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Fostering resilience and empowerment through healing and connection

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Welcome to Samantha Jayne Counselling.

We offer trauma-focused, strengths-based, sexually affirming counselling services individuals across Australia.

We are so excited you’re here and to to work with you on your healing journey.

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Meet Samantha

Samantha is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AMHSW) and specialises in providing trauma-responsive and psychosexual counselling services. She provides trauma-informed, strengths-based, feminist, inclusive and sexually affirming approach to counselling; drawing on a range of modalities to inform my approach including:

  • CBT

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

  • Mindfulness Techniques

  • Somatic Techniques

  • Narrative Techniques

  • Motivational Interviewing

  • Solution-Focused Therapy

Samantha is client-led and does not shy away from tackling things that are considered ‘too much’. Most importantly, she will work to meet you where you’re at; ensuring a clear understanding of your goals and working with you plan the best way to meet them.

Samantha is accredited to provide Focused Psychological Services under Medicare and VS Counselling in addition private counselling services.

A safe space in a neutral place

There is a growing body of evidence to show that telehealth therapy can be just as effective as in-person therapy. For those with busy schedules, difficulty attending due to travel time, long commutes and competing responsibilities; virtual therapy approaches are a great and accessible way to continue to prioritise your mental health

Start your healing journey today

Samantha offers telehealth counselling Australia-wide and is able to accommodate the needs of different time zones.

I would like to acknowledge the First Nations people of Australia, the Gadigal people of the Eora nation on whose land I work.
I would like to acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past and present as custodians of country whose sovereignty of land, waters and community endures and was never ceded. I acknowledge the lived experiences of complex and intergeneration trauma that exist within these communities and our history.

I acknowledge the lived experiences of people who have faced issues relating to Gender Diversity, Sexuality, Sexual Practice, Neurodivergence, and ongoing Mental Health conditions.

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