Authentic & Collaborative Therapeutic Support

Honoring you in your journey

Holding Compassion offers telehealth and in person psychological services for individuals, couples, families and clinical supervision for supervisees.

Welcome to Holding Compassion

Our team is composed of senior mental health practitioners who have over ten years experience creating an inclusive space for people. Together we are joined in our passion for helping people navigate through the challenges of mental health and provide evidence based treatment. Based in Footscray, we are fortunate to be surrounded by an intersection of wonderful diverse cultures Melbourne has to offer. We welcome and enjoy working with people from various backgrounds, whether you are navigating neurodiversity or from different cultures and communities. We believe in treating each individual with empathy, compassion, and respect. Our goal is to create a safe, accessible and welcoming environment for all those who seek our help.

Whether you're struggling with anxiety, depression, or another mental health issue, know that our team is here to support you on your journey to recovery.

MPsych(Clinical), Grad Dip(Psych) and BA(Psych)
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Areas of Interest: Individuals over 18, Anxiety disorders, Depression, Trauma, Body image concerns, Neurodiversity, Perfectionism, Burn out, Grief and Loss, Interpersonal conflict and Self Development.
Therapeutic Modalities: Schema Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Exposure Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Cognitive Analytic Therapy.

BPsychSc, MSW (Q), GradCertFamilyTher, MAASW (Acc), AMHSW.
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Areas of Interest:
Individuals over 16, Anxiety Disorders including phobias and panic, Mood Disorders, Trauma, PTSD, Adjustment Difficulties, Stress, Coping Skills, Life Transitions, Personal Development, Self Esteem, Body Image, Perfectionism, and Self Development.

Therapeutic Modalities:
CBT, ACT, DBT Principles, Good Psychiatric Management, Schema Therapy Principles, Prolonged Exposure, Solution Focused Therapy, Single Session Family Therapy and NBT.

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How can we help?

Individual Therapy

Relationship counselling

Family Counselling

Clinical Supervision

If you’re here…

Lowered mood, self-esteem, motivation.
Mental health impacting physical health, functioning and performance.
Life transitions that are hard to adjust to, or come with experiences of pain, grief and/or loss.
Feelings of disconnection and/or isolation.
Looking for coping strategies or struggling looking inward for solutions.
Stress, anxiety, phobias and/or other experiences or emotions that are impacting day-to-day life.

But you want to be here…

Have a personalised understanding of your mental health and tailored psychological strategies.
Cultivate a better relationship with yourself.
Have an improvement in health, functioning and performance.
Develop enhanced communication skills.
Advance your understanding of mental health and corresponding experiences.
Learn opportunities to meaningfully implement healthy coping strategies.