personal growth and change.
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
- Lao Tzu
A Holistic Approach to Healing
Starting on the path of healing takes vulnerability and courage. Chantäl offers a safe and nurturing space for exploration and growth and holds you as the expert in your own life.
As an ACA registered therapist, her approach is tailored to your unique needs, and integrates various therapeutic techniques and tools, including:
Person-centered, trauma-informed, strength-based partnership
Narrative therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Solution Focused (SFT)
Mindfulness-based and somatic approaches
Practical tools to convert insights into daily habits
With Chantäl, you're not just getting a counsellor - you're partnering with someone who understands the complexities of the human experience, who masterfully weaves from a change and coaching toolkit whilst walking alongside you on your journey to a more fulfilled life.
Chantäl specialises in supporting those experiencing:
Stress, anxiety and/or depression
Grief and loss
Unresolved trauma
Life transitions
Relationship challenges
Parenting challenges
Career uncertainties
Chronic illness
Services and Locations
Appointments are available face-to-face in both Bowral and Bundanoon in the Southern Highlands, or via phone, Zoom® or Microsoft Teams.
You can’t go back and change the beginning,
but you can start where you are,
and change the ending.
~ C.S Lewis
THE THREEFOLD APPROACH:
DISCOVER | CREATE | THRIVE
DISCOVER
Explore your internal world, deepen your self-awareness and self-understanding. Connect with parts you have previously disregarded, dishonoured or discarded.
CREATE
Tap into your wisdom and courage to clarify the changes you need and design a renewed life. Reconnect with your-self, re-gain control over what you want, become deliberate and choiceful in your experience and response to life.
THRIVE
Re-design and then integrate strategies into your life that matter most, including more supportive thoughts, feelings, behaviours and people. Empower yourself to live the life you want, need and deserve.
Meet Chantäl
I envision a world where people feel inspired, safe, and fulfilled and I’m on a mission to help people live with clarity, purpose and wellbeing.
Chantäl is passionate about empowering people navigating life's challenges, those working through transitions and seeking change. With over 25 years of experience in enabling change, she brings a wealth of knowledge as a Coach, Counsellor, and Change Consultant. From this holistic and integrated viewpoint, she helps people explore the confusion, uncertainty or struggles in their lives, and supports them to navigate change while healing mind, body and spirit.
Chantäl holds a postgraduate diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy from the University of Canberra, along with professional qualifications in organisational change and transpersonal coaching.
Her approach enables people to create positive change.
Chantäl's compassionate approach stems from her own experiences navigating life's challenges, including trauma and chronic illness. As someone who believes in the power of holistic well-being, she practices what she preaches, maintaining a lifestyle that nourishes her body, mind, and spirit:
Embracing nature on forest walks and mountain treks
Finding peace on the ocean with stand-up paddleboarding
Connecting with animals of all types, especially horses
Cultivating mindfulness through Tai Chi, yoga, and meditation
Nurturing creativity in her garden
She also actively engages in supervision and professional development, to stay grounded, tuned and ever-growing.
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change." - Carl Rogers
Her commitment to continuous learning and personal growth means that Chantäl is always exploring new ideas and techniques to better serve her clients. She brings this curiosity and openness to each counselling session, creating a dynamic and evolving experience tailored to your unique needs.
Chantäl’s encourages and empowers you to embrace your true self, to re-write your personal narrative, re-create a life of peace, and live in alignment with your authentic nature and inner wisdom.
As part of her gentle approach, you will experience unconditional compassion, support, acceptance and respect in a space where you will feel seen and heard, either in person or online.